Wisdom from the Tortoise

Wisdom from the past

Wisdom from the past

Wisdom from the past

by P. Watson Williams, M.D., Assistant Physician to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. "The Northern African seaboard has long been recognised as a region which presents many and great attractions as a winter resort for sufferers from various affections of the chest, and which is, at the same time, easily accessible to Europeans. Certain regions, more especially Algiers, have long successfully compet...

Wisdom from the past

Linguistic Wisdom from the Crowd

Crowdsourcing for linguistic data typically aims to replicate expert annotations using simplified tasks. But an alternative goal—one that is especially relevant for research in the domains of language meaning and use—is to tap into people’s rich experience as everyday users of language. Research in these areas has the potential to tell us a great deal about how language works, but designing ann...