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Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.; Ivanov, V. V. – Scientific American, 1990
The relationship between Eastern and Western languages is explored. Possible origins and the spread of language over the Eurasian land mass are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Evolution, Indo European Languages, Language Patterns, Language Universals
Peer reviewedThomas, Jean-Jacques – Computers and the Humanities, 1993
Maintains that the study of signs is divided between those scholars who use the Saussurian binary sign (semiology) and those who prefer the Peirce tripartite sign (semiotics). Concludes that neither the Saussurian nor Peircian analysis methods can produce a semiotic interpretation based on a hierarchy of the text's various components. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Hermeneutics, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedLiberman, Alvin M.; Mattingly, Ignatius G. – Science, 1989
Discusses the phonetic module that increases the rate of information flow, establishes the parity between sender and receiver, and provides for the natural development of phonetic structures in the individual. Cites evidence and function of this specialization and architectural relations between the two classes of modules. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), College Science, Consonants
Peer reviewedStone, Patrick – Volta Review, 1990
This paper describes the strategies used by an expert in communication as he analyzed conversations between an eight-year-old hearing-impaired girl and her teacher. Protocol analysis is used to identify a pattern in the analysis, beginning with social conventions and proceeding to discourse genre, sentences, and finally, individual words. (DB)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedMilic, Louis T. – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Describes the structure, purpose, and some of the idiosyncracies of the Century of Prose Corpus. The database covers English prose for the 1675-1780 period. Part A consists of 20 major authors; part B contains 100 secondary authors. Selections vary in length and allow scholars to search for comparisons and inconsistencies. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Technology, English Literature
Peer reviewedMartindale, Colin; McKenzie, Dean – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Compares the success of lexical statistics, content analysis, and function words in determining the true author of "The Federalist." The function word approach proved most successful in attributing the papers to James Madison. Lexical statistics contributed nothing, while content analytic measures resulted in some success. (MJP)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Peer reviewedIrizarry, Estelle – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Utilizes a computer program to search for legal terminology in Concepcion Arenal's 1861 treatise "The Woman of the Future." Arenal appropriated two different types of legal discourse in her work. Discusses the problems this presented for linguistic analyses. Includes fascinating details on Arenal and her work. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Change, Educational Technology
