Harold in Clifton Park, N.Y., wrote recently to ask me about the grammar of the sentences “I couldn’t care less” and “I could care less.” Until then, I thought there were just two kinds of people in ...

The study of language semantics and syntax explores the intricate relationship between meaning and grammatical structure. Contemporary research has increasingly focused on how semantic content is ...

Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...

Whether completely remote, in the office with an abundance of safety precautions or a hybrid of the two, employees require immediate, personalized help 24/7. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

In a new article appearing in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led by Cory Shain and Hope Kean, explore how the human brain shows ...

An amble through the neighborhoods of North Berkeley often turns into an introspection and a treasure hunt. On one such stroll, I and my fellow amblers stumbled across an empty, upturned flower pot, ...