When learning a language, people typically focus on nouns and adjectives first. But verbs are the real key.

Instead, it’s integral to the verb, meaning “wake up” is a phrasal verb that just happens to be a synonym of “wake.” A dictionary comes in handy when dealing with phrasal verbs.

A nominalization — or buried verb, or nounification if you want to use a word only you and I recognize — is a noun rooted in another part of speech, usually a verb or an adjective.

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Making verbs out of nouns and adjectives is a time-honored tradition, but not everyone fans it.

There was emphasis on accuracy on words but no on choosing specific diction that is creative and original. During the Thousand Words Project in my classroom, I supplemented the lessons with a brief ...

The 3,158 words in the study are plotted in a complex mathematical calculation that places them in "phonological space." Note how the nouns (yellow) tend to cluster, as do verbs (blue). (Image ...

Tiger, moon, and buttonhole are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to words you probably didn’t know could be used as verbs—so why not try dropping some of these into conversation?