Five years ago, in the heart of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, along the Canadian St. Lawrence River across from Montréal, Kanen’tó:kon Hemlock and Ieronhienhá:wi Tatum McComber pondered a question posed ...

DESIGNATING ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating English as the official language of the United States. UNIFYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ...

At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s oldest media. By Zoë Lescaze IT’S A CONFUSING time to have a body. On the ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

Adhi Oktaviana receives funding from Google Arts & Culture and National Geographic Society. Adam Brumm receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Google Arts and Culture, and the National ...

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning. By Carl Zimmer For thousands of years, philosophers have argued about the purpose of language. Plato ...

And that's a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models. Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri ...

Figurative language (or figure of speech) involves meaning that is deeper than its literal presentation. Moreover, your child should begin to develop an understanding of figurative language in the ...

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