(2) a. Z(c) represents the hearer’s uncertainty about the covert actions performed by the speaker b. Enlightened update is a feature of planned, structured communication: the hearer identifies (aspects of) the covert state of the speaker which are not directly represented in utterance semantics. c. The speaker plans an utterance which will allow the hearer to recover ĉ from Z(c). d. Speaker and...

Social media presents us with a digitally-accessible sample of all human discourse. This sample is full of claims and assertions. While the state of the art in NLP is adapting to the volume, velocity and variety of this sample and the information in it, the accuracy of claims made in social media remain largely unstudied. PHEME, a 36-month EU project started in January 2014, focuses on this fou...

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The purpose of this research was to advance the understanding of the behavior of small groups in online chat rooms. The research was conducted using Internet chat data collected through planned exercises with recruited participants. Analysis of the collected data led to construction of preliminary models of social behavior in online discourse. Some of these models, e.g., how to effectively chan...

Individuals may perceive themselves as independent and distinct from others or as interdependent and connected to others. Do these differences in self-construal influence entrepreneurial preferences and intentions to start a new business in university students? Few studies have examined the influence of cultural orientations on entrepreneurial intentions at the individual level of analysis. Two...

This article deals with the issues of architectural elements public space, treated as components art and visual communication, at same time determinants emotional aspects political conflicts, social disputes, media discourse. The aim considerations is to show, usage principles critical analysis discourse, impact events, activity mass communicators on perception monument historical memory change...