Keywords are valuable means for characterizing texts. In order to extract keywords we propose an efficient and robust, language-and domain-independent approach which is based on small word parts (quadgrams). The basic algorithm can be improved by reexamining and re-ranking keywords using edit distance (i.e. Levenshtein distance) and an algorithm based on the relativistic addition of velocities ...

Zur Beantwortung der Frage, warum Bildersuchen auf Schlüsselwörtern basieren, statt auf den bildimmanenten Informationen, werden Repräsentationsmöglichkeiten für Bildinformationen vorgestellt, die Personen in die Lage versetzen, Anfragen in Form von Bildinformationen statt Schlüsselwörtern zu formulieren. Die Bildinformationen sollen in einer Weise interpretiert werden, die dem subjektiven Empf...

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that narrative and expository texts differ in the extent to which they prompt students to integrate to-be-learned content with relevant prior knowledge during comprehension. AIMS We expand on previous research by examining on-line processing and representation in memory of to-be-learned content that is embedded in narrative or expository texts. We are par...

This paper focuses on one of the most prominent manifestations of humorous communication in the present era – Internet-based humor. It explores both the content and the various forms of comic-texts in ‘humor hubs’ – large, dynamic, Websites containing verbal and visual humor. A content analysis of 400 humorous texts from eight salient Websites shows that the Internet functions both as a ‘carrie...

The present Study aimed to examine the efficacy of using literary texts in promoting intercultural communication competence, and intercultural awareness and understanding within language teaching contexts. The participants were 50 Iranian undergraduate students of English Literature, 20 male and 30 female, with their ages ranging from 19 to 24 engaged in reading and discussing literary texts wi...