of data using Linguistic Protoform Summaries (LPS). We start by studying the existing techniques present in the literature to produce LPS, propose a new method and demonstrate its robustness with a mathematical proof. The usefulness of LPS...

"The primary objective was to determine the effects of motor and linguistic complexity of spoken words on tongue motor control as indexed by the spatiotemporal variability of tongue movements. Hypothesis 1: Individuals with bulbar ALS will display...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The research presented here examines lobbyists' language choices in strategic communication within the EU political arena. Framing theory and code switching are used to analyze...

Implicit motives are measured using a projective assessment, the Picture Story Exercise (PSE), involving labor-intensive coding of participant-generated writing. The present research uses insights from previous attempts to automate coding, as well...

A central concern of syntactic theory has long been to explain and predict the distribution of nominal expressions, henceforth D(eterminer) P(hrases), and their involvement in morphosyntactic relations. Where can they ...

learners, skills in both languages are a reflection of the quantity and quality of linguistic input received in each language as well as the opportunities for practice and feedback during social interactions (Palermo et al., 2014). The qualities of adult...

This study examines preservice teachers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and non-Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their perceptions of being personal and professional ready to teach culturally and linguistically...

The focus of this work is linguistic peculiarities of a feline point of view in textual narratives. Non-human/animalistic narration is barely studied, if it all, in Russian scientific discourse. In western linguonarratology tradition animal...

The thesis advanced herein is that linguistic summarization is essential for the reliable succinct modeling and inference of human activity. It is also asserted that the inherent and unavoidable uncertainty is linguistic and fuzzy. Advantages...

and linguistic characteristics of mothers' responsive and non-responsive utterances. Results of acoustic analyses show responsive and non-responsive utterances were similar in terms of mean frequency, but responses were less linguistically complex compared to non...

A myriad of research has been done on the ways in which different linguistic features can affect perceptions made about the speaker. The judgments made about a speaker can be particularly important in legal settings, like trials. The purpose...

social norms and standards different from the United States. This study compared the approaches Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan France and Cosmopolitan India used in presenting sexual information. A total of 12 magazines were content and textual analyzed...

Immigration is growing in areas that have not previously experienced immigrant populations. This trend, coupled with requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), introduces new challenges to school districts across ...

A personal computer is used to analyze samples from literary texts by thirteen different authors, including passages from Genesis, Hemingway, Longfellow, Jane Austen, Henry James, George Eliot, James Joyce, and Basic ...

In the next several decades, the proportion of the elderly population is expected to increase significantly. This has led to various efforts to help live them independently for longer periods of time. Smart homes equipped ...

This handout discusses how subject words function in various Bantu languages. Bantu languages are pro-drop, hence null subject languages (NSLs). Our initial findings are that preverbal subjects can, in fact, be non-specific ...

and personalized treatments to patients diagnosed with hypertension. However, interpretation of this data presents a unique set of challenges, such as measurement context and volume. Currently we are working on designing an integrated BP display that presents home...

Case theory has long played a crucial role in explaining the distribution of nominal expressions. Raising constructions are a well-established case in point (Chomsky 1981, George & Kornfilt 1981, Chomsky 2000, Chomsky ...

on the way people express themselves and is changing language usage worldwide at an unprecedented pace. The language used online reflects the linguistic battle that has been going on for several decades in French society today. In my dissertation, I...