The Expression Of Modality In Iranian Sign Language (Zei),
2019
University of New Mexico
The Expression Of Modality In Iranian Sign Language (Zei), Sara Siyavoshi
Linguistics ETDs
This dissertation uses data from Zaban Eshareh Irani, Iranian Sign Language, to investigate the linguistic strategies for the expression of modality in this language. Manual and facial markers of modality are recognized and analyzed based on their form and the semantic domain each covers. Vander Auwera and Plungian (1998) offered a semantic map for categorization of different modals across languages. According to their framework, modality can be classified into two vast domains of possibility and necessity. Based on the source of the modal force then, each modality domain is categorized into three groups of participant-external, participant-internal and epistemic. In this …
21cleo Research: Paving The Way Forward,
2019
Portland State University
21cleo Research: Paving The Way Forward, Gloria Jacobs, Jill Castek
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
The exciting research into the 21st Century Learning Ecosystems Opportunities (21CLEO) project has begun. We have developed our initial set of data collection tools and protocols to examine front-line service workers' perspectives and experiences with employer provided education.
Project On Designing Activities For Teaching Grammar,
2019
California State University, San Bernardino
Project On Designing Activities For Teaching Grammar, Sunny Hyon
Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy
This document outlines a project for a course in second language acquisition taken by undergraduates who intend to be high school or university teachers/professors. The project asks the undergraduates to design a sequence of activities for teaching English language learners (ELLs) a particular English grammatical construction, and to connect those activities to reading or writing assignments in their future classrooms. The students also must explain how their activities will facilitate ELLs' grammatical learning, drawing on research on language acquisition presented in the course.
Techniques And Methods Change, Methodology Remains The Same: Web Technology Use As Cosmetic Change In Cfl Classrooms,
2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Techniques And Methods Change, Methodology Remains The Same: Web Technology Use As Cosmetic Change In Cfl Classrooms, Justin Olmanson, Xianquan Liu, Nannan Wang, Christopher Heselton
Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology
Technology has been a staple in the language classroom for more than fifty years. From audio cassettes, to video tapes, to multimedia CD-ROMs, to static and interactive web technologies, language teachers have taken the time to learn these tools and integrate them into the classroom experience. Each new technology, each new app, creates an opportunity to alter the experience of teaching and learning—often supporting increased authentic interactions with the Chinese language. This potential however can go unrealized when the ways the technologies are used align with more traditional grammar and vocabulary-focused teaching methodologies and promote efficiency over communication. In this …
Obfuscating Authorship: Results Of A User Study On Nondescript, A Digital Privacy Tool,
2019
CUNY John Jay College
Obfuscating Authorship: Results Of A User Study On Nondescript, A Digital Privacy Tool, Robin Camille Davis
Publications and Research
For those who write anonymously, particularly for safety reasons, authorship attribution poses a threat. Nondescript, my web app, guides writers in achieving stylometric obfuscation in order to preserve anonymity. The app runs simulations of authorship attribution scenarios by analyzing the user’s linguistic features. In this paper, I will describe the conception of the Nondescript app; discuss related work; and present the results of a user study. Most users in the study were able to anonymize their writing in at least 5 out of 10 authorship attribution scenarios. Users rated the anonymization process an average of 3.6 out of 5 in …
Generative Adversarial Networks And Word Embeddings For Natural Language Generation,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Generative Adversarial Networks And Word Embeddings For Natural Language Generation, Robert D. Schultz Jr
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
We explore using image generation techniques to generate natural language. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), normally used for image generation, were used for this task. To avoid using discrete data such as one-hot encoded vectors, with dimensions corresponding to vocabulary size, we instead use word embeddings as training data. The main motivation for this is the fact that a sentence translated into a sequence of word embeddings (a “word matrix”) is an analogue to a matrix of pixel values in an image. These word matrices can then be used to train a generative adversarial model. The output of the model’s generator …
Mandarin Assessment In Chinese-English Bilingual Preschoolers,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Mandarin Assessment In Chinese-English Bilingual Preschoolers, Jennifer A. Chard
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Immigrant children who grow up in linguistically and culturally diverse households are at risk for misdiagnosis for language impairment and inappropriate placement in or exclusion from special education classes. Research shows that native language testing is essential in determining eligibility for disability services, as reflected both in federal law (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004). However, despite growing agreement that native language assessment is a critical component to understanding the abilities and challenges bilingual students face, the standard assessments currently used are largely administered in Standard English and normed on monolingual English speakers. Few options are available to …
Reverse The Curse: Colonialist Legacies Of The Magic Poem,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Reverse The Curse: Colonialist Legacies Of The Magic Poem, Karen E. Lepri
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation investigates the conceptual relationships between poetry, magic, and race and their effects on both intellectual and creative practices from modernism through the post-war era. In doing so, this study works cross-disciplinarily, tracing early anthropological and sociological characterizations of primitive religion in connection to early-to-mid-twentieth-century literary study and writing. In working across disciplines at this particularly fungible moment in the history of the academy, this dissertation attempts to understand how the concurrent colonial global context effects the production and organization of knowledge just prior to and during modernism. It ultimately seeks to de-colonize literary thinking about poetry by performing …
Articulation Of The Japanese Moraic Nasal: Place Of Articulation, Assimilation, And L2 Transfer,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Articulation Of The Japanese Moraic Nasal: Place Of Articulation, Assimilation, And L2 Transfer, Ai Mizoguchi
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The moraic nasal /N/ in Japanese has been transcribed in multiple ways, but very few studies have examined its articulation. The nature of its assimilation has often been described in phonology, but again, very few articulatory investigations have been conducted. Also, while a first language (L1) effect on second language (L2) production has been discussed for some phonemes, there is no good research on the effect of Japanese /N/ on L2 English syllable-final nasals. This dissertation investigates the articulation of the moraic nasal /N/ in Japanese using an ultrasound articulatory imaging technique to assess 1) its place of articulation, 2) …
The Practice Of Secularism In Religious Cencorship In Turkish Film (1939-1990),
2019
Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia
The Practice Of Secularism In Religious Cencorship In Turkish Film (1939-1990), Aditama Aditama, Nadira Bella Rachmanti, Siti Rohmah Soekarba
International Review of Humanities Studies
This paper analyzes a film as one of the media with the ability to convey certain messages to the public. Films can reflect the social and cultural conditions of society, thereby they can be used to spread the current ideas, views, and ideologies of a country. Films in Turkey are part of a culture that has developed rapidly and has become an entertainment for the people. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk reformed and turned Turkey into a new country with the ideology of secularism, controlling religious institutions and expressions. This journal article aims to describe the implementation of Turkish secular ideology in …
Building A Culture Of Inquiry: 1st Century Learningecosystem Opportunities Project,
2019
Portland State University
Building A Culture Of Inquiry: 1st Century Learningecosystem Opportunities Project, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
21CLEO Research Blog Post No.02
Introducing The 21cleo Project,
2019
Portland State University
Introducing The 21cleo Project, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
21CLEO Research Blog Post No.01
Ishakhon Ibrat's Following Activities To The Uzbek Distribution And Activity,
2019
Namangan State University,
Ishakhon Ibrat's Following Activities To The Uzbek Distribution And Activity, M Abdullaeva
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
This article discusses the contribution of Ishak Khan Ibrat into Uzbek printing. The author particularly touched upon the printing house of Iskak Khan's "Matbaai Isakiya", its practical efforts in its formation, as well as the books published there, as well as the publishing activity. Along with the analysis of the poet's "Historical Publishing", he also touches on the articles published in the Turkistan Region Newspaper. The author tries to cite his point of view by quoting from his article on literary works by Ibrad's literary critics.
The Role Of Etymology In A Language, Etymological Dictionaries Of English Language,
2019
Urgench State University
The Role Of Etymology In A Language, Etymological Dictionaries Of English Language, D.N Davletova
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
This article discusses the problems and their solutions which exist in the process of learning the vocabularies of English language, and also analyses the principles of etymological vocabularies, which are done various linguists.
The Problem Of Intertextuality In Modern Linguistics,
2019
Tashkent state university of uzbek
language and literature
The Problem Of Intertextuality In Modern Linguistics, M.F Xomidova
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
Intertextuality is one of the basic tredencies in the text linguistics. The article presents a comprehensive study of the notion of intertextuality, its types and learning in modern linguistics. As such types of intertextuality and its names are discussed in this article.
Comparative Analysis Of The Use Of
Punctuation Marks – Dash And Hyphen
In English And Russia,
2019
Urgench State University
Comparative Analysis Of The Use Of Punctuation Marks – Dash And Hyphen In English And Russia, J Ermetova
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
The article deals with various punctuation marks of different system languages, namely dash and hyphen, in particular English and Russian, and their usage is compared in examples.
Defining A Practicum In Applied Linguistics Through Duoethnography To Comply With The National Postgraduate Audit Culture In Mexico,
2019
University of Guanajuato
Defining A Practicum In Applied Linguistics Through Duoethnography To Comply With The National Postgraduate Audit Culture In Mexico, Troy Crawford, Edgar Emmanuell Garcia-Ponce
The Qualitative Report
In this article, we attempt to conciliate the issues of an audit culture that surround the postgraduate programs in Mexico through the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) with highly flexible definition of the course using duoethnography. The goal being to satisfy national requirements yet retain freedom in applied research in English as a foreign language teaching. This is done through an intense process of data recycling with the student participants in a semester-long analysis. This analysis also involved a continuous editing and reediting process to try and connect all the participants’ autobiographical dots of the course to arrive …
Text-Speech Alignment: A Robin Hood Approach For Endangered Languages,
2019
Yale University
Text-Speech Alignment: A Robin Hood Approach For Endangered Languages, Claire Bowern, Rikker Dockum, Sarah Babinski, Hunter Craft, Anelisa Fergus, Dolly Goldenberg
Yale Day of Data
Forced alignment automatically aligns audio recordings of spoken language with transcripts at the level of individual sounds, greatly reducing the time required to prepare data for linguistic analysis. However, existing algorithms are mostly trained on a few well-documented languages. We test the performance of three algorithms against manually aligned data on data from a highly endangered language. At least some tasks, unsupervised alignment (either based on English or trained from a small corpus) is sufficiently reliable for it to be used on legacy data for low-resource languages. Descriptive phonetic work on vowel inventories and prosody can be accurately captured by …
Common Problems Of Literary Translation In Writers‘ Works,
2019
Andijan State University
Common Problems Of Literary Translation In Writers‘ Works, Sh. I. Baratova
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
In this article author points that, common problems faced in the literary translation process, possible solutions for them, tries to reflect achievements of translation by critical thoughts for mistakes and contrarily achievements in the translation of some fictions
Asymmetric Relations In Conversation,
2019
Karakalpak State university
Asymmetric Relations In Conversation, D. Yusufova, F. Bobojonov
Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education
In this article, the problems of language, culture, science and, in particular, talks about the types of components according to their characteristics opened. The main features of the asymmetric relationship, its essence in the Uzbek 627 dialogue is explained. The details of the address and the recipient are given and exam
