Topics cross-linguistically

Are Latent Sentence Vectors Cross-Linguistically Invariant?

Previous work [Bowman et al., 2016] has shown that variational autoencoders (VAEs) can create distributed representations of natural language that capture different linguistic levels such as syntax, semantics, and style in a holistic manner. I investigate to what extent VAEs, when trained on different languages, result in comparable representations. To this end, I train VAEs for English and Fre...

Annotation of Sign and Gesture Cross-linguistically

This paper discusses the construction of a cross-linguistic, bimodal corpus containing three modes of expression: expressions from two sign languages, speech and gestural expressions in two spoken languages and pantomimic expressions by users of two spoken languages who are requested to convey information without speaking. We discuss some problems and tentative solutions for the annotation of u...

Running Head: Perceiving and Remembering Events Cross-Linguistically Perceiving and remembering events cross-linguistically: Evidence from dual-task paradigms

Topics of Disasters in Scientific Outputs of Medical Sciences: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Accurate and timely information plays an important role in disaster preparedness and this information is partly obtained through research and scientific articles. This study aimed to evaluate the publication status of scientific articles about disasters and accidents in Iranian Medical Journals from 2010 to 2015. Materials and Methods: All Persian articles on the subject of natural...

The Relative Frequencies of Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs Cross-linguistically

1 Volkswagenstiftung Förderinitiative Documentation of Endangered Languages – Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS) 3 Summary This project will investigate the relative frequencies of core parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, and pronouns, in spoken language corpora of seven languages that represent a wide range of areal and typological diversity. We focus on two research questions: (1) Wh...