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The Structure of Ambiguity Phenomena (Based on Cognitive Analyses of the Ways in Which Politicians Communicate)

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2016
The paper presents the ambiguity phenomena in terms of cognitive categorization and blending processes. The analyses of politicians’ programme speeches, based on Lakoff’s and Langacker’s semantics and Langacker’s grammar research, result in describing ...
Karolina Dobrosz-Michiewicz
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Unravelling the Origins of Kurdish Literary Heritage: Challenges and Perspectives

Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture
The present paper aims at exploring the complex processes of emergence of Kurdish literary culture with an emphasis on the history of Kurdish written poetry and the cultural context that has contributed to its development. Such works as the poems of Baba
Aram Ali, Shabaz Abdalla
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Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions of ambiguity: A vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
Complex fear learning procedures might be better suited than the common differential fear conditioning paradigm for detecting individual differences related to vulnerability for anxiety disorders.
Inna eArnaudova, Angelos-Miltiadis eKrypotos, Marieke eEffting, Yannick eBoddez, Merel eKindt, Tom eBeckers, Tom eBeckers   +6 more
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Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Implementation

International Review of Public Policy, 2021
In policy implementation the roles of ambiguity and uncertainty have been theorized but insufficiently tested. This study contributes to the policy process literature by arguing that ambiguity and uncertainty are two sides of the same coin in ...
Kristin Taylor, Stephanie Zarb, Nathan Jeschke   +2 more
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A dynamic mechanism and surplus extraction under ambiguity [PDF]

, 2007
We study the question of auction design in an IPV setting characterized by ambiguity. We assume that the preferences of agents exhibit ambiguity aversion; in particular, they are represented by the epsilon-contamination model.
Arup Daripa, Bose, Camerer, Chen, Crawford, Crémer, Crémer, Ellsberg, Epstein, Gilboa, Gilboa, Grunwald, Huber, Jaffray, Karni, Karni, Karni, Karni, Klibanoff, Lo, Maccheroni, Maskin, Matthews, McAfee, Mukerji, Mukerji, Myerson, Nishimura, Nishimura, Pires, Riley, Robert, Seidenfeld, Subir Bose, Volij, Walley   +35 more
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Examining Ambiguity and Social Ties among Institutionalized Older Adults: A Sociological Interrogation

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics
Introduction: The increasing prevalence of old age homes in urban India reflects changing family dynamics and growing needs for elder care. Older adults residing in such institutions often grapple with complex emotional, social, and existential ...
Satish Kr Gupta
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Learning and Judgment Can Be Affected by Predisposed Fearfulness in Laying Hens

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017
High fearfulness could disrupt learning and likely affects judgment in animals, especially when it is part of an animals’ personality, i.e., trait anxiety. Here, we tested whether high fearfulness affects discrimination learning and judgment bias (JB) in
Elske N. de Haas, Elske N. de Haas, Caroline Lee, T. Bas Rodenburg, T. Bas Rodenburg   +4 more
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PECULIARITIES OF SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF NOUNS WITH MELIORATIVE EVALUATION IN THE SIGNIFICATIVE-DENOTATIVE COMPONENT OF DIRECT MEANING IN MODERN RUSSIAN

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the semantic structure of evaluative-characterizing nouns, in the signiicative-denotative component of the direct meaning of which there is a positive assessment.
V. Gryaznova, A. Mamedova
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Ambiguity Aversion behind the Veil of Ignorance [PDF]

, 2021
The veil of ignorance argument was used by John C. Harsanyi to defend Utilitarianism and by John Rawls to defend the absolute priority of the worst off.
Stefánsson, H. Orri
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Verloren normaliteit? Van het verlangen naar autoriteit naar een Beauvoiraanse ethiek der dubbelzinnigheid

Krisis, 2022
The authority of a souverain no longer seems important if one wants to analyse complex modern democratic societies. At the same time, one can observe an increasing desire for authority in social and political life, a longing for orientation and guidance.
Maren Wehrle
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