scholarly journals Indexicality, meaning, use

Semiotica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Ciecierski
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Context Sensitivity ◽  
Schematic Representation ◽  
Contextual Variation ◽  
Theory Of Meaning ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article presents two concepts of indexicality. The first, more standard and narrow, identifies indexicality with systematic (meaning controlled) context-sensitivity. The second, broader (derived from the work of Jerzy Pelc), conceives indexicality in terms of the potential variability of the general semiotic characteristics expressions (with respect to the context of use). The text introduces the concept of a pragmatic matrix that serves for a schematic representation of contextual variation. I also recapitulate briefly the views of Jerzy Pelc on the meaning (manner of use) and use of expressions, and briefly indicate its relationship approaches with contemporary debates around contextualism and status of non-sentential speech acts. Finally, the relationship between the broader notion of indexicality and the directival theory of meaning is analyzed.

scholarly journals Contribution to Semantic Analysis of Arabic Language

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Zouaghi ◽  
Mounir Zrigui ◽  
Georges Antoniadis ◽  
Laroussi Merhbene
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
String Matching ◽  
Ambiguous Word ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Matching Algorithm ◽  
Ambiguous Words ◽  
Lesk Algorithm ◽  
Context Of Use

We propose a new approach for determining the adequate sense of Arabic words. For that, we propose an algorithm based on information retrieval measures to identify the context of use that is the closest to the sentence containing the word to be disambiguated. The contexts of use represent a set of sentences that indicates a particular sense of the ambiguous word. These contexts are generated using the words that define the senses of the ambiguous words, the exact string-matching algorithm, and the corpus. We use the measures employed in the domain of information retrieval, Harman, Croft, and Okapi combined to the Lesk algorithm, to assign the correct sense of those proposed.

A Context-of-Use Taxonomy for Usability Studies

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 941-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Alonso-Ríos ◽  
A. Vázquez-García ◽  
E. Mosqueira-Rey ◽  
V. Moret-Bonillo
Keyword(s):  
Context Of Use

The Reconciliation of Angry Personal Gods: A Revision of the Šuillas

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-85
Author(s):  
Tzvi Abusch
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Context Of Use

AbstractA number of Akkadian šuilla prayers contain a section where the petitioner requests that the high god reconcile the petitioner with his personal gods. The present contribution analyzes these prayers and argues that the aforementioned section is secondary and that many šuillas become more coherent when the theme of reconciliation with the personal gods is removed. The discordance introduced by this theme suggests a large-scale revision of this body of literature, perhaps in the context of use in royal rituals. Appended to the study are lists of šuillas that contain the mention of the anger of the personal god in their request section.

UUX Method Selection

i-com ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Fischer ◽  
Michaela Kauer-Franz ◽  
Dominique Winter ◽  
Stefan Latt
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Present Article ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Method Selection ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe establishment of human-centered design within software development processes is still a challenge. Numerous methods exist that aim to increase the usability and user experience of an interactive system. Nevertheless, the selection of appropriate methods remains to be challenging, as there are multiple different factors that have a significant impact on the appropriateness of the methods in their context of use. The present article investigates current strategies of method selection based on a conference workshop with practitioners. The results show that usability and user experience professionals concentrate on five to seven well-known methods and will need more support to select and use further ones.

scholarly journals Five Challenges for Intelligent Text Entry Methods

AI Magazine ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Ola Kristensson
Keyword(s):  
Error Correction ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Localization Error ◽  
Text Entry ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Selection Of

For text entry methods to be useful they have to deliver high entry rates and low error rates. At the same time they need to be easy-to-learn and provide effective means of correcting mistakes. Intelligent text entry methods combine AI techniques with HCI theory to enable users to enter text as efficiently and effortlessly as possible. Here I sample a selection of such techniques from the research literature and set them into their historical context. I then highlight five challenges for text entry methods that aspire to make an impact in our society: localization, error correction, editor support, feedback, and context of use.

scholarly journals Corpus Assisted Approach To Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Samuel Kwesi Nkansah
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Objective Investigation

Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born is a novel known for its extensive portrayal of the ills and anomalies in the Ghanaian society right after independence. The majority of studies on the novel have overwhelmingly concluded that corruption is the preoccupation of the text. This view appears skewed in many respects. This paper argues that the corpus assisted approach can contribute methodologies to support objective investigation of the subject matters of the text. This study, adopting the corpus-assisted approach in a mix of numerical data and qualitative description of Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born, used frequencies of the occurrence of pejorative terms in the text to determine the dominant subject matters in the novel. The approach reveals that “rot” and “decay” are the most dominant motifs used, followed by “filth”, “corruption”, and “bribery”. It suggests that clusters, i.e., recurrence of words, characters’ association with the words, and context of use serve as textual cues in thematic exploration. The approach aids in revealing that the real intent of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is that the total breakdown of the society rests on seemingly insignificant characters. The paper has implications for methodological approaches to thematic analysis of literary texts, particularly, the novel.

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