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How Well Can Words Capture Facial Appearance? A Cross‐Linguistic Exploration
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract When describing faces, people often struggle with verbalizing facial features. Free descriptions seem to focus predominantly on aspects of faces that are inferred, for example, psychological traits, age, attractiveness, and so on, whereas facial features themselves are often described in a limited and imprecise fashion.
Ewelina Wnuk, Jan Wodowski
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An Expanded Model for Perceptual Norming: Insights From Japanese Ideophones
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Iconicity is inherently grounded in sensory experience, yet few studies investigate how sensory information is packaged in iconic words. We present perceptual strength ratings for Japanese ideophones, to ask how sensory information is encoded in this word class.
Bonnie McLean +3 more
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The Grammar of Perception: A Case Study of Guambiano (Namtrik) and Duna
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Although the senses provide a common basis for our experience of the world, cross‐linguistic research has revealed substantial diversity across languages in how perceptual experiences are encoded in words. Such variability is also present at the level of grammatical structure, though the project of charting the parameters and limits of cross ...
Elisabeth Norcliffe, Lila San Roque
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Parametric dictionary design for sparse coding [PDF]
, 2009 —This paper introduces a new dictionary design method for sparse coding of a class of signals. It has been shown that one can sparsely approximate some natural signals using an overcomplete set of parametric functions, e.g. [1], [2].
Yaghoobi, M. +5 more
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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Ndebele’de Sözlük Eleştirisi Geliştirme
Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2014 Bu makale Zimbabwe Ndebeleliler arasında sözlük kültürünü geliştirmek amacıyla sözlük eleştirisine yaklaşımlar önermektedir. Bilinçli ve gelişmiş sözlük eleştirisinin olmayışı, sözlük kültürünün gelişmesini kısmen engellemektedir. Sözlük kültürünün yavaş
Çeviren: Serdar Karaoğlu
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A dictionary of modern written Arabic : Arabic-English
, 1980 This book about reference in dictionary of Arabic-Englishxvii, 1110 p.; 22 ...
Hans Wehr, J milton cowan
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Noun and Verb (Re)learning: A Comparative Perspective on Acquisition and Post‐Stroke Aphasia
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, November/December 2026.ABSTRACT Nouns and verbs are fundamental building blocks of language, yet they exhibit important asymmetries. In language acquisition, nouns typically enter young children's lexicon earlier and are acquired more easily, while verbs are learned later and with greater difficulty.
Ran Li, Angela Xiaoxue He
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 10, Page 1334-1353, October 2026.Abstract Editorial boards play a central role in shaping scholarly communication by influencing what research is published and how disciplinary boundaries are defined. Despite their importance, large‐scale, systematic evidence on their composition and structure remains limited.
Evangelina Becerra‐Rodero +1 more
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