Previous research has identified the nominal group as the most distinctive feature of the research article title. In contrast, the findings reported in this paper suggest Theme/Rheme is the dominant structure in title text. Theme/Rheme structures order and tie nominal groups in titles. When a title starts with a methodological term the first position nominal group acts as a theme marker. Thus, ...

The study of Lu You’s love theme traditional operas is not only an important part his acceptance history, but also You culture. On the one hand, playwrights reorganize poets’ related “texts” through mode poetic romance; other it rewrites and sings tragic stories by collecting works in opera. By studying process intersection literary thoughts past dynasties, we can get a glimpse multi-dimensiona...

For large volumes of text data collected over time, a key knowledge discovery task is identifying and tracking clusters. These clusters may correspond to emerging themes, popular topics, or breaking news stories in a corpus. Therefore, recently there has been increased interest in the problem of clustering dynamic data. However, there exists little support for the interactive exploration of the...

Kristin Hoffmann is Head, Research & Instructional Services, in the D.B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario; e-mail: [email protected]. Lise Doucette is Research & Instructional Services Librarian in the Allyn & Betty Taylor Library at the University of Western Ontario; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2012 Kristin Hoffmann and Lise Doucette, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativeco...

Educational researchers and practitioners are frequently asking questions about how better to understand educational theory and practice. Through the years, they have employed a variety of both quantitative and qualitative methods to elucidate the world of education. In this article, the author explores the epistemological legitimacy of metaphor analysis as a viable means for qualitative educat...