In legal contexts, the denotation of words is of paramount importance. Legal documents, contracts, and statutes must be interpreted with precision to ensure fairness and avoid ambiguity. Lawyers and ...

Slave and master - historically, we know these words describe the relationship between an enslaved Black person and the white person who owned them. These words and their racist connotations also ...

Improving your vocabulary is like upgrading your toolkit for communication. Having a range of words to choose from allows you to express yourself more clearly and creatively. It's not about sounding ...

Much has been said about the remarkable ability humans have to extract meaning from language. That ability is remarkable indeed. In a split second, we perceive a spoken or written word and immediately ...

When we use words to communicate, we not only have to choose what to say, but also what not to say, and how to say it. How we decide to frame a message can influence how people think, feel, and ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Web developer Caroline Karanja about how the terms "master" and "slave" are used in the industry and how they reflect a bigger issue in U.S. culture. Slave and ...