A computational investigation of the relationship between lexical sophistication and writing competence using the automatic analysis of lexical sophistication program

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-38
Author(s):  
Young-Ju Lee
Keyword(s):  
Automatic Analysis ◽  
Computational Investigation ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
The Relationship

From Argument Diagrams to Argumentation Mining in Texts

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Peldszus ◽  
Manfred Stede
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Argument Structure ◽  
Automatic Analysis ◽  
Critical Survey ◽  
Formal Representation ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Argumentation Mining ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, the authors consider argument mining as the task of building a formal representation for an argumentative piece of text. Their goal is to provide a critical survey of the literature on both the resulting representations (i.e., argument diagramming techniques) and on the various aspects of the automatic analysis process. For representation, the authors also provide a synthesized proposal of a scheme that combines advantages from several of the earlier approaches; in addition, the authors discuss the relationship between representing argument structure and the rhetorical structure of texts in the sense of Mann and Thompsons (1988) RST. Then, for the argument mining problem, the authors also cover the literature on closely-related tasks that have been tackled in Computational Linguistics, because they think that these can contribute to more powerful argument mining systems than the first prototypes that were built in recent years. The paper concludes with the authors’ suggestions for the major challenges that should be addressed in the field of argument mining.

Automatic analysis of cerebral asymmetry: an exploratory study of the relationship between brain torque and planum temporale asymmetry

NeuroImage ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 678-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Barrick ◽  
Clare E. Mackay ◽  
Sylvain Prima ◽  
Frederik Maes ◽  
Dirk Vandermeulen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Automatic Analysis ◽  
Planum Temporale ◽  
Cerebral Asymmetry ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Extensive Reading for University EFL Learners: Its Effects and Both Teachers' and Learners' Views

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Chaochang Wang ◽  
Chu-Tai Ho
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
The Relationship

The effect of reading on general communicative competence remains a focus of second language acquisition research. Extensive reading, in particular, provides rich input and helps learners acquire languages. Research has provided findings that support the value of extensive reading (ER); however, there is scant evidence to date showing the relationship of extensive reading to overall competence and, particularly, writing competence. The present study investigated the relationship of ER to overall English language competence as well as teachers’ and students’ views about its implementation. The participants were 190 Taiwanese university freshmen and their three English instructors. The data includes scores on pre- and post-tests measuring students’ listening, reading, and writing as well as questionnaire responses and interview accounts. The findings of the study indicate that the effectiveness of ER for the student participants is partially supported and, hence, have implications for English teaching and learning in EFL contexts.

scholarly journals Relating Substructures and Side Effects of Drugs with Chemical-chemical Interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhou ◽  
Xian Zhao ◽  
Jing Lu ◽  
Zuntao Sun ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Permutation Test ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Drug Side Effects ◽  
Computational Investigation ◽  
The Relationship

Background:Drugs are very important for human life because they can provide treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of different diseases. However, they also cause side effects, which can increase the risks for humans and pharmaceuticals companies. It is essential to identify drug side effects in drug discovery. To date, lots of computational methods have been proposed to predict the side effects of drugs and most of them used the fact that similar drugs always have similar side effects. However, previous studies did not analyze which substructures are highly related to which kind of side effect.Method:In this study, we conducted a computational investigation. In this regard, we extracted a drug set for each side effect, which consisted of drugs having the side effect. Also, for each substructure, a set was constructed by picking up drugs owing such substructure. The relationship between one side effect and one substructure was evaluated based on linkages between drugs in their corresponding drug sets, resulting in an Es value. Then, the statistical significance of Es value was measured by a permutation test.Results and Conclusion:A number of highly related pairs of side effects and substructures were obtained and some were extensively analyzed to confirm the reliability of the results reported in this study.

scholarly journals Students’ Attitude on The Use of Facebook And Blog In Writing Class and Their Writing Competence

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Rifai
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Control ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Experimental Group

Article aims to investigate the relationship between students’ attitudes on the use of Facebook and blog as learning tools in writing class. Two groups of students were made as experimental and control group. The experimental group used Facebook and blog in as learning tools for thirteen sessions while the control group only used Binusmaya, local multi channel learning. It was assumed that Facebook and blog would be able to help students in three level of writing mastery: the vocabulary, the accuracy and the fluency in writing. Students’ attitudes were gathered through survey and the results compared to their final test scores. The result shows that students’ lack of enthusiasm was in line with students’ level of achievement in writing and that Facebook and blog did not give significant influence on improving students’ writing competence.   

scholarly journals Investigation into the Research on Doctoral Writing: A Synthesis of Recent Research (2010-2019)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia GUO
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Doctoral Writing ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Writing Practice

Doctoral writing has been concerned by linguistic scholars and the practitioners of English for academic purposes. This review explores the literature on doctoral writing which got published in peer-reviewed international journals of English between 2010 and 2019 to examine three questions: (1) From which perspectives do the recent researches adopt when examining doctoral writing of the ESOL students? (2) What methodology do the authors apply to research doctoral writing? (3) What kind of text or resource was analyzed by the authors? The goal of the review is to provide the pedagogical suggestions to the future teaching of doctoral writing and viable supports for the writing practice of doctoral students by a comprehensive analysis of the current research. After the overall search on Scopus, 210 titles and abstracts have been searched out through a combination of search terms. The inclusion and exclusion criteria have been used to identify the qualified articles for this study and disqualify the possibly irrelevant articles from the included. Ultimately, 82 articles have been confirmed to be further reviewed for the solution of research questions. This review indicates the relationship between doctoral writing and pedagogical and social context is complex, and thus necessary supports from inside and outside of doctoral community need to be given to improve the writing competence of doctoral students.

Zum Begriff der Sprachbewusstheit in der Schreibforschung und -didaktik

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Muhammed Akbulut ◽  
Sabine Schmölzer-Eibinger ◽  
Christopher Ebner
Keyword(s):  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Instruction Model

AbstractThe goal of text-procedure-oriented writing instruction models is to foster metalinguistic awareness, but they lack a sound theoretical foundation for the concept of metalinguistic awareness. In response to this, this paper discusses theories from the field of metalinguistic awareness research, which are then used to develop a text-procedure-orientated writing instruction model. Using a mixed methods approach which combines inferential statistics, corpus analysis and the in-depth analysis of individual cases, the writing instruction model was evaluated, and the texts produced by the students were analyzed in conjunction with their collaborative writing dialogues (since these document the genesis of the texts) to examine the relationship between metalinguistic awareness and academic writing competence.

Interstellar gas in the central region of the Galaxy

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 239-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Continuum Emission ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
Interstellar Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Recombination ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Centre Region ◽  
The Relationship

A review is given of information on the galactic-centre region obtained from recent observations of the 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen, the 18-cm group of OH lines, a hydrogen recombination line at 6 cm wavelength, and the continuum emission from ionized hydrogen.Both inward and outward motions are important in this region, in addition to rotation. Several types of observation indicate the presence of material in features inclined to the galactic plane. The relationship between the H and OH concentrations is not yet clear, but a rough picture of the central region can be proposed.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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