Foreigner Talk in Conversation from YouTube Channel Abroad in Japan

Variation in Xenolects (Foreigner Talk)

The way we talk to people who do not understand and speak our language, or more precisely even, who we think do not understand and speak our language, is different from the language we normally use. It has long been a mystery, however, just how, and to what extent, people adapt to the challenges of unequal and restricted communication conditions: There are reports often anecdotal and speculativ...

Contact Situations and Foreigner Talk

Ferguson, C. (1971) first introduces the idea of “foreigner talk” (FT) and examines the grammatical simplicity in FT by indicating the absence of the copula in “grammatical machinery for equational clauses” (for instance, in the case of the Japanese language). Evidences of simplified speech in FT is similar to ‘retarded talk’. And, because it can also be directed at children, it is also referre...

Vascular cross-talk: a conversation.

The development of atherosclerotic lesions is a complex process that requires monocyte recruitment to the vascular endothelium. In response to oxidized lipid accumulation in the vessel wall, endothelial cells (ECs) express a series of chemokines and adhesion molecules that promote the recruitment and chemotaxis of monocyte/macrophages into the subendothelial space where they phagocytize oxidize...

Reclaiming conversation: The power of talk in a digital age

Analysing Emotional Sentiment in People's YouTube Channel Comments

Online recommender systems are useful for media asset management where they select the best content from a set of media assets. We are developing a recommender system called 360-MAM-Select for educational video content. 360-MAM-Select utilises sentiment analysis, emotion modeling and gamification techniques applied to people’s comments on videos, for the recommendation of media assets. Here, we...