SYNONYMS AND IX STYLISTIC ROLE

The semantic and stylistic differentiation of synonyms and near-synonyms

If we want to describe the action of someone who is looking out a window for an extended time, how do we choose between the words gazing, staring, and peering? What exactly is the difference between an argument, a dispute, and a row? In this paper, we describe our research in progress on the problem of lexical choice and the representations of world knowledge and of lexical structure and meanin...

The Semantic and Stylistic Diierentiation of Synonyms and Near-synonyms

Synonyms and Historical Annotations

Chapter 4. Lissencephaly, Type I 35 DEFINITION Lissencephaly, derived from the Greek works “lissos” meaning smooth and “enkephalos” which means brain, is a descriptive term defining a class of human cerebral malformations characterized by the agyric surface of the brain. In fact, most cases of lissencephaly do not have a complete loss of gyri; often the most ventral and medial gyri are relative...

Verbs, Subjects and Stylistic Fronting

Stylistic Motion Decomposition

We propose a novel method for interactive editing of motion data based on motion decomposition. Our method employs Independent Component Analysis to decompose motion data into meaningful components that capture different aspects of that motion. The user interactively identifies suitable components and manipulates them based on a proposed set of operations. In particular, the user can transfer c...