Discourse relations—both explicit, as marked by connectives and cue phrases, and implicit through juxtaposed text segments—are integral to the coherent interpretation and processing of language. These ...

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When we talk about civil discourse, we often hear that term as a call to discuss controversial topics with a level of tact and grace that dignifies and respects our conversational counterpart. We ...

Derek Gladwin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Canada First Research Excellence Fund in Canada. Kedrick James receives funding from the Social Sciences and ...

Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can understand and generate human language by analyzing and processing large amounts of text. In a new essay, a Carnegie ...

Armstrong Williams (November 15: “When politicians call opponents evil, democracy pays the price”) expresses self-righteous indignation at Nancy Pelosi for a derisive comment she made about Donald ...

The political discourse in Bengal has sunk to unprecedented depths, where humor and cleverness have given way to personal insults and harsh confrontations. Politicians across the spectrum are being ...