Understanding a simple-looking sentence such as “I read this article yesterday” actually requires some sophisticated conceptual computation: a subject (“I”) performed an action (“read”) on an object ( ...

When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which record eye movements during reading, have suggested that word length, frequency ...

I’ve worked as a copy editor at The Daily Californian for about a year and a half. In that time, I’ve learned which words we’ll accept or supplement in a finished piece, and when it’s appropriate to ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. From “The Grammar of Fantasy.”Credit...Matthew Forsythe Supported by By Mac ...