In this position paper we discuss some of the experiences we made in describing lexical data using representation formalisms that are compatible for the publication of such data in the Linked Data framework. While we see a huge potential in the emerging Linguistic Linked Open Data, also supporting the publication of less-resourced language data on the same platform as for mainstream languages, ...

Multimodel approaches are widely used with linear submodels, but border areas around submodels are problematic. Special cases of fuzzy linguistic equation models, which can be understood as linguistic Takagi-Sugeno (LTS) type fuzzy models, can be used to solve these problems in many cases. These models use a special nonlinear scaling approach for both inputs and outputs. The LTS models are robu...

We present a new probabilistic decision making model by using the 2-tuple linguistic representation approach. We introduce the 2tuple linguistic probabilistic ordered weighted averaging (2T-LPOWA) operator. We study some of its particular cases including the 2-tuple linguistic probabilistic aggregation and the 2tuple linguistic arithmetic OWA operator. We show an application of the new approach...

The recognition of Hindi Characters is of two types, one is simple characters recognition that comprises of consonants and vowels and second is compound characters recognition. The compound characters are those which are formed by joining of two or more consonants. So the recognition of compound characters is more difficult in comparison to that of simple characters due to their structure. This...

Lechner and Siemund (2014) set out to determine whether bilinguals have an advantage for learning additional languages over monolinguals, purporting to evaluate the Threshold Hypothesis of Cummins (1979a) in this context. The study investigated the attainment of English literacy by Turkish-German, Vietnamese-German, and RussianGerman simultaneous and sequential bilinguals for whom English is a ...

This study investigates the hypothesis of selective impairment in meaning relative to form in the language processing of individuals with Williams Syndrome. It has been known that individuals with WS have spared grammatical knowledge even with mental retardation (average IQ of 55 or below) and poor cognition. Past research also has shown that individuals with WS have preserved normal verbal wor...

Reading-impaired children have difficulty tapping to a beat. Here we tested whether this relationship between reading ability and synchronized tapping holds in typically-developing adolescents. We also hypothesized that tapping relates to two other abilities. First, since auditory-motor synchronization requires monitoring of the relationship between motor output and auditory input, we predicted...

A female superiority in verbal ability is reported on many tests. It has been hypothesized that the female brain is more functionally symmetrical for language then the male, and that this is the cause of the alleged superiority. Recent research has suggested that factors other than sex are involved: handedness, age of maturity, and endocrine influences. It is not yet clear whether, despite its ...

Good beginning readers typically surpass poor beginning readers in memory for linguistic material such as syllables, words, and sentences. Here we present evidence that this interaction between reading ability and memory performance does not extend to memory for nonlinguistic material like faces and nonsense designs. Using an adaptation of the continuous recognition memory paradigm of Kimura (1...