The B-17 Bomber, also known as “the flying fortress,” was a four-engine heavy bomber plane used in World War II that became famous for being able to return to base even after sustaining heavy damage. Despite their effectiveness, B-17s had an unfortunate tendency: They...
I have just received the revisions of a colleague on my PhD dissertation, and among all her insightful remarks, one in particular struck me. She wrote that the first person singular pronoun I is very frequent in my text, and suggested that I used more passive or...
The irony of writing about the importance of breaks, on what is historically a ‘day of rest’ (Sunday) is certainly not lost on me. The admission that early career researchers work far beyond their 40 hour a week temporary contracts is widely documented (Bozzon,...
Lila R. Gleitman, a winner of the David E. Rumelhart Prize for her contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition, passed away on August 8, 2021. Gleitman was Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, and a...
Meaning has always been the focus of Cognitive Linguistics since its early days in the 1970s. Foundational research in the then newly started field shed light on how meaning construction processes were key for understanding the mechanisms of language. The same...
