Anyone who has tried learning a second language has no doubt come to the independent realization that the way humans communicate can be pretty chaotic and absurd at times. Why do some languages insist ...

…OK, maybe it is. The English language is chock-full of confusing rules—and we all know someone who loves nothing more than to passionately enforce them! Or perhaps you are that someone. If you love ...

In 1962, J.L. Austin changed the face of pragmatic linguistic analysis with his famous work How to Do Things with Words. Claiming that language does not simply describe the world but also changes it, ...