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A de-noising method based on L0 gradient minimization and guided filter for ancient Chinese calligraphy works on steles

open access: yesEURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2019
A clear stele image of ancient Chinese calligraphy pieces is very useful for studying ancient Chinese calligraphy. However, due to hundreds of or even thousands of years of natural or artificial damage on stele, images of ancient Chinese stele ...
Feihang Ge, Lifeng He
doaj   +1 more source

CalliPaint: Chinese Calligraphy Inpainting with Diffusion Model

open access: yes, 2023
Chinese calligraphy can be viewed as a unique form of visual art. Recent advancements in computer vision hold significant potential for the future development of generative models in the realm of Chinese calligraphy.
Abdul-Mageed, Muhammad   +3 more
core  

Does It Matter? Information Releases Before Versus After Trading Hours

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper shows that for firms in Pacific time zone of the United States, the effect on weekly returns from overnight returns would be 23% stronger than firms in Eastern time zone. This asymmetrical impact is documented to be associated with degrees of information transparency due to firm's different timings of information releases.
Ming‐Che Hu, Alex YiHou Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Reconceptualising Motivation as Material‐Semiotic Entanglements: Translanguaging in Graduate TESOL Education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilingual students in Anglophone universities often operate in survival mode. While translanguaging supports learning, critical gaps remain in understanding how translanguaging pedagogies transform and sustain motivation in English‐dominant contexts.
Melissa Jufenna Slamet, Julie Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary reinventions of Chinese calligraphy. A semiotic exploration

open access: yes
Chinese calligraphy can be semiotically approached from its contemporary transformations, in an historical moment of cultural revival and media popularity.
Giacomo Festi, Weihuan Hou
core   +1 more source

Chinese Brush Calligraphy Character Retrieval and Learning

open access: yes, 2007
Chinese brush calligraphy is a valuable civilization legacy and a high art of scholarship. It is still popular in Chinese banners, newspaper mastheads, university names, and celebration gifts.
Xiafen Zhang   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Is Time Travel Possible? Accidental Signs as Sociolinguistic “Wormholes”

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics primarily focuses on deliberately staged public signs, while relatively less attention has been given to ephemeral and non‐deliberate signs in urban environments. This study investigates “ accidental signs,” which are hidden historical texts suddenly exposed by unpredictable events.
Ge SONG (宋歌)
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese Calligraphy Stroke As Meaning Of Art [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Chinese art have been explored over 3000 years. There was a Chinese art form that haven't influence by the western country, which is Chinese calligraphy.
Tang, Sok Sing
core  

Effects of Learning Context and Program Length on L2 Skill Development

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of learning context (study abroad versus at home) and program length (summer versus semester) on the development of four language skills among learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 725 L2 Chinese learners completed standardized proficiency tests before and after participating in their ...
Yuan Lu, Chuanren Ke
wiley   +1 more source

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