In the Middle Ages, philosophy was dubbed the handmaiden of theology. The servant rebelled during the 17th century, and most of the time since then, the two disciplines have gone their separate, ...

Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics (CA/IL) is the study of the mutually shaping relationship between linguistic resources and social interaction. We take a cross-linguistic and ...

'Instant Scholar' is a Times of India initiative to make academic research accessible to a wider audience. If you are a Ph.D. scholar and would like to publish a summary of your research in this ...

Interviewing suspects, victims and witnesses is part of street police work and detective work alike. Statements can back up information you already know or can provide you with new insight or a new ...

Sometimes, how you say something can be as important as what you say — especially when’s there been a cyberattack and law enforcement officials are trying to figure out who you are. Linguistics ...

Language is a wonderful thing. It is essentially what separates human beings from the world’s plethora of cohabiting species. We, as humans, have the ability to communicate with one another using any ...