This research work is aimed at studying how frequently gendered language used; far its usage recognized, and the speakers perceive their ideologies to be influenced by of such in sampled population Chiniot Faisalabad. extracts theoretical framework from Michele Foucault’s concept regulatory power exercised through (1974), applies it used Pakistani society. It tries investigate gender biased cli...

Proverbs from Pakistan are one of the lesser-noted areas paremiology. The article examines proverbs in five orally transmitted languages northern for statements about relationships and values within family. Many clichés confirmed: women subordinate, untrustworthy, children wished for, but hard to raise, mothers good, stepmothers evil, honour family must be protected. However, there remarkably f...

This paper focuses on some of the methodological and theoretical challenges presented by the investigation of "sanitisation" in translated texts through the analysis of semantic prosody. The main hypothesis is that target texts tend to use toned down vocabulary compared with their sources, and that this results in the creation of a "sanitised version of the original." The creative potential of ...

Studies (for instance, [1, 2]) show that there is a statistically relevant gender difference in computer usage. In this paper we address the question of what are the causes of this problem and how it can be relieved by adaptive means. In trying to design systems that are sensitive to individual differences there is a dilemma – how can you make the system behave in a way appropriate for each ind...

In this paper we present a system which automatically generates interactive stories that are focused around dilemmas to create dramatic tension. A story designer provides the background of the story world, such as information on characters and their relations, objects, and actions. In addition, our system is provided with knowledge of generic story actions and dilemmas which are based on those ...

The idea for this issue emerged in Budapest during a two-day workshop on social movements in Central and Eastern Europe. The ideas behind this workshop (and thus this issue) was to discuss the specificity of civil mobilizations in the region and to contribute to academic debates ongoing since the transformation of 1989. Is there a regional specificity of social activism? Is, and if yes, how soc...

The present study is focused on the automatic identification and description of frozen similes in British and French novels written between the 19 century and the beginning of the 20 century. Two main patterns of frozen similes were considered: adjectival ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. happy as a lark) and eventuality + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. sleep like a top). Al...