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Ambiguity Resolution in Language Learning

Author : Hinrich Schütze
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781575860749
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis Ambiguity Resolution in Language Learning by : Hinrich Schütze

Download or read book Ambiguity Resolution in Language Learning written by Hinrich Schütze and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications. This book was released on 1997-05-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is concerned with how ambiguity and ambiguity resolution are learned, that is, with the acquisition of the different representations of ambiguous linguistic forms and the knowledge necessary for selecting among them in context. Schütze concentrates on how the acquisition of ambiguity is possible in principle and demonstrates that particular types of algorithms and learning architectures (such as unsupervised clustering and neural networks) can succeed at the task. Three types of lexical ambiguity are treated: ambiguity in syntactic categorisation, semantic categorisation, and verbal subcategorisation. The volume presents three different models of ambiguity acquisition: Tag Space, Word Space, and Subcat Learner, and addresses the importance of ambiguity in linguistic representation and its relevance for linguistic innateness.

Lexical Ambiguity Resolution

Author : Steven L. Small
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080510132
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis Lexical Ambiguity Resolution by : Steven L. Small

Download or read book Lexical Ambiguity Resolution written by Steven L. Small and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most frequently used words in English are highly ambiguous; for example, Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary lists 94 meanings for the word "run" as a verb alone. Yet people rarely notice this ambiguity. Solving this puzzle has commanded the efforts of cognitive scientists for many years. The solution most often identified is "context": we use the context of utterance to determine the proper meanings of words and sentences. The problem then becomes specifying the nature of context and how it interacts with the rest of an understanding system. The difficulty becomes especially apparent in the attempt to write a computer program to understand natural language. Lexical ambiguity resolution (LAR), then, is one of the central problems in natural language and computational semantics research. A collection of the best research on LAR available, this volume offers eighteen original papers by leading scientists. Part I, Computer Models, describes nine attempts to discover the processes necessary for disambiguation by implementing programs to do the job. Part II, Empirical Studies, goes into the laboratory setting to examine the nature of the human disambiguation mechanism and the structure of ambiguity itself. A primary goal of this volume is to propose a cognitive science perspective arising out of the conjunction of work and approaches from neuropsychology, psycholinguistics, and artificial intelligence--thereby encouraging a closer cooperation and collaboration among these fields. Lexical Ambiguity Resolution is a valuable and accessible source book for students and cognitive scientists in AI, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology, or theoretical linguistics.

Bilingual Lexical Ambiguity Resolution

Author : Roberto R. Heredia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107145619
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Bilingual Lexical Ambiguity Resolution by : Roberto R. Heredia

Download or read book Bilingual Lexical Ambiguity Resolution written by Roberto R. Heredia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sets out state-of-the-art methodological and theoretical advancements to shed light on how bilingual speakers comprehend ambiguous information.

Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity

Author : Graeme Hirst
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521428989
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Book Synopsis Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity by : Graeme Hirst

Download or read book Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity written by Graeme Hirst and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semantic interpretation and the resolution of ambiguity presents an important advance in computer understanding of natural language. While parsing techniques have been greatly improved in recent years, the approach to semantics has generally improved in recent years, the approach to semantics has generally been ad hoc and had little theoretical basis. Graeme Hirst offers a new, theoretically motivated foundation for conceptual analysis by computer, and shows how this framework facilitates the resolution of lexical and syntactic ambiguities. His approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on research in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, montague semantics, and cognitive psychology.

Automatic Ambiguity Resolution in Natural Language Processing

Author : Alexander Franz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540620044
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Automatic Ambiguity Resolution in Natural Language Processing by : Alexander Franz

Download or read book Automatic Ambiguity Resolution in Natural Language Processing written by Alexander Franz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-11-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exciting time for Artificial Intelligence, and for Natural Language Processing in particular. Over the last five years or so, a newly revived spirit has gained prominence that promises to revitalize the whole field: the spirit of empiricism. This book introduces a new approach to the important NLP issue of automatic ambiguity resolution, based on statistical models of text. This approach is compared with previous work and proved to yield higher accuracy for natural language analysis. An effective implementation strategy is also described, which is directly useful for natural language analysis. The book is noteworthy for demonstrating a new empirical approach to NLP; it is essential reading for researchers in natural language processing or computational linguistics.

Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research

Author : Elma Blom
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027287953
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research by : Elma Blom

Download or read book Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research written by Elma Blom and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research provides students and researchers interested in language acquisition with comprehensible and practical information on the most frequently used methods in language acquisition research. It includes contributions on first and child/adult second language learners, language-impaired children, and on the acquisition of both spoken and signed language. Part I discusses specific experimental methods, explaining the rationale behind each one, and providing an overview of potential participants, the procedure and data-analysis, as well as advantages and disadvantages and dos and don’ts. Part II focuses on comparisons across groups, addressing the theoretical, applied and methodological issues involved in such comparative work. This book will not only be of use to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, but also to any scholars wishing to learn more about a particular research method. It is suitable as a textbook in postgraduate programs in the fields of linguistics, education and psychology.

Resolving Semantic Ambiguity

Author : David S. Gorfein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461235960
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Book Synopsis Resolving Semantic Ambiguity by : David S. Gorfein

Download or read book Resolving Semantic Ambiguity written by David S. Gorfein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolving Semantic Ambiguity arrrays the work of leading theorists on the issues surrounding the meaning and interpretation of ambiguous text. The chapters are organized around three major themes: (1) retrieval, (2) representation of words, and (3) text as a context. The book offers a number of new challenges to the role of context in language processing, some striking new evidence on the repetition of homographs in different contexts, and new approaches to resolution capable of being incorporated into either modular or network models. In several papers the problem of ambiguity is extended to include the problem of weak ambiguity and understanding text themes. The book provides a unique starting point for researchers approaching the problems of meaning in cognitive science, psychology, and computational linguistics.

Bilingual Sentence Processing

Author : Roberto Heredia
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080500099
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Bilingual Sentence Processing written by Roberto Heredia and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingual Sentence Processing

The New Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

Author : William C. Ritchie
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848552408
Total Pages : 745 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Book Synopsis The New Handbook of Second Language Acquisition by : William C. Ritchie

Download or read book The New Handbook of Second Language Acquisition written by William C. Ritchie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The New Handbook of Second Language Acquisition" is a thoroughly revised, re-organized, and re-worked edition of Ritchie and Bhatia's 1996 handbook. The work is divided into six parts, each devoted to a different aspect of the study of SLA. Part I includes a recent history of methods used in SLA research and an overview of currently used methods. Part II contains chapters on Universal Grammar, emergentism, variationism, information-processing, sociocultural, and cognitive-linguistic. Part III is devoted to overviews of SLA research on lexicon, morphosyntax, phonology, pragmatics, sentence processing, and the distinction between implicit and explicit knowledge. Part IV examines neuropsycholgy of SLA, another on child SLA, and the effects of age on second language acquisition and use. Part V is concerned with the contribution of the linguistic environment to SLA, including work on acquisition in different environments, through the Internet, and by deaf learners. Finally, Part VI treats social factors in SLA, including research on acquisition in contact circumstances, on social identity in SLA, on individual differences in SLA, and on the final state of SLA, bilingualism.

Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

Author : Martin Hahn
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135658374
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society by : Martin Hahn

Download or read book Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society written by Martin Hahn and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the complete collection of peer-reviewed presentations at the 1999 Cognitive Science Society meeting, including papers, poster abstracts, and descriptions of conference symposia. For students and researchers in all areas of cognitive science.

Second Language Acquisition

Author : Roumyana Slabakova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191072192
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Second Language Acquisition written by Roumyana Slabakova and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook approaches second language acquisition from the perspective of generative linguistics. Roumyana Slabakova reviews and discusses paradigms and findings from the last thirty years of research in the field, focussing in particular on how the second or additional language is represented in the mind and how it is used in communication. The adoption and analysis of a specific model of acquisition, the Bottleneck Hypothesis, provides a unifying perspective. The book assumes some non-technical knowledge of linguistics, but important concepts are clearly introduced and defined throughout, making it a valuable resource not only for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, but also for researchers in cognitive science and language teachers.

Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing

Author : Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783093609
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing by : Zhisheng (Edward) Wen

Download or read book Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing written by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume offers a comprehensive discussion of essential theoretical and methodological issues concerning the pivotal role of working memory in second language learning and processing. The collection opens with a foreword and introductory theoretical chapters written by leading figures in the field of cognitive psychology. Following these are three research sections containing chapters providing original data and innovative insights into the dynamic and complex relationships between working memory and specific areas of second language processing, instruction, performance and development. Each section concludes with a commentary which is written by a noted SLA researcher and which charts the course for future research. This book provides a fascinating collection of perspectives on the relationship between working memory and second language learning and will appeal to those interested in the integration of cognitive psychology with SLA research.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics

Author : Aline Godfroid
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000779041
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics written by Aline Godfroid and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics provides a comprehensive survey of the latest research at the intersection of linguistics, cognitive psychology, and applied linguistics, for those seeking to understand the mental architecture and processes that shape the acquisition of additional languages. The handbook represents the full complexity of second language acquisition across the lifespan, spanning childhood bilinguals and adult L2 learners, and is inclusive of heritage languages, early bilingualism and multilingualism, and language attrition. An authoritative selection of diverse, global, leading psycholinguists synthesize the latest research to provide a thorough overview in a single volume and set the agenda for the future. The volume is organized into five key parts for ease of use: psycholinguistics across the lifespan; methods; theoretical perspectives; the psycholinguistics of learning; and transdisciplinary perspectives. This handbook will be an indispensable resource for scholars and students of psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, applied linguistics, bilingualism, cognitive science, psychology, and research methodology.

Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition

Author : Bill VanPatten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147422752X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition by : Bill VanPatten

Download or read book Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition written by Bill VanPatten and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition defines the key terminology within second language acquisition, and also provides accessible summaries of the key issues within this complex area of study. The final section presents a list of key readings in second language acquisition that signposts the reader towards classic articles and also provides a springboard to further study. The whole book has been updated and expanded to take into account a wider range of theories and developments since the first edition. It remains at the top of its game. The text is accessibly written, with complicated terms and concepts explained in an easy to understand way. Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition is an essential resource for students.

Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135604193
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition written by Peter Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-29 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.

Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Eli Hinkel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135636451
Total Pages : 1859 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning written by Eli Hinkel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 1859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections: *social contexts of second language learning; *research methodologies in second-language learning, acquisition, and teaching; *contributions of applied linguistics to the teaching and learning of second language skills; *second language processes and development; *teaching methods and curricula; *issues in second or foreign language testing and assessment; *identity, culture, and critical pedagogy in second language teaching and learning; and *important considerations in language planning and policies. The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers; teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.

Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice

Author : Amazat K. Akbarov
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443834289
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice by : Amazat K. Akbarov

Download or read book Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice written by Amazat K. Akbarov and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice is a collection of essays which will appeal to teachers of modern languages no matter the level of instruction. The essays highlight the latest developments of Foreign Language Teaching in the Balkan countries, Eastern and Western Europe and the Middle East. The field of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) is one of the richest areas of second language research and practice because increasing globalization and changing technologies spawn new modes of intercultural connection and new occasions for second language use. Languages for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice compasses this burgeoning field by presenting new research and commentary from some of the field’s leading practitioners. This book surveys the approaches and methods in foreign language teaching, such as grammar translation, language evaluation, communication competence, critical thinking skills, communicative language teaching, and the natural approach. Teachers and teachers-in-training will discover in this book a comprehensive survey and analysis of the major and minor teaching methods used around the world. It is addressed to a wide audience that includes Language for Specific Purposes teachers and researchers, although the contents will also be relevant to applied linguists working in other fields. This book contains research studies as well as educational experiences and proposals, presented from different perspectives and backgrounds (both geographical and cultural), all of which are theoretically grounded and with a clear and sound rationale. Readers will find a variety of educational projects and research studies situated in specific educational contexts and in particular geographical locations.