This paper examines the effect of the default interface language on the usage of a bilingual digital library. In 2005 the default interface language of a bilingual digital library was alternated on a monthly basis between Māori and English. A comprehensive transaction log analysis over this period reveals that not only did usage in a particular language increase when the default interface langu...

Usage-based models of language focus on the speci®c communicative events in which people learn and use language. In these models, the psycholinguistic units with which individuals operate are determined not by theoretical ®at but by observation of actual language use in actual communicative events. This data-based approach make these models especially congenial for the analysis of children's la...

Aristoteles’in insana ait olan lisan ile doğal dil arasında yapmış olduğu ayrımın önemi nedir? Bu ayrım, onun felsefesinde ve genel anlambilim tarihinde nasıl bir rol oynar? İlkin, lisanın grup simge vasıtasıyla uylaşımsal olarak ayırt edici özellikte girift birlik dile getirilebilir. Birtakım temel çeşitlemelere karşın, simgeler teorisi, konuşulan seslere dayalı iletişim aracı ruhta içkin etki...

Relation between gender and language has been studied by many authors, however, there is still some uncertainty left regarding gender influence on language usage in the professional environment. Often, the studied data sets are too small or texts of individual authors are too short in order to capture differences of language usage wrt gender successfully. This study draws from a larger corpus o...