Shakespeare may have borrowed from other writers, but the intensity of his imagination and language made the plays his own.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Schoenberg said Gershwin was a man who lived in music and expressed everything through music, because music was his native language.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

His works include observations about current political struggles, the fear of diseases, and the popular language of the city's tradesmen and other professionals.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

But his expert knowledge of the music and its performers helped make jazz an international language.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on his Web site.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

His early work brought the Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, used to create Web pages.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

In two thousand six,his book, "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief,"

VOA: special.2009.12.01

We also discuss the countless ways his works have influenced language and popular culture.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Language expert Barry Popick says on his web site that Chicago was called a "windy city" because of the wind that blows off of Lake Michigan.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

But his name still lives as part of the English language.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

He put it in his English language dictionary in eighteen-oh-six.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

During his time, the English language was changing.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Spence has a copy of every Astrix book in his English language book store.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

His Spanish-language recordings have fared just as well, earning him two Grammy Awards.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02