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 ...

Languages are complex and our words are powerful. Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky discusses how even small variations in language may mean big... Does language shape how we think? Part 2 of the ...

You spend almost all of your waking hours—and even some of your non-waking hours—using language. Even when you’re not talking with other people, you’re still running a monologue in your head much of ...