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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It investigates the subconscious and systematic knowledge that speakers of a language possess. Such knowledge allows them to communicate and ...

Successful communication requires a strong foundation in language. While speech intelligibility can impact a listener’s understanding of a spoken message, language deficits can have the same impact ...