Discourse relation may entail sentiment information. In this work, we annotate both discourse relation and sentiment information on a moderate-sized Chinese corpus extracted from the ClueWeb09. Based on the annotation, we investigate the association between the relation type and the sentiment polarity in Chinese and interpret the data from various aspects. Finally, we highlight some language ph...

In this paper, we describe an annotation environment developed for the marking of discourse structures in Turkish, and the kinds of discourse relation configurations that led to its design.

Although it is widely acknowledged that gestures are complex functional elements of human communication, many current functional classification systems are rather rigid, implicitly assuming gestures to perform only one function at any given time. In this paper, we present a theoretical view on the inherent multifunctionality of speakers’ gestures, inspired by frameworks in structural-functional...

The purpose of this research is to present the application of grammatical metaphor (nominalization) and some other formal English features in such written texts as formal reports or research papers that can lead to the formation of computer-assisted assessment. The study begins by presenting the definition of a formal report as a written text and categorizing them as more complex than the oral ...

as narrative discourses and discursive thematic frame- works on social issues in media can provide us with an insight into how different understandings and perspectives serve to construct dif- ferent presentations of social actors, social events as well as social re- lations and conflicts, it seems necessary to take them into more seri- ous considerations. to this end, the present study was an ...

How might one begin to comment on a paper of this scope and ambition? Allow me, firstly, to start this commentary by expressing my gratitude for the opportunity to comment on such a seminal work. This paper is seminal not necessarily in terms of its content as such but, more importantly, in terms of its form. It is in the bold and obviously risky step of proposing an intellectual framework for ...

to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (mct) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. a comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

This paper makes an original contribution to the responsible research and innovation (RRI) discourse, with an inquiry into the extent to which risk, risk assessment, or risk management, including ethical and social issues, is relevant to companies. As a core component of the higher or “meta-responsibility” of RRI, an investigation of practices and attitudes towards risks can provide us with a w...

This paper will discuss whether it is possible to combine postmodern and critical theory and thereby derive a workable methodology for critical research. The background of the paper is a piece of research which investigated the empowering potential of ICT and its realisation in Egypt. One of the issues arising was that there was a direct link between national policy on ICT and organisational us...

The Internet has often been envisioned as a technological utopia, framed by the rhetoric of hope. However, after studying the popular discourse, three meta-narratives are identified: utopian narratives containing the pro-innovation position; dystopian narratives containing the anti-diffusion position; technology-as-risk narratives containing the control position. While narratives of anti-diffus...