Readers of your journal unfamiliar with modern linguistics could never have guessed from Eric Banks’s “Return to Fantasy Island” (The Chronicle Review, May 23) that my theories have been accepted by a ...

Philosophy of language and linguistic theory examine the intricate relationship between language, meaning and the mind. This interdisciplinary field interrogates the ways in which words and ...

Natural language processing technology refines our internet search results, helps voice assistants such as Siri understand our questions and commands, keeps spam out of our email inboxes, and more.

Natural language processing (NLP) is rapidly becoming as integral to the workplace as communication itself. From chatbots to language translation and voice-activated platforms, we have watched the ...