Duke is expanding a multi-faceted effort aimed at equipping students to respect differing viewpoints. This new Duke Today series examines the decline in civil discourse and Duke’s efforts to improve ...

Discourse and pragmatics explore how language functions beyond sentence-level grammar and literal meaning, focusing on how utterances are shaped by context, social norms and speaker intentions.

I was about 8 years old when my grandma made me aware of how many questions I ask. She even assured me that one day I’d be a lawyer. Assertively, and certainly with the passion I still hold today, I ...