Sentence boundary detection (SBD) system is normally quite sensitive to genres of data that the system is trained on. The genres of data are often referred to the shifts of text topics and new languages domains. Although new detection models can be retrained for different languages or new text genres, previous model has to be thrown away and the creation process has to be restarted from scratch...

In this paper, we present an inferential model for text type and genre identification of web pages, where text types are inferred using a modified form of Bayes’ theorem, and genres are derived using a few simple if-then rules. As the genre system on the web is a complex reality, and web pages are much more unpredictable and individualized than paper documents, we propose this approach as an al...

The notion of “downwards causation” is an old acquaintance in the humanities, for example in the notion of the hermeneutic circle, where textual parts and wholes mutually influence each other’s interpretation. The phenomenon of genres is chosen as a possible example of downwards causation (genre constraints). A computer model is constructed on the basis of genre theory and run under various con...

55 As a focus of study, ‘social media’ tend to lack definitional clarity and grounding in theories of media and text. This paper establishes and discusses a conceptual framework for defining social media as communicative genres, constituted by the interplay between interactive functionalities configured at the software level and the invocation and appropriation of various software functionaliti...

Almost since its inception, teacher education has suffered from doubts about its value to teachers. Outside observers have asked, usually skeptically, whether teacher education makes a difference, and teacher educators themselves have wondered what they have been able to accomplish and how they could accomplish more. Presumably, research could help both teacher educators and teacher education p...

Research Findings: Cultural differences emerge in the home literacy environment and nature of shared book-reading (SBR), yet impact culture on parents’ book selection remains unexplored, despite centrality SBR. Parents Spain (n = 132) Israel 123), two Western countries with different cultural patterns, reported their considerations buying/borrowing books, support for books’ socio-emotional stru...