Ontolinguistics

Author : Andrea C. Schalley,Dietmar Zaefferer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197792

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Ontolinguistics by Andrea C. Schalley,Dietmar Zaefferer Pdf

Current progress in linguistic theorizing is more and more informed by cross-linguistic (including cross-modal) investigation. Comparison of languages relies crucially on the concepts that can be coded with similar effort in all languages. These concepts are part of every language user's ontology, the network of cross-connected conceptualizations the mind uses in coping with the world. Assuming that language comparability is rooted in the comparability of user ontologies, the idea of the present volume is to further instigate progress in linguistics by looking behind the interface with the conceptual-intentional system and asking a still underexplored question: How are ontological structures reflected in intra- and cross-linguistic regularities? This question defines the research program of ontology based linguistics or ontolinguistics. Recent advances in the theory of language have been characterized by an emphasis on external explanatory adequacy and thus on relating language to other phenomena. The research program introduced in this volume adds a decisively distinct and fresh aspect to this emerging new contextualization of the field by bringing together insights from different areas, mainly linguistics, but also neuroscience, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. In providing these disciplines with a new common task, the exploration of the impact of ontological structures on linguistic regularities, the ontolinguistic approach promises to develop into a vital branch of cognitive science. Documenting the beginnings, the book aims to instigate future interdisciplinary research in this area. It will be of interest to researchers in linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science in general.

Author : Prue Holmes,Judith Reynolds,Sara Ganassin
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800410169

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The Politics of Researching Multilingually by Prue Holmes,Judith Reynolds,Sara Ganassin Pdf

This book offers a unique understanding of how researchers’ linguistic resources, and the languages they use in the research process, are often politically and structurally shaped and constrained, with implications for the reliability of the research. The chapters are written by both experienced and novice researchers, who examine how they negotiated the use of their own, and others’, linguistic and communicative resources when undertaking their research in politically-charged, and linguistically and culturally diverse contexts. The contributing authors are either from the Global South, or engaged in work which is contextualised within the Global South; or they face linguistic structural hegemonies in the Global North which challenge their research processes. They utilise diverse theoretical, methodological and disciplinary approaches to produce a collection of engaging and accessible accounts of researching multilingually in their contexts. These accounts will help readers to make theoretically and methodologically informed choices about the political dimensions of languages in their own research when researching multilingually.

Author : GODED RAMBAUD Margarita ,IBÁÑEZ MORENO Ana ,HOSTE Veronique ,MATTENS Sil ,DE CONINCK Peter
Publisher : Editorial UNED
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788436270495

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ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF WORDS. APPLICATIONS OF MEANING STUDIES by GODED RAMBAUD Margarita ,IBÁÑEZ MORENO Ana ,HOSTE Veronique ,MATTENS Sil ,DE CONINCK Peter Pdf

In light of today’s extensive use of digital communication, this volume focuses on how to understand and manage the various types of linguistically-based products that facilitate the use and extraction of information. Including conceptual and terminological databases, digital dictionaries, thesauri, language corpora, and ontologies, they all contribute to the development and improvement of language industries, such as those devoted to automatic translation, knowledge management, knowledge retrieval, linguistic data analysis, and so on. As the theoretical background underlying these applications is outlined in detail in the earlier chapters of the book, the reader is able to establish the necessary links between the various but related kinds of linguistic –and, in particular, semantic– applications. A general review of several theories and linguistic models that influence the practical application of Meaning studies to the new technologies is also included. This book is aimed at students and researchers of Linguistics, as well as those with a basic knowledge of Linguistics and Semantics who are interested in the on-going development of the handling of meaning and its practical usage

Author : Andrea C. Schalley
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223944

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Practical Theories and Empirical Practice by Andrea C. Schalley Pdf

There is a perceived tension between empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of language. Many recent works in the discipline emphasise that linguistics is an 'empirical science'. This volume argues for a nuanced view, highlighting that theory and practice necessarily and as a matter of fact complement each other in linguistic research. Its contributions – ranging from experimental studies in psychology via linguistic fieldwork and cross-linguistic comparisons to the application of formal and logical approaches to language – exemplify the mutual relationship between empirical and theoretical work. The volume illustrates how selected topics are addressed by different contributions and methodological stances. Topics include the cognitive grounding of language, social cognition and the construction of meaning in interaction, and, closely related, pragmatics from a typological perspective and beyond. Anyone interested in these topics and more generally in meta-theoretical considerations will find great value in this volume.

Author : Elena Bárcena,Timothy Read,Jorge Arús
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319022222

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Languages for Specific Purposes in the Digital Era by Elena Bárcena,Timothy Read,Jorge Arús Pdf

Explores the direct relation of modern CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) to aspects of natural language processing for theoretical and practical applications, and worldwide demand for formal language education and training that focuses on restricted or specialized professional domains. Unique in its broad-based, state-of-the-art, coverage of current knowledge and research in the interrelated fields of computer-based learning and teaching and processing of specialized linguistic domains. The articles in this book offer insights on or analyses of the current state and future directions of many recent key concepts regarding the application of computers to natural languages, such as: authenticity, personalization, normalization, evaluation. Other articles present fundamental research on major techniques, strategies and methodologies that are currently the focus of international language research projects, both of a theoretical and an applied nature.

Author : Christopher J. Hall,Rachel Wicaksono
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108482530

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Ontologies of English by Christopher J. Hall,Rachel Wicaksono Pdf

A critical examination of the ways in which English is conceptualised for learning, teaching, and assessment in a range of domains, from both social and cognitive perspectives. Researchers and postgraduates working on English in L1 and L2 educational contexts will find it valuable for research and collaboration.

Author : Dunstan Brown,Marina Chumakina,Greville G. Corbett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199604326

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Canonical Morphology and Syntax by Dunstan Brown,Marina Chumakina,Greville G. Corbett Pdf

This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed. In this way, the issue of fit becomes a matter of greater or lesser proximity to a canonical ideal. Drawing on the expertise of world class scholars in the field, the book addresses the issue of cross-linguistic comparability, illustrates the range of areas - from morphosyntactic features to reported speech - to which linguists are currently applying this methodology, and explores to what degree the approach succeeds in discovering the elusive canon of linguistic phenomena.

Author : Antonio Pareja-Lora,Maria Blume,Barbara C. Lust,Christian Chiarcos
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262536257

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Development of Linguistic Linked Open Data Resources for Collaborative Data-Intensive Research in the Language Sciences by Antonio Pareja-Lora,Maria Blume,Barbara C. Lust,Christian Chiarcos Pdf

Making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, and accessible: perspectives from language/language acquistiion researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. This volume examines the challenges inherent in making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, integrated, and accessible, thus fostering wide data sharing and collaboration. It is unique in integrating the perspectives of language researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. Reporting on both active research needs in the field of language acquisition and technical advances in the development of data interoperability, the book demonstrates the advantages of an international infrastructure for scholarship in the field of language sciences. With contributions by researchers who produce complex data content and scholars involved in both the technology and the conceptual foundations of LLOD (linguistics linked open data), the book focuses on the area of language acquisition because it involves complex and diverse data sets, cross-linguistic analyses, and urgent collaborative research. The contributors discuss a variety of research methods, resources, and infrastructures. Contributors Isabelle Barrière, Nan Bernstein Ratner, Steven Bird, Maria Blume, Ted Caldwell, Christian Chiarcos, Cristina Dye, Suzanne Flynn, Claire Foley, Nancy Ide, Carissa Kang, D. Terence Langendoen, Barbara Lust, Brian MacWhinney, Jonathan Masci, Steven Moran, Antonio Pareja-Lora, Jim Reidy, Oya Y. Rieger, Gary F. Simons, Thorsten Trippel, Kara Warburton, Sue Ellen Wright, Claus Zinn

Author : Olesya Kisselev,Oksana Laleko,Irina Dubinina
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781040003848

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Russian as a Heritage Language by Olesya Kisselev,Oksana Laleko,Irina Dubinina Pdf

Russian as a Heritage Language: From Research to Classroom Applications brings together linguistically and pedagogically oriented research traditions in a comprehensive review of current Russian heritage language (HL) studies. Divided into three parts, the collection offers a variety of frameworks and approaches spanning research on HL speakers’ linguistic and pragmatic competence, literacy development, and sociocultural characteristics of Russian in diaspora. Presenting a wide range of new empirical findings, the volume explores topics at the forefront of HL studies, from assessment of HL learners’ linguistic competence and language attitudes to research on communities and institutional affordances impacting HL acquisition and maintenance. Each chapter connects current research with specific classroom applications, presenting Russian as a global language in various sociopolitical and majority-language contexts. Combining methodological rigor with theoretical insights across diverse areas of language study, Russian as a Heritage Language advances the field of HL pedagogy and serves as essential reading for HL educators and researchers as well as for linguists studying bilingualism.

Author : Andreas Witt,Dieter Metzing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789048133314

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Linguistic Modeling of Information and Markup Languages by Andreas Witt,Dieter Metzing Pdf

This book covers recent developments in the field, from multi-layered mark-up and standards to theoretical formalisms to applications. It presents results from international research in text technology, computational linguistics, hypertext modeling and more.

Author : Laila Dybkjær,Wolfgang Minker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402068218

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Recent Trends in Discourse and Dialogue by Laila Dybkjær,Wolfgang Minker Pdf

The eleven chapters of this book represent an original contribution to the field of multimodal spoken dialogue systems. The material includes highly relevant topics, such as dialogue modeling in research systems versus industrial systems. The book contains detailed application studies, including speech-controlled MP3 players in a car environment, negotiation training with a virtual human in a military context and the application of spoken dialogue to question-answering systems.

Author : Marcia Ian
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801499410

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Remembering the Phallic Mother by Marcia Ian Pdf

In a reinterpretation of the history of fetishism as a concept, Ian traces the significance of the trope of the "phallic mother" from early psychoanalytic discourse through Klein, Kristeva, and Lacan; across key works of modernist literature by Wilde, Eliot, Joyce, Lawrence, Genet, and others; and in recent feminist theory, gender theory, and postmodern critical theory. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : UCSC:32106015842286

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Linguistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Felix K. Ameka,Alan Dench,Nicholas Evans
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197693

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Catching Language by Felix K. Ameka,Alan Dench,Nicholas Evans Pdf

Descriptive grammars are our main vehicle for documenting and analysing the linguistic structure of the world's 6,000 languages. They bring together, in one place, a coherent treatment of how the whole language works, and therefore form the primary source of information on a given language, consulted by a wide range of users: areal specialists, typologists, theoreticians of any part of language (syntax, morphology, phonology, historical linguistics etc.), and members of the speech communities concerned. The writing of a descriptive grammar is a major intellectual challenge, that calls on the grammarian to balance a respect for the language's distinctive genius with an awareness of how other languages work, to combine rigour with readability, to depict structural regularities while respecting a corpus of real material, and to represent something of the native speaker's competence while recognising the variation inherent in any speech community. Despite a recent surge of awareness of the need to document little-known languages, there is no book that focusses on the manifold issues that face the author of a descriptive grammar. This volume brings together contributors who approach the problem from a range of angles. Most have written descriptive grammars themselves, but others represent different types of reader. Among the topics they address are: overall issues of grammar design, the complementary roles of outsider and native speaker grammarians, the balance between grammar and lexicon, cross-linguistic comparability, the role of explanation in grammatical description, the interplay of theory and a range of fieldwork methods in language description, the challenges of describing languages in their cultural and historical context, and the tensions between linguistic particularity, established practice of particular schools of linguistic description and the need for a universally commensurable analytic framework. This book will renew the field of grammaticography, addressing a multiple readership of descriptive linguists, typologists, and formal linguists, by bringing together a range of distinguished practitioners from around the world to address these questions.

Author : Людмила Алексеевна Вербицкая
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000109310973

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Теоретические проблемы языкознания by Людмила Алексеевна Вербицкая Pdf