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This article discusses the focus on form in second language classroom acquisitions. Since the beginning of the 1990s, researchers in applied linguistics in the area of foreign language acquisition have reinitiated the discussion about the role of formal ...
Fábio Madeira
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Ion‐Gating Reservoir Computing for Preprocessing‐Free Speech Recognition from Throat Vibrations
This work presents a throat‐mounted mechanoelectric sensor integrated with an ion‐gel/graphene reservoir device for on‐device speech recognition. The system converts raw biomechanical vibrations into rich nonlinear current dynamics, enabling efficient classification through a simple linear readout. The approach highlights a compact and tunable physical‐
Daiki Nishioka +5 more
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When Harry Meets Superman: The Role of The Interlocutor in Persona-Based Dialogue Generation [PDF]
Endowing dialogue agents with persona information has proven to significantly improve the consistency and diversity of their generations. While much focus has been placed on aligning dialogues with provided personas, the adaptation to the interlocutor’s ...
Guerini, Marco +2 more
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Cross-Lingual Alignment of Contextual Word Embeddings, with Applications to Zero-shot Dependency Parsing [PDF]
We introduce a novel method for multilingual transfer that utilizes deep contextual embeddings, pretrained in an unsupervised fashion. While contextual embeddings have been shown to yield richer representations of meaning compared to their static ...
Regina Barzilay +7 more
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A semantic analysis of the locative word “ngoài” [PDF]
A locative word is a word that denotes direction and location. The word “ngoài” (outside) is one of the Vietnamese locative words, typically occurring in the structure “ngoài X”.
Luu Hon Vu
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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 +2 more
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Mostly Predictable: Cyclicity and the Distribution of Schwa in Itelmen [PDF]
The Itelmen language shows many instances of regular schwa/zero alternations. Even though the language permits quite extensive consonant clusters, I argue in this paper that the alternating schwas (and perhaps all instances of schwa) are epenthetic ...
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Cross-linguistic zero-shot communication via ad-hoc pseudowords
In verbal communication, speakers must encode meanings into signs such as words. Within a given language community, the correspondence between word forms and meanings can become conventionalized. However, speakers from different language communities cannot rely on these shared conventions.
Fritz Günther +2 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Chiara Veredice +4 more
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak +2 more
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