This pape clarifies the definition of alignment from the viewpoint of linguistic similarity. We propose new method for the alignment betwee the languages that do not belong to the same language family. On the contrary to most of the previously proposed methods that rely heavily on statistics, our method attempts to use linguistic knowledge to overcome the problems of statistical model.

Annotation ergonomics – Design guidelines for linguistic annotation tools The paper discusses the chasm between the actual usability qualities of linguistic annotation tools and the requirements of current usability engineering standards and practices. A usability study of three selected annotation tools illustrates typical usability problems. A collection of 28 design guidelines for annotation...

For 10 years, the authors of this article have examined cognitive, affective, and linguistic influences on foreign language learning. They have proposed the Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis (LCDH) as a model for understanding foreign language learning problems. The authors review their empirical support for the LCDH and explain the diagnostic, pedagogical, and policy implications of the...

This paper discusses the problems and possibility of collecting bee dance data in a linguistic corpus and use linguistic instruments such as Zipf’s law and entropy statistics to decide on the question whether the dance carries information of any kind. We describe this against the historical background of attempts to analyse nonhuman communication systems.

A neural fuzzy system learning with linguistic teaching signals is proposed in this paper. This system is able to process and learn numerical information as well as linguistic information. It can be used either as an adaptive fuzzy expert system or as an adaptive fuzzy controller. At first, we propose a fivelayered neural network for the connectionist realization of a fuzzy inference system. Th...

This study investigated Iranian English language learners’ use of circumlocution for culture-specific referents. A discourse completion test (DCT) was designed in English and Persian, consisting of items dealing with Iranian culture-specific notions and distributed among 3 groups. The Persian language group received the Persian version, whereas the English language learners, divided into high a...

The article deals with the problem of widening scope and nomenclature, as well methods investigation, connected phenomenon language metaphor. It is pointed out that theory conceptual metaphor which was postulated within cognitive linguistics surely creates a general framework for description metaphorical process whole. But if one takes some special aspects hybrid linguistic processes it seems i...