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Phonologically Informed Edit Distance Algorithms For Word Alignment With Low-Resource Languages, Richard T. Mccoy, Robert Frank

Robert Frank

We present three methods for weighting edit distance algorithms based on linguistic information. These methods base their penalties on (i) phonological features, (ii) distributional character embeddings, or (iii) differences between cognate words. We also introduce a novel method for evaluating edit distance through the task of low-resource word alignment by using edit-distance neighbors in a high-resource pivot language to inform alignments from the low-resource language. At this task, the cognate-based scheme outperforms our other methods and the Levenshtein edit distance baseline, showing that NLP applications can benefit from information about cross-linguistic phonological patterns.

Jabberwocky Parsing: Dependency Parsing With Lexical Noise, Jungo Kasai, Robert Frank

Robert Frank

Parsing models have long benefited from the use of lexical information, and indeed current state-of-the art neural network models for dependency parsing achieve substantial improvements by benefiting from distributed representations of lexical information. At the same time, humans can easily parse sentences with unknown or even novel words, as in Lewis Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky. In this paper, we carry out jabberwocky parsing experiments, exploring how robust a state-of-the-art neural network parser is to the absence of lexical information. We find that current parsing models, at least under usual training regimens, are in fact overly dependent on lexical information, and perform …

Pedagogical Discourse Styles Of Native And Non-Native Language Teachers, Stacy Anne Reynolds-Case

Stacy Anne Reynolds-Case

This study seeks to uncover the characteristics of foreign language instructors’ discourse styles implemented in the classroom when teaching students the target language. Foreign language classrooms are unique to academia because the teachers of the language, depending on whether they are native or non-native speakers of the target language, learned it in different environments and for distinct purposes. Many of the previous studies examining the effect a teacher’s ability in the target language will have on his/her instruction have focused on native and non-native speakers’ teaching styles and/or methodologies. Rather than the effect on the teacher’s style, the central question …

The Introductory Text In The Narrative Imagination (Sonallah Ibrahim), Widad Witwit, Journal Port Science Research

port Science Research

Information Literacy In The Phonology Classroom, Jonathan Howell, Catherine Baird

Jonathan Howell

Effects Of Bilingualism On Language Processing: Evidence From Monolingual (English) And Bilingual (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, And Arabic) Speakers, Stephanie Castelin, Salim A. Mouloua, Gabriella A. Fiorino, Eric T. Bell, Paola N. Luigi, Zamira Y. Feliz, Andrea A. Alfonsi, Mustapha Mouloua

Stephanie Castelin

Teaching Language Variation In The Classroom: Strategies And Models From Teachers And Linguists, Michelle D. Devereaux, Chris C. Palmer

Chris C. Palmer

Slurs And Register: A Case Study In Meaning Pluralism, Justina Diaz-Legaspe, Chang Liu, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

Hand Annotation And Reliability: Corpus Linguistic Approaches To Teaching And Studying Writing, Brian Larson

Brian Larson

Reviews Of Barbara Johnstone, The Linguistic Individual, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Miscellaneous Reviews Of Book Chapters By Barbara Johnstone In Edited Volumes., Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Reviews Of Barbara Johnstone, Discourse Analysis, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Reviews Of Barbara Johnstone, Qualitative Methods In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Reviews Of Barbara Johnstone, Repetition In Arabic Discourse, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Reviews Of Barbara Johnstone (Ed.), Repetition In Discourse: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Review Of Katherine A Remlinger, Yooper Talk: Dialect As Identity In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert J. Stainton, Christopher Viger

Robert J. Stainton

Teaching To Self Assess: Developing Critical Thinking Skills For Student Interpreters, Stephen Fitzmaurice

Stephen Fitzmaurice

The Contribution Of Lexical Diversity To College‐Level Writing, Melanie C. González

Melanie González

Logical Form And The Vernacular Revisited, Andrew Botterell, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

Welcome To Ilead: An Introduction To Intercultural Communication For Intensive English Program Students, Sharon Tjaden-Glass

Sharon Tjaden-Glass

Presentation introduces participants to the rationale, curriculum, and outcomes of the iLEAD intercultural communication program.

Adverbial Clauses And Speaker And Interlocutor Gender In Shakespeare’S Plays, Theresa M. Mcgarry, Kelsey Kiser

Theresa M McGarry

Socio-Cultural Models Of Second Language Learning In Immigrants In Canada., Fanli Jia, Alexandra Gottardo, Aline Ferreira

Fanli Jia

Review Of _Harmonic Grammar And Harmonic Serialism_, Eric Baković

Eric Baković

Bucld2017_Proceedings_Brooks Et Al. (1).Pdf, Patricia Brooks, Josita Maouene, Kevin Sailor, Liat Seiger-Gardner

Dr. Josita C Maouene

Aspect Comprehension And Processing In Narratives By Native Spanish Speakers, Hannah Riddle Rojas

Andreas Schramm

It​ ​Is​ ​Time​ ​To​ ​Tackle​ ​Aspect!​ ​Some​ ​Insights​ ​To​ ​Help​ ​Clear​ ​Up The​ ​Tense/Aspect​ ​Mystery, Andreas Schramm

Andreas Schramm

Unpacking A Political Icon: ‘Bike Lanes’ And Orders Of Indexicality, Michael Miller Yoder, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

Enregistering Dialect, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.