Current research in natural language generation is situated in a computational linguistics tradition that was founded several decades ago. We critically analyse some of the architectural assumptions underlying existing systems and point out some problems in the domains of text planning and lexicalization. Guided by the identification of major generation challenges viewed from the angles of know...

We analyze current machine translation into Russian, a morphologically rich language, and present a technique for unsupervised statistical stemming. An initial pass is based on intuitions, and uses a CUDA kernel. As a later pass, we run EM. Since our model is relatively simple, the EM probabilities factorize into components that can be solved independently. While our results were not exactly gr...

The present study investigated long-term serial-order learning impairments, operationalized as reduced Hebb repetition learning (HRL), in people with dyslexia. In a first multi-session experiment, we investigated both the persistence of a serial-order learning impairment as well as the long-term retention of serial-order representations, both in a group of Dutch-speaking adults with development...

A recent study by Packman, Onslow, Coombes and Goodwin (2001) employed a non-word-reading paradigm to test the contribution of the lexical retrieval process to stuttering. They consider that, with this material, the lexical retrieval process could not contribute to stuttering and that either anxiety and/or the motor demand of reading are the governing factors. This paper will discuss possible p...

the present study endeavors to unravel the enigma of the psycholinguistic mechanisms underpinning bilingual mental lexicon by analyzing the issue of l1 lexicalization as a construct epitomizing an overarching framework. it involves 78 juniors at the islamic azad university, roudehen branch. the study inspects the impact of the interventionist/noninterventionist treatments on both sets of lexica...

I apply the model of semantic universals in terms informativeness/complexity trade-off (Kemp, Xu, and Regier 2018) to Boolean connectives. The explains crosslinguistic absence connective NAND, once theoretical insights from Horn 1972 Katzir Singh 2013 are incorporated. lack NAND follows if languages optimize between (a) simplicity lexicon measured primitive symbols (b) informativeness accurate ...