Results 31 to 40 of about 337,290 (283)

Count Nouns - Mass Nouns, Neat Nouns - Mess Nouns

Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, 2010
In this paper I propose and formalize a theory of the mass-count distinction in which the denotations of count nouns are built from non-overlapping generators, while the denotations of mass nouns are built from overlapping generators. Counting is counting of generators, and it will follow that counting is only correct on count denotations. I will show
openaire   +3 more sources

The role of word frequency and morpho-orthography in agreement processing

, 2020
Agreement attraction in comprehension (when an ungrammatical verb is read quickly if preceded by a feature-matching local noun) is well described by a cue-based retrieval framework. This suggests a role for lexical retrieval in attraction.
Brehm, L., Christianson, K., Hussey, E.
core   +1 more source

Children’s preference for HAS and LOCATED relations: A word learning bias for noun–noun compounds [PDF]

, 2010
The present study investigates children’s bias when interpreting novel noun–noun compounds (e.g. kig donka) that refer to combinations of novel objects (kig and donka).
ANDREA KROTT, CHRISTINA L. GAGNÉ, Clark, Diessel, ELENA NICOLADIS, Gentner, Gentner, Gleitman, Levi, MacWhinney, Markman, Quine, Smith, Warren   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Transfer and Multi-Task Learning for Noun-Noun Compound Interpretation

, 2018
In this paper, we empirically evaluate the utility of transfer and multi-task learning on a challenging semantic classification task: semantic interpretation of noun--noun compounds.
Fares, Murhaf, Oepen, Stephan, Velldal, Erik   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Reanalyzing language expectations: Native language knowledge modulates the sensitivity to intervening cues during anticipatory processing [PDF]

, 2018
Issue Online:21 September 2018We investigated how native language experience shapes anticipatory language processing. Two groups of bilinguals (either Spanish or Basque natives) performed a word matching task (WordMT) and a picture matching task ...
Altmann, Altmann, Bates, Boersma, Brothers, Caffarra, Caffarra, Clahsen, Clahsen, Clark, Coltheart, Dell, DeLong, Dijkstra, Dikker, Duchon, Federmeier, Federmeier, Federmeier, Foucart, Gollan, Gollan, Grainger, Grainger, Guthrie, Hahne, Hahne, Hawelka, Hell, Holcomb, Indefrey, Ito, Izura, Jaeger, Kaan, Kamide, Kim, Kuperberg, Kutas, Laka, Lemhöfer, Levy, MacDonald, MacWhinney, MacWhinney, MacWhinney, Marslen-Wilson, Martin, McClelland, Molinaro, Molinaro, Molnar, Peirce, Pickering, Pickering, Rijk, Royal Spanish Academy, Strijkers, Strijkers, Walter, Weber-Fox, Weerts, Wicha   +62 more
core   +3 more sources

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concept Blending and Dissimilarity: Factors for Creative Design Process: A Comparison between the Linguistic Interpretation Process and Design Process [PDF]

, 2009
This study investigated the design process in order to clarify the characteristics of the essence of the creative design process vis-à-vis the interpretation process, by carrying out design experiments.
Mukai, Futoshi, Nagai, Yukari, Taura, Toshiharu   +2 more
core  

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria

West African Journal of Open and Flexible Learning
With the rapid adoption of online learning platforms occasioned by the rise in digital technologies, the National Open University of Nigeria has continued to leverage technology to optimise operations by offering synchronous online facilitation/tutoring
Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources