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Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone +3 more
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ABSTRACT “Almost everyone,” Ronald Dworkin wrote in Sovereign Virtue, “assumes that democracy means equal voting power.” What, then, is voting power? The standard view defines it as the probability that a vote changes the outcome assuming that each possible combination of votes is equiprobable.
Daniel Wodak
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LOS ASPECTOS ÉTICOS DE LA COMUNIDAD EN CHARLES S. PEIRCE
Resumen: El trabajo recorre el trayecto teórico que conduce de algunas cuestiones epistemológicas involucradas en la noción peirceana de comunidad a otras de carácter ético. Se sostiene que, si bien esa noción posee en Peirce un importante potencial para
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Abstract Past research suggests that Working Memory plays a role in determining relative clause attachment bias. Disambiguation preferences may further depend on Processing Speed and explicit memory demands in linguistic tasks. Given that Working Memory and Processing Speed decline with age, older adults offer a way of investigating the factors ...
Willem S. van Boxtel, Laurel A. Lawyer
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What Connects Biolinguistics and Biosemiotics?
This paper reviews the background, fundamental questions, current issues, and goals of the intellectual movements initiated by Noam Chomsky’s biolinguistics and Thomas A. Sebeok’s (1920-2001) biosemiotics.
Prisca Augustyn
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The Determinants of ESG Ratings: Rater Ownership Matters
ABSTRACT We examine whether and how common ownership affects Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings—an important research question given the increasing use of these ratings in investment decisions and corporate evaluations. We find that companies with major shareholders in common with the rating agency (“sister firms”) tend to receive ...
Dragon Yongjun Tang +2 more
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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When Are Statistical Forecast Gains Economically Relevant? Evidence From Bitcoin Returns
ABSTRACT We study how statistical forecast gains for Bitcoin translate into trading profits. Using real‐time out‐of‐sample forecasts from daily bivariate VARs from October 2021 to February 2024, we show that Bitcoin returns are forecastable and that seven predictive indices yield significant gains in directional accuracy (DA).
Rehan Arain, Stephen Snudden
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ABSTRACT Energy labels help consumers understand the environmental impact of products. This drives consumer behavior. Knowing how label features are perceived can thus have important implications for design, policy, and management. Energy labels contain different design features that convey information about the range of available energy classes.
Emil Skog, Patrik Sörqvist
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