scholarly journals Word meaning access: The one-to-many mapping from form to meaning

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M Rodd
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The One

This chapter focuses on the process by which stored knowledge about a word’s form (orthographic or phonological) maps onto stored knowledge about its meaning. This mapping is made challenging by the ambiguity that is ubiquitous in natural language: most familiar words can refer to multiple different concepts. This one-to-many mapping from form to meaning within the lexicon is a core feature of word-meaning access. Fluent, accurate word-meaning access requires that comprehenders integrate multiple cues in order to determine which of a word’s possible semantic features are relevant in the current context. Specifically, word-meaning access is guided by (i) distributional information about the a priori relative likelihoods of different word meanings and (ii) a wide range of contextual cues that indicate which meanings are most likely in the current context.

Semantic Models and Translating

Target ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kussmaul
Keyword(s):  
Word Meaning ◽  
Semantic Feature ◽  
Feature Analysis ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
The Core ◽  
Semantic Models ◽  
Structural Semantics ◽  
Semantic Feature Analysis

Abstract This paper examines the relevance of three semantic models for translation. Structural semantics, more specifically semantic feature analysis, has given rise to the maxim that we should translate "bundles of semantic features". Prototype semantics suggests that word-meanings have cores and fuzzy edges which are influenced by culture. For translation this means that we do not necessarily translate bundles of features but have to decide whether to focus on the core or the fuzzy edges of the meaning of a particular word. Scenesand-frames semantics suggests that word meaning is influenced by context and the situation we are in. Word-meaning is thus not static but dynamic, and it is this dynamism which should govern our decisions as translators.

scholarly journals När barnet blir expert: Förklaringar av ord och procedurer i det digitala spelet Growtopia

2019 ◽  
Vol NF 28 (2018) ◽  
pp. 48-77
Author(s):  
Åsa Palviainen ◽  
Arja Piirainen-Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Language ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Multimodal Features ◽  
The Family ◽  
Shed Light

The ability to explain word meanings is central to a child’s language development and socialisation into different domains of language use. In previous research explanations have been shown to be linked to cognitive and linguistic development as well as academic language and discursive skills. This paper analyses what kinds of linguistic and discursive competences are put to use in explanation activities in interactions between an 8-year-old bilingual child (Albin) and his mother around a digital game. The data comes from a larger data set of video-recordings and field observation of children’s interactions around games. The analysis focuses on explanation sequences in which the child explicates the meaning of objects and procedures in the game world. The analysis shows how explanations are initiated, how they unfold in interaction and how they make relevant asymmetrical roles for the participants, allowing the child to construct a position of knowledge with regard to the game, an important part of his life world. More specifically, the analysis elucidates how Albin’s explanations highlight semantic features and relations that are meaningful for him and how he employs a wide range of linguistic and other semiotic resources in constructing his explanations in a context-sensitive way. The findings shed light on linguistic, interactional and multimodal features of explanations as a discourse activity and provide a window into practices of two-way language socialization in the family.

Le concept d'intégration en écologie appliquée

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Long
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Horizontal Integration ◽  
Australian School ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The One

The concept of integration has a wide range of meanings. The author first tries to bring out the point of view of specialists in natural resources. Two approaches are described: on the one hand that proceeding from elementary disciplines or from the nature of variables and on the other hand the ecosystematic or global, multidisciplinary approach. In the first one, integration is made a posteriori by trial and error. More important developments are devoted to the second approach; integration is said to be holistic and proceeds from a priori hypotheses (geomorphological postulate of the Australian school or phytoecological postulate of the Centre d'Etudes Phytosociologiques et Ecologiques Louis Emberger de Montpellier) and a posteriori interpretations. The phyto-ecological approach is especially well developed (vertical vs. horizontal integration). Verified integration is that which proceeds from mathematical models, from historical data, or experimentation.Total integration takes into account contributions from "naturalists" as well as from "humanists."

scholarly journals Word Sense Clustering and Clusterability

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana McCarthy ◽  
Marianna Apidianaki ◽  
Katrin Erk
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Word Sense Disambiguation ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Word Sense ◽  
Related Field ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
Word Sense Induction ◽  
Strict Partition ◽  
The One

Word sense disambiguation and the related field of automated word sense induction traditionally assume that the occurrences of a lemma can be partitioned into senses. But this seems to be a much easier task for some lemmas than others. Our work builds on recent work that proposes describing word meaning in a graded fashion rather than through a strict partition into senses; in this article we argue that not all lemmas may need the more complex graded analysis, depending on their partitionability. Although there is plenty of evidence from previous studies and from the linguistics literature that there is a spectrum of partitionability of word meanings, this is the first attempt to measure the phenomenon and to couple the machine learning literature on clusterability with word usage data used in computational linguistics. We propose to operationalize partitionability as clusterability, a measure of how easy the occurrences of a lemma are to cluster. We test two ways of measuring clusterability: (1) existing measures from the machine learning literature that aim to measure the goodness of optimal k-means clusterings, and (2) the idea that if a lemma is more clusterable, two clusterings based on two different “views” of the same data points will be more congruent. The two views that we use are two different sets of manually constructed lexical substitutes for the target lemma, on the one hand monolingual paraphrases, and on the other hand translations. We apply automatic clustering to the manual annotations. We use manual annotations because we want the representations of the instances that we cluster to be as informative and “clean” as possible. We show that when we control for polysemy, our measures of clusterability tend to correlate with partitionability, in particular some of the type-(1) clusterability measures, and that these measures outperform a baseline that relies on the amount of overlap in a soft clustering.

scholarly journals Hermeneutic issues in the context of K.-O. Apel’s transcendental pragmatics

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-112
Author(s):  
Н. В. Бевз
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Language Game ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Interpretation Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Cognitive Problems

The study analyzed the basic principles of K.-O. Apel’s transcendental pragmatics. We also determined the place of hermeneutic elements in the composition of Apel’s theory. The study showed that K.-O. Apel interprets the transcendental sphere of a person without straight connection wіth a philosophy of consciousness, and that he doesn’t support the “biologizing” view of cognitive problems. Apel’s approach is to determine a priori conditions and available forms of language communication. We also found that K.-O. Apel actively borrows and develops ideas of American pragmatism. As a result, he forms a model of the so-called “communicative community”. Our analysis demonstrated that, according to K.-O. Apel, the transcendental “schematics” of the subject is determined by his communicative competences. On this basis, K.-O. Apel develops the principles of discursive ethics. The study showed that an important element of Apel’s theory is a thesis about two “incarnations” of the communicative community, that is, its real and ideal forms. We determined that the ideal community, in the understanding of K.O. Apel, is such a community, any member of which always has the opportunity to unambiguously understand the meaning of each language expression and determine its correctness during communication. Accordingly, K.-O. Apel considers that a priori condition for any communication is “anticipation” by a person of this ideal communicative community in a real communicative process. Consequently, the oncoming of the real society to its ideal communicative form is the main ethical purpose for all of humanity. The study has revealed that the hermeneutic component in the communicative act, according to K.-O. Apel, is present on two levels. On the one hand, this is an interpretation of the addressee’s “communicative position” during formulation of a proposition, that is, it means taking into account the communicative competencies of the interlocutor. On the other hand, this is a certain interpretation process inherent in the procedure of perception of the “message” from another communication participant. According to K.-O. Apel, the place for such an initial interpretation is provided by the language game of communication, which always requires from its subjects an active and creative appeal to the context in which the verbal connection takes place. Thus, we determined that Apel’s transcendental pragmatics mediates a wide range of relevant philosophical issues. Consequently, hermeneutics in this context is associated with the theory of speech acts, philosophy of consciousness, analytical philosophy and ethics. Suchwise, it allows hermeneutics to remain its relevance in our time.

General Trend of Negative Transference Number in Li Salt/Ionic Liquid Mixtures

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Molinari ◽  
Jonathan P. Mailoa ◽  
Boris Kozinsky
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Transference Number ◽  
Liquid Mixtures ◽  
Single Linkage ◽  
Self Diffusion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Single Linkage Cluster ◽  
Concentrated Solution ◽  
The One ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

We show that strong cation-anion interactions in a wide range of lithium-salt/ionic liquid mixtures result in a negative lithium transference number, using molecular dynamics simulations and rigorous concentrated solution theory. This behavior fundamentally deviates from the one obtained using self-diffusion coefficient analysis and agrees well with experimental electrophoretic NMR measurements, which accounts for ion correlations. We extend these findings to several ionic liquid compositions. We investigate the degree of spatial ionic coordination employing single-linkage cluster analysis, unveiling asymmetrical anion-cation clusters. Additionally, we formulate a way to compute the effective lithium charge that corresponds to and agrees well with electrophoretic measurements and show that lithium effectively carries a negative charge in a remarkably wide range of chemistries and concentrations. The generality of our observation has significant implications for the energy storage community, emphasizing the need to reconsider the potential of these systems as next generation battery electrolytes.<br>

scholarly journals Modes of Interaction in Naturally Occurring Medical Encounters With General Practitioners: The “One in a Million” Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232199379
Author(s):  
Olaug S. Lian ◽  
Sarah Nettleton ◽  
Åge Wifstad ◽  
Christopher Dowrick
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Mode Competition ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The One ◽  
Narrative Mode ◽  
Modes Of Interaction

In this article, we qualitatively explore the manner and style in which medical encounters between patients and general practitioners (GPs) are mutually conducted, as exhibited in situ in 10 consultations sourced from the One in a Million: Primary Care Consultations Archive in England. Our main objectives are to identify interactional modes, to develop a classification of these modes, and to uncover how modes emerge and shift both within and between consultations. Deploying an interactional perspective and a thematic and narrative analysis of consultation transcripts, we identified five distinctive interactional modes: question and answer (Q&A) mode, lecture mode, probabilistic mode, competition mode, and narrative mode. Most modes are GP-led. Mode shifts within consultations generally map on to the chronology of the medical encounter. Patient-led narrative modes are initiated by patients themselves, which demonstrates agency. Our classification of modes derives from complete naturally occurring consultations, covering a wide range of symptoms, and may have general applicability.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis Resulting in a Typology of Elementary Classroom Movement Integration Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyridoula Vazou ◽  
Collin A. Webster ◽  
Gregory Stewart ◽  
Priscila Candal ◽  
Cate A. Egan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Teacher Collaboration ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Dose Intensity ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Movement Integration

Abstract Background/Objective Movement integration (MI) involves infusing physical activity into normal classroom time. A wide range of MI interventions have succeeded in increasing children’s participation in physical activity. However, no previous research has attempted to unpack the various MI intervention approaches. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review, qualitatively analyze, and develop a typology of MI interventions conducted in primary/elementary school settings. Subjects/Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed to identify published MI interventions. Irrelevant records were removed first by title, then by abstract, and finally by full texts of articles, resulting in 72 studies being retained for qualitative analysis. A deductive approach, using previous MI research as an a priori analytic framework, alongside inductive techniques were used to analyze the data. Results Four types of MI interventions were identified and labeled based on their design: student-driven, teacher-driven, researcher-teacher collaboration, and researcher-driven. Each type was further refined based on the MI strategies (movement breaks, active lessons, other: opening activity, transitions, reward, awareness), the level of intrapersonal and institutional support (training, resources), and the delivery (dose, intensity, type, fidelity). Nearly half of the interventions were researcher-driven, which may undermine the sustainability of MI as a routine practice by teachers in schools. An imbalance is evident on the MI strategies, with transitions, opening and awareness activities, and rewards being limitedly studied. Delivery should be further examined with a strong focus on reporting fidelity. Conclusions There are distinct approaches that are most often employed to promote the use of MI and these approaches may often lack a minimum standard for reporting MI intervention details. This typology may be useful to effectively translate the evidence into practice in real-life settings to better understand and study MI interventions.

scholarly journals Minkowski box from Yangian bootstrap

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Corcoran ◽  
Florian Loebbert ◽  
Julian Miczajka ◽  
Matthias Staudacher
Keyword(s):  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Wigner Function ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Feynman Integrals ◽  
The One

Abstract We extend the recently developed Yangian bootstrap for Feynman integrals to Minkowski space, focusing on the case of the one-loop box integral. The space of Yangian invariants is spanned by the Bloch-Wigner function and its discontinuities. Using only input from symmetries, we constrain the functional form of the box integral in all 64 kinematic regions up to twelve (out of a priori 256) undetermined constants. These need to be fixed by other means. We do this explicitly, employing two alternative methods. This results in a novel compact formula for the box integral valid in all kinematic regions of Minkowski space.

scholarly journals Entangling Lattice-Trapped Bosons with a Free Impurity: Impact on Stationary and Dynamical Properties

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Maxim Pyzh ◽  
Kevin Keiler ◽  
Simeon I. Mistakidis ◽  
Peter Schmelcher
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Entropy Measures ◽  
Particle Level ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Tunneling Dynamics ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Trapped Bosons

We address the interplay of few lattice trapped bosons interacting with an impurity atom in a box potential. For the ground state, a classification is performed based on the fidelity allowing to quantify the susceptibility of the composite system to structural changes due to the intercomponent coupling. We analyze the overall response at the many-body level and contrast it to the single-particle level. By inspecting different entropy measures we capture the degree of entanglement and intraspecies correlations for a wide range of intra- and intercomponent interactions and lattice depths. We also spatially resolve the imprint of the entanglement on the one- and two-body density distributions showcasing that it accelerates the phase separation process or acts against spatial localization for repulsive and attractive intercomponent interactions, respectively. The many-body effects on the tunneling dynamics of the individual components, resulting from their counterflow, are also discussed. The tunneling period of the impurity is very sensitive to the value of the impurity-medium coupling due to its effective dressing by the few-body medium. Our work provides implications for engineering localized structures in correlated impurity settings using species selective optical potentials.

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