Teachers across the country are now working to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts, which require that all students learn to make interpretations of texts. The standards ...

In the words of an 18th century English writer, Lord Chesterfield: “Words are the dress of thoughts: which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.” Thoughts are ...

Against the background of the fact that speakers not seldom intend to convey imports which deviate from the linguistically expressed meanings of linguistic items, the present article addresses some ...

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