Listen here to Professor David Adger on a podcast interview on his MIT Press book 'A Syntax of Substance' in the New Books on Language series. In this interview 'we talk about the differences between ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

THE LITTLE DISTURBANCES OF MAN by Grace Paley. 189 pages. Viking. $4.50. In this fast and fickle culture, British Critic Cyril Connolly once declared, it is ambition enough for any author to set out ...

The study of language semantics and syntax explores the intricate relationship between meaning and grammatical structure. Contemporary research has increasingly focused on how semantic content is ...

Canongate has nabbed Daniel Hahn’s book on language and "the unlikely art of translating Shakespeare". Publisher at large Francis Bickmore acquired world rights to If This Be Magic: Shakespeare, ...