He showed that simple American English could be as fine an instrument for great writing as more complex language.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

The Language Teaching Program,for example, brings teachers of English as a foreign language to work at American colleges and universities.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth century.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

American lawmakers said the language of the aid package could not be changed.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

U.S.Army officers say a language barrier impedes American efforts to impart this vital lesson.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

They were tribal members who came up with an unbreakable code in their complex language that was adopted by American forces in the Pacific during World War II and used to confound the Japanese.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

But those "nobodies" - long lost to history - are about to be recognized for their contributions to American literature with the publication of "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22