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Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm used to be dismissed as irrelevant linguistic detritus. But some linguists now think they play an essential role in regulating conversations, and may be the hardest ...

Other interjections serve as what some linguists call “continuers,” such as mm-hmm — signals from the listener that they’re ...

The seemingly trivial distinction between mind and brain has profound implications for modern science. The “hard problem of ...

We didn’t have choices — or, to put it differently, the choices were taken from us. In his book “ The Paradox of Choice ,” ...

President Trump and Republicans are using words to mean their opposite, the first step in stripping them of their meaning ...

Elon Musk is a real quantitative guy, it would seem. He wants lots of the things he wants: companies, money, children with ...

President Donald Trump said he received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressing willingness to come ...

President Donald Trump is a proponent of tariffs, insisting that they are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, it is ...

Research has shown that staying in an unhappy relationship can result in lower levels of happiness, life satisfaction, ...

When is daylight saving time? We set our clocks ahead or "spring forward" at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 9, 2025, and "fall back" Sunday, Nov. 2, 2024.