Global-scale phylogenetic linguistic inference from lexical resources [PDF]
Automatic phylogenetic inference plays an increasingly important role in computational historical linguistics. Most pertinent work is currently based on expert cognate judgments.
Gerhard Jäger
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A Computational Theory for the Emergence of Grammatical Categories in Cortical Dynamics
A general agreement in psycholinguistics claims that syntax and meaning are unified precisely and very quickly during online sentence processing. Although several theories have advanced arguments regarding the neurocomputational bases of this phenomenon,
Dario Dematties +7 more
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Stress in Mehweb: A Lexically Filled Optimality Theory Approach [PDF]
There are two different ways to deal with exceptions in Optimality Theory (OT): Co-phonology and Indexed Constraints. Several works compare the two approaches claiming that the Co-phonology approach is more formally parsimonious than Indexed Constraint approach.
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Community structure in the phonological network
Community structure, which refers to the presence of densely connected groups within a larger network, is a common feature of several real-world networks from a variety of domains such as the human brain, social networks of hunter-gatherers and business ...
Cynthia S. Q. Siew
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Enhancing Education with Machine Learning: Predicting Student Readability Scores [PDF]
Readability is a critical aspect of written communication, determining how effectively readers comprehend and engage with a text. This study explores the use of machine learning techniques to predict students' reading scores, with a particular focus on ...
Claire Bell
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A network model of interpersonal alignment in dialog [PDF]
In dyadic communication, both interlocutors adapt to each other linguistically, that is, they align interpersonally. In this article, we develop a framework for modeling interpersonal alignment in terms of the structural similarity of the interlocutors ...
Alexander Mehler +31 more
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Sparse Optimization for Unsupervised Extractive Summarization of Long Documents with the Frank-Wolfe Algorithm [PDF]
We address the problem of unsupervised extractive document summarization, especially for long documents. We model the unsupervised problem as a sparse auto-regression one and approximate the resulting combinatorial problem via a convex, norm-constrained ...
Alicia Y. Tsai, Laurent El Ghaoui
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PRECEDENT PHENOMENA AS MEANS OF ESTABLISHING ATTRACTIVENESS IN POLYCODE INTERNET TEXT
The article deals with the problem of precedent phenomena use for realization of the attractiveness effect. The role of traditional and innovative precedent phenomena (memes) in polycode internet media-text aimed at attracting attention of the audience
Timur B. Radbil, Alexey I. Pomazov
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Teaching foreign language writing skills in the digital environment of the university
Importance. In the competence-activity paradigm of language education, priority is given to the development and formation of foreign-language productive written-speech skills and language skills of students, contributing to the creation of written texts ...
S. V. Titova
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Robots that Say ‘No’. Affective Symbol Grounding and the Case of Intent Interpretations [PDF]
© 2017 IEEE. This article has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. Personal use of this material is permitted.
Foerster, Frank +2 more
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