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Dynamic expressions
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Choosing referring expressions
… the use of pronouns (relative to more explicit expressions) is affected by the referent’s salience in the prior linguistic context, but much less is known about how non-linguistic context affects the referent’s salience and the choice of expression. Recent research has suggested that the …
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Seismic Expressions of Paleokarst
… and below by Miss Lime indicate two seismic expressions are probable: a strong negative amplitude when Chat thickness is above tuning and a weak or non-existent amplitude associated with small impedance contrast between Chat and overlying Pennsylvanian shale. This analysis suggests both the …
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Paired Expressions in Homer
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Embodied multimodal referring expressions generation
… SCMRE, a situated corpus of multimodal referring expressions (MREs) intended for training generative AI systems in multimodal IVA, focusing on multimodal referring expressions. Our contributions include: 1) Developing an IVA platform that interprets human multimodal instructions and responds with …
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Living expressions: An initial understanDing
Living Expressions is a term that was created to describe a unique, formalized process of interpersonal communication, in which individuals share often unexpressed feelings of appreciation with one another. This qualitative study explored a single case, single process event, based on interviews …
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Child acquisition of referring expressions
Children, like adults, use referring expressions to refer to specific objects, events, or people. Research has provided insights into how children use referring expressions and the appearance of forms developmentally (Radford, 1990; Abu-Akel, et al., 2004; Pine & Lieven, 1997). This study examined …
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Indexical Expressions: Syntax and Context
<p>Indexicals are those expressions in natural language–such as I, you, here, and now–whose reference varies with occasion of use, picking out individuals in virtue of their contextual roles. Although analyses of the semantics of indexicals have been advanced–most notably by Kaplan–their syntax has …
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Semantic representations for spatial expressions
… or even pronouns (here, there). In English, expressions containing prepositional phrases representing spatial relations such as inclusion, contact, or contiguity are prime examples of spatial expressions. The meaning expressed by a spatial preposition indicates how its arguments physically …
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Recognition of handwritten mathematical expressions
… the recognition of handwritten mathematical expressions has received an increasing amount of attention in pattern recognition research. The diversity of approaches to the problem and the lack of a commercially viable system, however, indicate that there is still much research to be done in …
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Automatic Creation of Evocative Witty Expressions
… and memorable, based on variations of well-known expressions, using the optimal innovation hypothesis as a frame of reference. In particular, these witty expressions can be used for evoking a given concept, improving its memorability, or for other pragmatic goals.
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Student Expressions of Aesthetic Learning Experiences
… been applied broadly within education, student expressions of such experiences have been neglected. This poses a problem of equity both ethically in that the suppression of student voice is perpetuated and pragmatically in that the range and form of aesthetic learning expressed by students is …
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Communication error detection using facial expressions
… for detecting communication errors using facial expressions during the system's turn. This is useful as it detects communication problems before the user speaks a reply. To detect communication problems accurately and efficiently we develop novel extensions to hidden-state discriminative methods. …
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An expectation model of referring expressions
… EMRE, an expectation-based model of referring expressions. EMRE is proposed as a model of non-syntactic dependencies - in particular, discourse-level semantic dependencies that bridge sentence gaps. These include but are not limited to anaphora (references to noun phrases in previous sentences) …
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Intervening to Increase Expressions of Gratitude
… interventions to increase the frequency of expressions of gratitude by psychology students in two classes of a psychology course at a large university in southwest Virginia. Studies 1 and 4 included signing a paper when declaring an intention to express gratitude to people behaving …
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Exploring Quadratic Expressions through the 5E Model
… sequential Algebra I lessons exploring quadratic expressions using the 5E Instructional Model. This model, rooted in constructivist principles, provides a structured framework intended to address the new pedagogical wave. The 5E Model can promote a stronger foundation for student knowledge in …
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Referring expressions in Chinese and English discourse
… to account for the use of such referring expressions in Chinese, based on Gundel, Hedberg and Zacharski's (1993) Givenness Hierarchy, and compares the discourse use of Chinese referring expressions with those of English. The Givenness Hierarchy is given below: THE GIVENNESS HIERARCHY: in …
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Facial Expressions of Emotion: Influences of Configuration
… recognition of facial identities and emotional expressions, seven experiments are reported testing the role of configural processing within the recognition of emotional expressions of faces. The main findings were that the dual mode hypothesis can be supported within the facial recognition of …
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