“Savant” is a word that newly minted Doctors of Philosophy like to attribute to themselves. It came to us from France, where ...

Having a sophisticated vocabulary isn't about showing off or sounding pretentious. It's about having precise tools for ...

The English language could have more words than most comparable world languages — and some of its greatest words don't get the airtime they deserve. "Mollycoddle," "jejune," and "bumfuzzle" are some ...

Learning 10 new words a day may seem daunting, but it's actually fairly simple for toddlers, who must tackle this vocabulary milestone to eventually talk like the rest of us, a new study suggests. At ...

There are different ways to be smart, as Harvard psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner proposed in 1983 with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner believed that there were 8 distinct types of ...

The language you use when you're talking to yourself affects your behavior. Certain words can make it harder to achieve your goals. Your language also affects how other people perceive you. Certain ...

Words matter. The words we speak and write not only influence how people think about us but how we think about ourselves. To optimize your life to achieve your goals, Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour ...

Dog owners convinced of their pets' grasp of human language may be validated, at least in part, by new research on the word-learning abilities of a German family's Border collie. Dog owners convinced ...