The English language is a treasure trove of words that not only sound beautiful but also convey complex, nuanced meanings. You may never have heard of them, let alone be able to pronounce them but ...

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In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as love or justice, Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain ...

In “Through the Looking Glass,” Humpty Dumpty says scornfully, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Alice replies, “The question is whether you can make ...

Words are not random units. Rather, they follow hidden linguistic structures that demonstrate how language generates meaning ...

You probably use the words ‘complex’ and ‘complicated’ interchangeably. Most of us do. Heck, most dictionaries use complex to define complicated and vice versa. There’s just one problem: If you’re a ...