Sentence Fragments, Reflections, Learning Disability

Sentence Fragments Regular Structures

This paper describes an analysis of telegraphic fragments as regular structures (not errors) handled by rn~n~nal extensions to a system designed for processing the s tandard language. The modular approach which has been implemented in the Unlsys natural language processing system PUNDIT is based on a division of labor in which syntax regulates the occurrence and distribution of elided elements,...

Automatic Detection of Sentence Fragments

We present and evaluate a method for automatically detecting sentence fragments in English texts written by non-native speakers. Our method combines syntactic parse tree patterns and parts-of-speech information produced by a tagger to detect this phenomenon. When evaluated on a corpus of authentic learner texts, our best model achieved a precision of 0.84 and a recall of 0.62, a statistically s...

Some Reflections on New York City’s Disability Law

The article provides a broad overview of general disability law, and the distinctive features of New York City’s disability law. The author introduces American human rights law as distinct in that it does not purport to advance the needs of the disabled, but merely penalizes individuals found to discriminate against them. After providing a definition of disability discrimination by drawing para...

Reflections on the debate on disability and aid in dying.

BACKGROUND A policy resolution supporting physician aid in dying was proposed to the American Public Health Association (APHA) in 2007 that prompted a debate with the Disability Section on its meaning for people with disabilities. OBJECTIVE The present paper reflects on the issues revealed and lessons learned. METHODS The debate included subcommittee discussion; review of research, polls, a...

Learning Within-Sentence Semantic Coherence