Generic statements (e.g., "Birds lay eggs") express generalizations about categories. In this paper, we hypothesized that there is a paradoxical asymmetry at the core of generic meaning, such that these sentences have extremely strong implications but require little evidence to be judged true. Four experiments confirmed the hypothesized asymmetry: Participants interpreted novel generics such as...

In this paper, I present “Deferentialism,” a new conception of legal interpretation that has close affinities with originalism, while shedding much of its accumulated baggage. The new conception includes two dimensions of deference to original sources: one to a species of original meaning, and the other to a species of original intent. The dimensions are ordered. The first task is to identify t...

This study discusses gender in Egyptian Arabic proverbs from a sociolinguistic point of view to see the correlation between language and socio-cultural society. The research method used this is combination intralingual, extra lingual, hermeneutic, correlational methods. Based on results analysis, it known that disclosure uses lingual units form words phrases. As for meaning, expression literal ...

An axiomatic system contains a set of primitives and axioms. The primitives are Adaptation to the current course is in the margins. object names, but the objects they name are left undefined. This is why the primitives are also called undefined terms. The axioms are sentences that make assertions about the primitives. Such assertions are not provided with any justification, they are neither tru...

Evidence is accruing that, in comprehending language, the human brain rapidly integrates a wealth of information sources-including the reader or hearer's knowledge about the world and even his/her current mood. However, little is known to date about how language processing in the brain is affected by the hearer's knowledge about the speaker. Here, we investigated the impact of social attributio...

Optimization can make at least two contributions to boolean logic. Its solution methods can address inference and satisfiability problems, and its style of analysis can reveal tractable classes of boolean problems that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. They key to linking optimization with logic is to provide logical formulas a numerical interpretation or semantics. While syntax concerns the...

This paper presents ZOMBILINGO, a Game With A Purpose (GWAP) that allows for the dependency syntax annotation of French corpora. The created resource is freely available on the game Web site. Mots-clés : jeux ayant un but, complexité, annotation, syntaxe en dépendances.

Interpretations are of the most fundamental principles of mysticism (Sufis). Masters of taste with their scientific and intuitive power go beyond the surface structures and present real and unfathomable meanings of the Quran and Hadith in ways that may not cross the mind of ordinary people. Masnavi Manavi is one the works that has an interpretation look toward the Quran and Hadith. Delving into...