Two experiments explore how pronoun resolution is influenced by a) properties of discourse referents, specifically whether they are underspecified and in need of description, and b) the contribution of the pronoun-containing utterance, specifically whether it provides a description or specifies an event. We find that these factors interact, such that when an underspecified referent is in focus,...

background: despite wide application of chromium in electroplating industry, the pulmonary effects of chronic exposure to this chemical have not been extensively studied and are subject of debate and controversy. this study was, therefore, undertaken to further address this issue.   methods: the study population consisted of a group of 15 workers with a history of past and present occupational ...

Referent atau acuan makna dari sebuah kata hampir tidak dibahas lagi secara rinci oleh para linguis sesudah Ferdenand de Saussure. Alasanya karena sangat dinamis memunculkan kemungkinan-kemungkinan yang beragam. Alasan lainnya, ada referent berada di dunia nyata tapi dalam bayangan hayalan. Karena itu, kajian ini sebagai bentuk pengembangan teori acuan/referent menjadi langsung, tak gaib dan pl...

Terminological systems, including coding and classification are used in electronic medical record systems to facilitate the interpretation of structured data by providing terms codes with a relatively precise meaning. When clinician selects term or code from such system enters it patient, then, an ontological perspective as consequence how terminological currently integrated assertion has been ...

Relating information to the self (self-referent encoding) has been shown to produce better recall than purely semantic encoding. This finding has been interpreted as demonstrating that self-reference produces a more elaborate memory trace than semantic encoding, and it has been cited frequently as evidence that the self is one of the most highly elaborated structures in memory. The experiments ...