L-R: Robert P. McMahon, Lauren M. De Lilly and Collin P. Wedel of Sidley Austin. Courtesy photos Don’t present a brief. Demonstratives with enough text or information to fill a brief are a recipe for ...

Words like 'this' and 'that' or 'here' and 'there' occur in all languages. Researchers show that such 'demonstrative' words are used to direct listeners' focus of attention and to establish joint ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Across languages and cultures, words that help direct caregivers’ attention are likely to be among the first children learn and use frequently, according to a new Cornell study that is ...

Words like 'this' and 'that' or 'here' and 'there' occur in all languages. In a study published in PNAS, researchers from Yale University and the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics (MPI) in ...