Language feels simple when we use it. We talk, we text, we listen, and words seem to appear naturally from thought. But the study of linguistics tells a more complicated story, one where language ...

Metaphor is not merely a literary device but a fundamental cognitive mechanism that shapes how individuals conceptualise and communicate their experiences. In cognitive linguistics, research into ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...