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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"idiomatic"”.
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Idiomatic sentence generation and paraphrasing
Idiomatic expressions (IE) play an important role in natural language, and have long been a “pain in the neck” for NLP systems. Despite this, text generation tasks related to IEs remain largely under-explored. In this study, we propose two new tasks of idiomatic sentence generation and paraphrasing …
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Idiomatic Comprehensions in Learning Disabled Adolescents
The ability to comprehend idiomatic expressions was compared between 9 eighth grade and 10 tenth grade learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Each subject was presented with a multiple choice picture task, a nonstandardized lexical explanational and a standardized explanational task. Results failed to …
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Idiomatic Compositional Techniques in John Rutter's Requiem
… for significant harmonic structures and idiomatic compositional techniques and applies those techniques in an original composition. Subtopics of note included harmonic non-functionality, modulations, and orchestration. The original work is comprised of two movements for choir and piano …
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Dawn dweud: A study of colloquial and idiomatic welsh
… study of the vagaries of colloquial and idiomatic Welsh. It includes proverbs, idioms, slang, set-phrases, dialect forms, varieties of pronunciation and, with many common words, colloquial varieties of meaning. In addition, the grammatical variations of colloquial and idiomatic Welsh are …
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FACTORS INFLUENCING JAPANESE UNIVERSITY LEARNERS’ INFERENCES OF UNFAMILIAR IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN LISTENING
… inferencing in reading. In addition, even though idiomatic expressions such as smell a rat, jump the gun, and go cold turkey are ubiquitous in the English language, especially in oral communication, and they are considered crucial in both first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition, …
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Terminal Station: The Creation And Study of A Canadian Rock Operetta (And Its Idiomatic Soup)
What does the action or discipline of composition mean in 2017? Different arts will flow into, and away from each other organically. Rigidly defined boundaries can restrict what art belongs where, and which preservation and qualitative techniques are used, and can be an impediment to evolving the …
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Embedding a Multimedia Metadata Model into a Workflow-driven Environment Using Idiomatic Semantic Web Technologies
… of the aforementioned problem by supporting idiomatic entry to those Semantic Web Technologies, allowing for "easier" accessibility and usability. Anno4j is a Java library that implements a form of Object-Relational Mapping for RDF data. With its application, RDF data can be created via a …
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The effect of idiomatic language in passages on the reading comprehension of deaf and hearing subjects
… hearing subjects was affected by the presence of idiomatic language in passages.The Test Of Idioms was constructed to determine the effect of idiomatic language on reading comprehension. It consisted of twelve passages. The four forms differed in the presence or absence of idiomatic language. The …
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An analysis of the role of culture in the tradition of Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions into English
… socio-cultural framework of the Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions. It adopts Nord’s (1997/2000) Functionalist Approach of translation within Descriptive Translation Studies to engage in a critical analysis of a clearly defined collection of Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions. Despite the …
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Using Idiomatic Expressions as a Stimulus for Art Therapy with Adolescents With Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism
<p>The art therapy group outlined in this grant proposes the use of narrative art therapy interventions for adolescents with either Asperger's or High-Functioning Autism diagnosis. The goal of the group is for the participants to better understand their collective experience as individuals with …
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Towards interaction: Combining jazz techniques and idiomatic writing for Varied ensembles. A collection of musical works -and- An exegesis
… rhythm section that I believed could be notated idiomatically. These elements were: call and response; interjection and setting and sustaining the groove. Data was collected through journaling and audio recording of the process from composition, to rehearsal and through to the performance. The …
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The emergent patterns of Italian idioms : a dynamic-systems approach
In traditional generative linguistic theories, idiomatic constructions are seen as a sort of “anomaly”, and dismissed as non-decomposable items of non-literal language, uninteresting and “peripheral”. Contrary to this view, in the last decades psycholinguistic and corpus-linguistic studies have …
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Toward a Semiotic Approach to Analyzing the Trombonist's Repertoire
… a theory of musical gesture that incorporates idiomatic aspects of playing the trombone. Researchers of musical gesture have interrogated idiomatic physical aspects of performing music for voice, piano, and strings, but have mostly overlooked those qualities in brass instruments. Musicologists …
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Structural analysis of the Lao ch'i-ta
… parts: structura l analysis of the Lao Ch'i-ta , idiomatic expressions, and cultural content. When I began my research it was my intention to concentrate only on the structural analysis of the text. Soon, however, I realized that the interesting idiomatic expressions used. as well as the rich and …
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Structural analysis of the Lao ch'i-ta
… parts: structura l analysis of the Lao Ch'i-ta , idiomatic expressions, and cultural content. When I began my research it was my intention to concentrate only on the structural analysis of the text. Soon, however, I realized that the interesting idiomatic expressions used. as well as the rich and …
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Di/con[ver(gence/sions)] for Saxophone Quartet by David Dzubay: A Performance Analysis
… a detailed analysis of the quartet as well as idiomatic aspects of the music. In addition, a background of composer/performer relationships is outlined.
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Use Your Head to Get the Picture: an Investigation of Working Memory and Idiom Processing
… working memory affects how participants process idiomatic expressions. In Experiment 1, participants read idiomatic, literal and nonsense sentences at an experimenter controlled rate then judged whether or not the sentence made sense. In Experiment 2, participants read idiomatic and literal …
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Le Web comme corpus et les expressions « figées » en français
… case, the study of lexical variation in French idiomatic expressions. The first part of this paper examines the idea of using the World Wide Web as an exploitable corpus for linguistic research and provides an overview of related theoretical and practical issues. The major advantages and …
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Stylistic Characteristics of Randall Thompson's Choral Music
… more fully acquaint themselves with some of the idiomatic characteristics of his style.
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