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Between genres and styles in the films of Robert Bresson

open access: yesCINEJ Cinema Journal, 2016
The films of French director Robert Bresson are considered sober and transcendental. However, in A gentle woman (1969) and in Four nights of a dreamer (1972), he included extracts of quite different genres, like a libertine comedy (the extract of film ...
Luíza Beatriz Alvim
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Word length distributions in modern Welsh prose texts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper examines the distribution of word lengths in 12 prose texts written in modern Welsh (a P-Celtic language). The texts belong to the genres of new articles and Bible translation.
Wilson, Andrew
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Fail to Win: How Schadenfreude and Competitive Traits Predict Download Intention in Mobile Game Fail Ads

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In mobile game advertising, failure‐depicting advertisements, which intentionally showcase unsuccessful gameplay scenarios, have emerged as an unexpectedly effective promotional strategy. This study examines the psychological mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of fail advertisements, with particular attention to the emotional response of ...
Moon Joonhyun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Telecollaboration and genres: a new perspective to understand language learning

open access: yesJournal of Virtual Exchange, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the first 15 minutes of ten initial Teletandem Oral Sessions (iTOS), which means the first virtual encounter among speakers of different languages who want to study the each other’s language.
Laura Rampazzo, Solange Aranha
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Margaret Atwood, World-Famous but Yet to Be Discovered by Many Slovene Readers

open access: yesActa Neophilologica, 2020
Margaret Atwood is the only Canadian author whose 80th birthday in 2019 was celebrated by the global academic community. This is not surprising, as she is the most famous Canadian writer, popular also outside literary circles.
Tomaž Onič   +3 more
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dramaturgy of uncertainty: Transdisciplinary manoeuvres across forestry and theatre

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The uncertainties of climate change mean that forestry adaptation strategies are often complex and contested. Research has suggested that there is an interest in the forestry sector for facilitated dialogue about uncertainty (de Pellegrin Llorente et al., 2023).
Rachel Clive   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feature Type Analysis in Automated Genre Classification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we compare classifiers based on language model, image, and stylistic features for automated genre classification. The majority of previous studies in genre classification have created models based on an amalgamated representation of a ...
Kim, Dr Yunhyong, Ross, Seamus
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The Minor Fall, the Major Lift: Inferring Emotional Valence of Musical Chords through Lyrics

open access: yes, 2017
We investigate the association between musical chords and lyrics by analyzing a large dataset of user-contributed guitar tablatures. Motivated by the idea that the emotional content of chords is reflected in the words used in corresponding lyrics, we ...
Ahn, Yong-Yeol   +3 more
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“There Are Places Full of Beauty”: Desettling High School Students' Scientific Writing

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study contributes to desettling and expanding expectations about the forms of scientific language that belong in students' scientific writing. The primary empirical focus is the analysis of 52 high school student abstracts articulating community‐based investigations, submitted as part of their participation in a student conference in a ...
Alejandra Frausto Aceves
wiley   +1 more source

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