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Quantitative Standards for Absolute Linguistic Universals [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 2013 AbstractAbsolute linguistic universals are often justified by cross‐linguistic analysis: If all observed languages exhibit a property, the property is taken to be a likely universal, perhaps specified in the cognitive or linguistic systems of language learners and users. In many cases, these patterns are then taken to motivate linguistic theory.
Steven Piantadosi, Edward Gibson
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The law of brevity in macaque vocal communication is not an artifact of analyzing mean call durations [PDF]
, 2012 Words follow the law of brevity, i.e. more frequent words tend to be shorter. From a statistical point of view, this qualitative definition of the law states that word length and word frequency are negatively correlated.
Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy +3 more
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Frequency effects in linear discriminative learning
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceWord frequency is a strong predictor in most lexical processing tasks. Thus, any model of word recognition needs to account for how word frequency effects arise. The Discriminative Lexicon Model (DLM) models lexical processing with mappings between words'
Maria Heitmeier +5 more
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Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2022 Having two previously published editions (2009 and 2013), the current edition (2021), Statistics for Linguistics with R: A Practical Introduction, revises and brings into discussion an updated part of the quantitative analysis methods adapted to ...
Nicoleta MANLUP
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Language (Technology) is Power: A Critical Survey of "Bias" in NLP
, 2020 We survey 146 papers analyzing "bias" in NLP systems, finding that their motivations are often vague, inconsistent, and lacking in normative reasoning, despite the fact that analyzing "bias" is an inherently normative process.
Barocas, Solon +3 more
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Narrative Language as an Expression of Individual and Group Identity [PDF]
, 2013 Scientific Narrative Psychology integrates quantitative methodologies into the study of identity. Its methodology, Narrative Categorical Analysis, and its toolkit, NarrCat, were both originally developed by the Hungarian Narrative Psychology Group ...
Csertő, István +10 more
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A Law of Word Meaning in Dolphin Whistle Types
Entropy, 2009 We show that dolphin whistle types tend to be used in specific behavioral contexts, which is consistent with the hypothesis that dolphin whistle have some sort of “meaning”.
Brenda McCowan, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho
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Journal of Language and Literature, 2021 This paper investigates the quantitative distribution (type and token frequencies, and type-per-token ratio [TTR]) of motion verbs found in English and Indonesian versions of the novel Twilight (Meyer, 2005; Sari, 2008).
Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg +1 more
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Flexible Sensor‐Based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review explores how flexible sensing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) significantly enhance human–machine interfaces in medical robotics. It highlights key sensing mechanisms, AI‐driven advancements, and applications in prosthetics, exoskeletons, and surgical robotics.
Yuxiao Wang +5 more
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Exploring Semanticity for Content and Function Word Distinction in Catalan
LanguagesIn the realm of linguistics, the concept of “semanticity” was recently introduced as a novel measure designed to study linguistic networks. In a given text, semanticity is defined as the ratio of the potential number of meanings associated with a word to
Neus Català +2 more
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