Complex system development and information integration at the conceptual layer raises the requirement to be able to declare intermodel assertions between entities in models that may, or may not, be represented in the same modelling language. This is compounded by the fact that semantically equivalent notions may have been represented with a different element, such as an attribute or class. We f...

Building conceptual lattices from conceptual graphs looks as natural way in Formal Concept Analysis but still is not discovered at length. If conceptual graphs are acquired from natural language texts then they contain specific material for knowledge discovery. Conceptual graphs serve as semantic models of text sentences and the data source for concept lattice. With the use of concept lattice i...

The present research tested the hypothesis that the age at which one's first language (L1) words are learned influences language processing in bilinguals. Prior research on bilingual language processing by Kroll and colleagues has suggested that memory links between L1 words and conceptual representations are stronger than memory links between one's second language (L2) word and conceptual repr...

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This paper addresses the problem of building conceptual resources for multilingual applications. We describe new techniques for large-scale construction of a Chinese-English lexicon for verbs, using thematic-role information to create links between Chinese and English conceptual information. We then present an approach to compensating for gaps in the existing resources. The resulting lexicon is...

It is widely accepted that biodiversity loss and poverty are linked problems and that conservation and poverty reduction should be tackled together. However, success with integrated strategies is elusive. There is sharp debate about the social impacts of conservation programs and the success of community-based approaches to conservation. Clear conceptual frameworks are needed if policies in the...