We describe the design, the evaluation setup, and the results of the DiscoMT 2015 shared task, which included two subtasks, relevant to both the machine translation (MT) and the discourse communities: (i) pronoun-focused translation, a practical MT task, and (ii) cross-lingual pronoun prediction, a classification task that requires no specific MT expertise and is interesting as a machine learni...

In Korean, in order to generate a coherent text, a redundantly prominent noun should be replaced by a non-zero pronoun or zero pronoun. Otherwise, the text becomes unnatural. Specifically, a redundant noun in Korean is frequently omitted while a redundant noun in English is replaced by a pronoun. This paper proposes a generation algorithm of the zero pronoun, using a Cost-based Centering Model ...

Pronoun interpretation in English has been demonstrated to be sensitive to an interaction between grammatical and pragmatically-driven factors. This study investigated the interpretation of pronouns in Japanese, which has both null and overt forms. Thirty-two native speakers of Japanese participated in a passage completion experiment with transfer-of-possession contexts, varying prompt type, as...

Studies revealed that English as a second language (ESL) speakers and native (NES) often used different strategies to offer advice in English. Since these differences can cause cross-cultural misunderstandings misattribution of intent between ESL NES, it is important identify them. For this purpose, study analyzed the structural pragmatic advice-giving NES Turkish speakers. 18 20 students were ...

An embodied language-learning system is presented that can learn the correct deictic meanings for the words “I” and “you.” The system uses contextual clues from already understood words and sensory information from its environment to determine the most likely grounding for a new word. The system also serves as a model for the phenomenon of pronoun reversal among congenitally blind children, as ...

BACKGROUND The effects of written action plans on recovery from exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have not been well studied. The aims of this study were to assess the effects of adherence to a written action plan on exacerbation recovery time and unscheduled healthcare utilisation and to explore factors associated with action plan adherence. METHODS This was a 1-y...

“qasidat al-hussein (as), ya ibn al-kiram” is a poem written on imam hussein (as) and the tragedy of ashura, there are also features of the resistance literature in it. this study addressed qasidat al-hussein (as), by descriptive analytical method and based on the statistical stylistics. in this study, we investigated the phonetic level looking for sonorous and whispered phonemes and treat them...

Arabiyyah Li al-Hayât (ALH) is a book about learning Arabic as second language written by non-native speakers. The State Islamic University of Malang uses this an book. This paper analyses the cohesion in reading texts (nushush Qira‘ah) used for skills library research descriptive-qualitative approach. study found that have several kinds markers, both grammatical and lexical cohesion. Grammatic...