Ever feel like your co-workers or friends are speaking to you in a different language? No, it’s not about having a meeting entirely in French. We’re […]
Synonyms give language richness and texture. Words that are otherwise very close in meaning often have subtle differences. Much of English vocabulary originated from […]
I’m a cognitive psychologist who studies language comprehension. If I see an ad for a vacation rental that says “Your going to Hollywood!” it really bugs […]
How do native speakers form comparatives? Imagine you are an English learner trying to pick up on the pattern. You listen to a conversation between two […]
A man writes his grocery list—raisins, apples, eggs, popcorn. As he scribbles down the last item, a question pops into his mind: To make nouns plural, […]
The bilingual brain World and language Language creates our first connection to the world. The newborn child that takes a deep breath and cries out is […]
There are a lot of subtleties involved with human conversation. In addition to the words themselves, tone, body language, and facial expression give context to the […]