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Putting order into literal and figurative uses of verbs: "Romper" as a case study
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2012 This paper argues in favor of the hypothesis that the so-called figurative and literal meanings of verbs share a common core meaning that constitutes the semantic base of verbs across contexts.
Alexandra Spalek
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Non-Derivative and Derivative Homonyms in the Russian and Uzbek Languages
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2019 The article discusses questions regarding non-derivative and derivative homonyms by the example of verbs of the Russian and Uzbek languages. In sight are the problems of distinguishing polysemy and homonymy, the criteria for determining their boundaries.
Bakhram Sh. Kurbanov
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Lexical Syllabus in Elementary and Secondary Education: Construction and Implementation
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Nonnative language users operate with significantly limited vocabularies compared to native speakers, particularly when the language is learnt in school contexts. This paper demonstrates how empirical research on vocabulary learning combined with experience in teaching and curricula design has informed the principled construction of a lexical ...
Batia Laufer
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The ambiguous nature of complex semantic types: an experimental investigation
Language and CognitionWords with complex semantic types such as book are characterised by a multiplicity of interpretations that are not mutually exclusive (e.g., as a physical object and/or informational content). Their status with respect to lexical ambiguity is notoriously
Richard Huyghe +3 more
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.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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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes +3 more
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The determination of what is said and what is implied
Mind &Language, EarlyView.Is what is said determined by syntax, conventional meaning, and select aspects of context? This thesis—semanticity—seems plausible because what is said can diverge from both what the speaker means and what the addressee understands, and because ordinary speakers know what is said when presented with a novel sentence‐context pair.
Victor Tamburini
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Identical Platform, Divergent Publics: Sweden and Finland During the 2022 NATO Crisis
Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Digital platforms are often theorized as universal drivers of political polarization, yet empirical patterns remain inconsistent across countries. Leveraging the natural‐experiment logic of Sweden's and Finland's simultaneous 2022 NATO applications and the NATO–Turkey diplomatic crisis, this study examines how national political cultures ...
Selcen Ozturkcan
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Enhancing E‐Commerce Recommendations Through Review Summarization and Multi‐Embedding Feature Fusion
Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of e‐commerce, recommender systems have become essential tools for alleviating information overload by providing users with personalized item suggestions that match their preferences. Traditional collaborative filtering approaches have shown strong performance, while they still suffer from data sparsity since they rely ...
Haebin Lim +4 more
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