1 Language, Memory and Brain Lab, Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada 2 Cognitive Science, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, ...
1 Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA 2 Department of Anglo-Germanic Languages, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Psycholinguistic and ...
In “Through the Looking Glass,” Humpty Dumpty says scornfully, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Alice replies, “The question is whether you can make ...
Simple is hard. Ask any speaker who has struggles to explain their work to someone outside their field. Stanford business school lecturer Matt Abrahams teaches his students to simplify complexity by ...
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The English language is a treasure trove of words that not only sound beautiful but also convey complex, nuanced meanings. You may never have heard of them, let alone be able to pronounce them but ...
Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora has issued an order directing the police staff not to use complex Urdu and Persian words while registering FIRs, diaries or chargesheets. A list of 383 complex ...