Harold in Clifton Park, N.Y., wrote recently to ask me about the grammar of the sentences “I couldn’t care less” and “I could care less.” Until then, I thought there were just two kinds of people in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Culicover & Jackendoff (1997) argue that 'left-subordinating' and-constructions (e.g. You drink one more can of beer and I'm leaving) should ...

The study of language semantics and syntax explores the intricate relationship between meaning and grammatical structure. Contemporary research has increasingly focused on how semantic content is ...

Linguistics is dedicated to examining all aspects of language and languages as instruments of communication and expression. It therefore deals with general linguistics, language description (phonetics ...

In a new article appearing in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led by Cory Shain and Hope Kean, explore how the human brain shows ...

Harold in Clifton Park, N.Y., wrote recently to ask me about the grammar of the sentences “I couldn’t care less” and “I could care less.” Until then, I thought there were just two kinds of people in ...