Book Club at a medical school in the Sertão Region of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. [PDF]
Sampaio AL +4 more
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ABSTRACT Vocabulary knowledge is foundational to educational success, but significant gaps exist between students with reading disabilities or those from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers. These gaps have cascading effects, as children with lower vocabulary knowledge are less likely to acquire new words through independent reading and are less ...
Halie A. Olson +3 more
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Reading experience reveals shared and idiosyncratic neural patterns during text comprehension. [PDF]
Song M, Li L, He D, Cai Q.
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From Clueless to Confident: How ChatGPT Transforms Academic Writing in Chinese as a Second Language
ABSTRACT Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has demonstrated its potential to enhance the quality of second‐language (L2) academic writing. This study used a qualitative approach comprising analysis of ChatGPT usage‐history screenshots, written assignments, and semi‐structured interview data on students’ use of GenAI in their L2 Chinese ...
Lanfang Sun +4 more
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TCBLex - A lexical database of Finnish literary texts for children. [PDF]
Nojonen T +4 more
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Unveiling the neural mechanisms of supernatural fiction comprehension using fNIRS. [PDF]
Xu X, Jia C, Chen K, Chen L.
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Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?
Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
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Art opening minds: An experimental study on the effects of temporal and perspectival complexity in film on open-mindedness. [PDF]
Carbone F +5 more
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
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