Advancing the Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications with New Workflows and Data [PDF]
Lexical resources are crucial for cross-linguistic analysis and can provide new insights into computational models for natural language learning. Here, we present an advanced database for comparative studies of words with multiple meanings, a phenomenon known as colexification.
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Spelling, phonology and etymology in Hittite historical linguistics [PDF]
Mark Weeden
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Abstract When undertaking complex search scenarios, the underlying information need cannot be satisfied by finding a single optimal resource; instead, searchers need to engage in exploratory search processes to find multiple resources by iteratively revising and reformulation their queries.
Mohammad Hasan Payandeh+4 more
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Modern Models, Medieval Texts: A POS Tagging Study of Old Occitan [PDF]
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in natural language processing, yet their effectiveness in handling historical languages remains largely unexplored. This study examines the performance of open-source LLMs in part-of-speech (POS) tagging for Old Occitan, a historical language characterized by non-standardized ...
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Evaluating the linguistic coverage of OpenAlex: An assessment of metadata accuracy and completeness
Abstract Clarivate's Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier's Scopus have been for decades the main sources of bibliometric information. Although highly curated, these closed, proprietary databases are largely biased toward English‐language publications, underestimating the use of other languages in research dissemination.
Lucía Céspedes+12 more
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Sustaining the “frozen footprints” of scholarly communication through open citations
Abstract This review examines the role of open citations in fostering transparency, reproducibility, and accessibility in scholarly communication. Through a critical synthesis of diverse sources—articles, proceedings, presentations, datasets, and blog posts—it explores the motivations behind citing, the evolving meanings of citations, and key ...
Zehra Taşkın
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A View of Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching
Corpus linguistics is a topic that language teachers, especially EFL teachers should know due to its many possibilities for language instruction. The purpose of this article is precisely to look at the relationship between corpus linguistics and teaching.
Ana Clara Sánchez Solarte+1 more
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Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi+4 more
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Western Linguistics: an historical introduction Western Linguistics: an historical introduction
Ronaldo de Oliveira Batista
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Don Ringe and Joseph F. Eska. Historical Linguistics: Toward a Twenty-First Century Reintegration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xiii + 313 pp., 11 figures, 77 tables, £ 22.99/$ 39.99. [PDF]
Renate Bauer
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