For the five authors featured here, words are the engine of wildly different pursuits. A financial journalist decodes ...

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This type of language can be either objective or subjective. Objective language includes making verifiable statements. Some ...

Gemma King receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In Dune’s sandswept colonialist dystopia of the distant future, power is a force best handled – and transferred – surreptitiously. In ...

Language learning is a fascinating and intricate process that has intrigued scholars and researchers for centuries. It is not only a means of communication but also a window into the complex workings ...

Wednesday evening began with the familiar routine of back-to-school night, following my son’s class schedule as I moved from one classroom to the next. The evening felt almost mechanical, smiling at ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It’s only been about 18 months since we let the generative AI genie out of the bottle, but ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Aya I. Williams. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented mental health crisis, one that is still unfolding. The World Health Organization reported that rates ...

What is the best tool for cult leaders to control other people? It’s the power of language. What do Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Hitler have in common? They were all obsessively studied by Jim ...

When Naseem Rochette was hit by a car walking through a pedestrian crosswalk and run over three times, the question wasn’t how she’d recover. The doctors questioned whether she’d survive at all. Out ...