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John Y. Kwak – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation articulates and defends a view about linguistic competence called 'variabilism'. According to variabilism, the epistemic demands of full linguistic competence vary in a particular way. More specifically, variabilism holds that different individual lexical application conditions (individually essential metaphysical ways of being…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Language Processing
Shouba, Derek – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Americans are increasingly concerned about academic quality (Hauptman & Kim, 2009). This concern about academic quality is a product of the relative decline of the American economy, American Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores, American baccalaureate attainment rates, and various other indicators of national…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Educational Quality, Community Colleges, Definitions
Sungjin Nam – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation presents various machine learning applications for predicting different cognitive states of students while they are using a vocabulary tutoring system, DSCoVAR. We conduct four studies, each of which includes a comprehensive analysis of behavioral and linguistic data and provides data-driven evidence for designing personalized…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Student Evaluation, Learning Analytics
Puglisi, Diana C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Definite descriptions have a number of different readings, the most prominent being the referential and attributive readings. On the referential reading, the description "The current President of the USA" is interpreted as "Barack Obama"; read attributively, it is interpreted as "the current President of the USA, whoever…
Descriptors: Definitions, Philosophy, Semantics, Pragmatics
Williams, Krista – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation explores the main question, "What are the issues involved in the definition and translation of color terms in dictionaries?" To answer this question, I examined color term definitions in monolingual dictionaries of French and English, and color term translations in bilingual dictionaries of French paired with nine…
Descriptors: Definitions, Translation, Color, Light
Rudolph, Michael Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
"Reclaiming Ga?" is a curious title for readers oblivious to the fact that the meaning of "?a?" has been lost. Indeed, "?a?" is but one of several linguistic signals of Koine Greek that allude the grasp of the modern scholar. This has created an environment within NT studies described here as conjunctive…
Descriptors: Greek, Semantics, Grammar, Definitions
Moore, Kevin James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation seeks to refine the meaning of [Torah] in Psalms 1, 19, 37, 40, 78, 89, 94, 105, and 119. Through an exegetical analysis of the nine Psalms that utilize the term, the study argues that [Torah] most frequently refers to the written Pentateuch. Chapter 1 introduces the research question, thesis, and surveys the various approaches…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Judaism, Semitic Languages, Semantics
Taylor, Christy Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this dissertation, I address the ways in which food manufacturers can exploit the often vague and ambiguous nature of FDA policies concerning language and images used on food labels. Employing qualitative analysis methods (Strauss, 1987; Denzin and Lincoln, 2003; Mackey and Gass, 2005) that drew upon critical discourse analysis (Fairclough,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Language Usage, Public Policy, Public Agencies