This talk by Elisabetta Ježek presents linguistic evidence why we need a context-sensitive model of lexical semantics to account for how lexical information, cognitive knowledge, pragmatic inference ...

Language education has long been a cornerstone of academic enquiry and policy, with grammar instruction occupying a pivotal role in shaping linguistic competence. Recent decades have witnessed a shift ...

This paper examines distinctive discourse properties of preposed negative yes/no questions (NPQs), such as Isn't Jane coming too?. Unlike with other yes/no questions, using an NPQ ~p? invariably ...

This challenges common assumptions about the nature of social power and stereotypes about leadership behaviour as typically insensitive and autocratic. The study, led by Professor Pat Healey of Queen ...