(UNDATED) It’s not often a book becomes an instant classic when it first appears in print. But that’s what happened when the prestigious Cambridge University Press of Great Britain recently published ...

There's no one conclusive answer. But that doesn't mean people haven't tried to find one. While most books live by the standard, front-cover-to-back-cover consumption format, dictionaries (and other ...

I’m a words geek. I love words, their sound, their meanings, their power to teach, calm, and convey any and everything. So, I’m always excited to see new words stake their claim in the language, as ...

The brain holds a "visual dictionary" of words we have read, allowing quick recognition without sounding out words each time we see them, a new study finds. The research, presented today (Nov. 14) at ...

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