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Positive perceptions of invasive species can hinder effective management, especially if management efforts that are rooted in scientific theories are misaligned with local ecological knowledge. We documented local ecological knowledge about land invasibility as predicted by invasion biology theories. Participants with greater local ecological knowledge
Laurel Mael Philpott, Orou G. Gaoue
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ABSTRACT This article introduces a methodology for analyzing comics drawn by students in the context of a science inquiry. Within a pragmatist situated semiotic approach, comics created by the students in the context of a science inquiry are semiotic representations reflecting learning viewed as a sense‐making inferential process via the building of a ...
Evi Ketsea +2 more
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GenAI‐Assisted Digital Multimodal Composing in TESOL Teacher Education
Abstract This study explored how pre‐service TESOL teachers integrated GenAI tools into a Digital Multimodal Composing (DMC) project, composing a website, at a Hong Kong university. Specifically, it explored their decision‐making and cognitive engagement in the DMC process when they had autonomy in the use of GenAI tools.
Benjamin Luke Moorhouse +2 more
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This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
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What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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JOINclusion: A serious mobile game for promoting ethnocultural empathy in schools
Abstract This study examines the efficacy of JOINclusion, a serious mobile game designed to enhance ethnocultural empathy in children aged 8 to 12. Grounded in the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, JOINclusion delivers interactive scenarios through a narrative‐driven Story Mode and a collaborative Multiplayer Mode, encouraging emotional ...
Alessandra Colella +9 more
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– At present, audiovisual translation is one of the most interesting and stimulating domains within the field of Translation Studies. Resting on a rich semiotic apparatus, marked by the interplay of a double channel of communication – audio/visual – with
Alessandra Rollo
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ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities often face significant challenges in understanding health information. Pictorial supports are widely assumed to improve communication for people with learning disabilities, yet little research examines how visual communication can be effectively designed for this group.
Alison Drewett +5 more
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SiGnature: Explicit Motion Diffusion for Stylized Semantic Gesture Generation
Abstract While recent advances in co‐speech gesture generation have achieved impressive rhythmic synchronization, synthesizing gestures that are both semantically meaningful and faithful to a speaker's unique non‐verbal style remains an open challenge.
Adi Rosenthal +4 more
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