Do Jordanians really speak like Palestinians?

Multiword expressions in spontaneous speech: do we really speak like that?

In this study, we examined the pronunciation characteristics of multiword expressions (MWEs). We first drew up an inventory of frequently occurring N-grams extracted from orthographic transcriptions of spontaneous speech contained in a large corpus of spoken Dutch. For about 10% of these Ngrams phonetic transcriptions were available, which were examined. Our results show that the pronunciation ...

What do Metamodels Really Look Like?

Model-Driven Engineering promotes the use of tailor-made modelling languages for software and systems engineering problems, with metamodels that encapsulate domain knowledge. Despite the importance of metamodelling in MDE, there is little empirical analysis of metamodels. What are the common characteristics of metamodels? Do modellers follow best practices? How do metamodels evolve over time? H...

Do you speak chemistry?

I n his famous fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, British writer and Professor of English Language and Literature, J. R. R. Tolkien, invented the Ents: tree-like creatures who were some of the oldest beings in his fantasy world of Middle-earth. In Tolkien’s story, the Ents used a unique and ancient language to communicate with each other in a very deliberate way. Tolkien described this langua...

Do you speak the language of dyspnea?

Do Cajuns Speak Southern English? Morphosyntactic Evidence