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Training and Scaling Preference Functions for Disambiguation [PDF]

, 1994
We present an automatic method for weighting the contributions of preference functions used in disambiguation. Initial scaling factors are derived as the solution to a least-squares minimization problem, and improvements are then made by hill-climbing ...
Alshawi, Hiyan, Carter, David
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Reading versus listening: Which one is more effective for incidental vocabulary learning?

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The article examines incidental vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the differential impacts of input modalities—reading versus listening—on learning of single words and multi‐word expressions. Eighty‐eight university students of L2 Italian were assigned to one of the three groups: (a) reading half of an authentic Italian novel, (b) listening ...
Mahnaz Aliyar, Anna Siyanova‐Chanturia, Stephen Skalicky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Persian and English colour collocations on L2 learners’ proficiency

Journal of Applied Studies in Language, 2019
Collocations play an important role in L2 teaching and learning. The present study investigated the effect of colour collocations in L2 learning. This study was done in 2 phases: In the first phase, the frequency of colour collocations was calculated in ...
Mahmood Hashemian
doaj   +1 more source

Sometimes less is more : Romanian word sense disambiguation revisited [PDF]

, 2007
Recent approaches to Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) generally fall into two classes: (1) information-intensive approaches and (2) information-poor approaches.
Dinu, Georgiana, Kübler, Sandra
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Who belongs in South Africa? ‘Tapestry nationalism’ in the African National Congress

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract Perhaps more than any other organisation, the African National Congress (ANC) has defined who belongs in South Africa. Yet, how does the organisation imagine national belonging, and how has this developed? We explore these questions through a discourse analysis of the organisation's annual ‘January 8’ statements.
David Jeffery‐Schwikkard, Thabisani Ndlovu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What contributes to fluent L2 speech? Examining cognitive and utterance fluency link with underlying L2 collocational processing speed and accuracy

Applied Psycholinguistics
Second language (L2) fluency research has suggested that a range of linguistic knowledge and processing speed serve as cognitive fluency (CF) underlying L2 utterance fluency (UF).
Kotaro Takizawa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Uncertainty Quantification in Planning Aircraft Ground Movement Operations With Towbarless Robotic Tractors

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 2542-2556, 25 March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the problem of quantifying the uncertainty in planning aircraft ground movement operations using towbarless robotic tractors taking into account the inherent uncertainties of the problem, specifically, the uncertainties in the weight of the aircraft and in the rolling resistance of the wheels of the main landing gear ...
Almudena Buelta, Alberto Olivares, Ernesto Staffetti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Corpus-Based Study Of Verb-Noun Collocations In The Argumentative Essays Of University EFL Learners In China [PDF]

, 2017
Kepentingan kolokasi dalam pembelajaran dan penghasilan bahasa telah diakui dengan secara meluasnya. Namun kajian tentang kompetensi kolokasi dikalangan pelajar EFL tidak banyak dijalankan The importance of collocations in language learning and ...
Guo, Shu Cai
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Physics‐Based Machine Learning for Modeling Cyclic Damage Evolution

PAMM, Volume 26, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Accurate modeling of cyclic damage evolution is essential for predicting the long‐term performance and durability of engineering materials and structures. Traditional simulation‐based approaches, while physically rigorous, are computationally expensive, especially under complex loading histories.
Elsayed S. Elsayed, Abedulgader Baktheer, Fadi Aldakheel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pinpointing the classifiers of English language writing ability: A discriminant function analysis approach [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2013
    The major aim of this paper was to investigate the validity of language and intelligence factors for classifying Iranian English learners` writing performance.
Mohammad Ali Shams, Reza Pishghadam
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