There are different ways to be a good reader. There has been much discussion over the years about some readers having more of a sound-based style and others having more of a meaning-based style. But ...

Half of a word's meaning is simply a three dimensional summary of the rewards associated with it, according to an analysis of millions of blog entries undertaken by researchers. We make choices about ...

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, ...

This talk by Elisabetta Ježek presents linguistic evidence why we need a context-sensitive model of lexical semantics to account for how lexical information, cognitive knowledge, pragmatic inference ...

Back in the 19th century the countries signing the Paris Convention agreed that designations contradicting morals or capable of insulting religious feelings should not be registered as trade marks. It ...

The foregoing data indicate that among editors of medical and related journals there exists a general lack of policy or discussion on the use of words in altmed papers. This is evidenced by the ...