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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners, Second Edition

By: Claudia Leacock

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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners, Second Edition

By: Claudia Leacock

It has been estimated that over a billion people are using or learning English as a second or foreign language, and the numbers are growing not only for English but for other languages as well. These language learners provide a burgeoning market for tools that help identify and correct learners' writing errors. Unfortunately, the errors targeted by typical commercial proofreading tools do not include those aspects of a second language that are hardest to learn. This volume describes the types of constructions English language learners find most difficult: constructions containing prepositions, articles, and collocations. It provides an overview of the automated approaches that have been developed to identify and correct these and other classes of learner errors in a number of languages. Error annotation and system evaluation are particularly important topics in grammatical error detection because there are no commonly accepted standards. Chapters in the book describe the options available to researchers, recommend best practices for reporting results, and present annotation and evaluation schemes. The final chapters explore recent innovative work that opens new directions for research. It is the authors' hope that this volume will continue to contribute to the growing interest in grammatical error detection by encouraging researchers to take a closer look at the field and its many challenging problems.

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3031021533

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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

It has been estimated that over a billion people are using or learning English as a second or foreign language, and the numbers are growing not only for English but for other languages as well. These language learners provide a burgeoning market for tools that help identify and correct learners' writing errors. Unfortunately, the errors targeted by typical commercial proofreading tools do not include those aspects of a second language that are hardest to learn. This volume describes the types of constructions English language learners find most difficult -- constructions containing prepositions, articles, and collocations. It provides an overview of the automated approaches that have been developed to identify and correct these and other classes of learner errors in a number of languages. Error annotation and system evaluation are particularly important topics in grammatical error detection because there are no commonly accepted standards. Chapters in the book describe the options available to researchers, recommend best practices for reporting results, and present annotation and evaluation schemes. The final chapters explore recent innovative work that opens new directions for research. It is the authors' hope that this volume will contribute to the growing interest in grammatical error detection by encouraging researchers to take a closer look at the field and its many challenging problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / History of Automated Grammatical Error Detection / Special Problems of Language Learners / Language Learner Data / Evaluating Error Detection Systems / Article and Preposition Errors / Collocation Errors / Different Approaches for Different Errors / Annotating Learner Errors / New Directions / Conclusion

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3031021371

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A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

By: Claudia Strauss,Naomi Quinn

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A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

By: Claudia Strauss,Naomi Quinn

Culture' and 'meaning' are central to anthropology, but anthropologists do not agree on what they are. Claudia Strauss and Naomi Quinn propose a new theory of cultural meaning, one that gives priority to the way people's experiences are internalized. Drawing on 'connectionist' or 'neural network' models as well as other psychological theories, they argue that cultural meanings are not fixed or limited to static groups, but neither are they constantly revised and contested. Their approach is illustrated by original research on understandings of marriage and ideas of success in the United States.

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338

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Cambridge University Press

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052159541X

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9780521595414

The Late Mrs. Willoughby

By: Claudia Gray

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The Late Mrs. Willoughby

By: Claudia Gray

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney reunited, and with another mystery to solve: the dreadful poisoning of the scoundrel Willoughby's new wife. “An absolute page-turner full of well-plotted mystery and hints of simmering romance.... More of the Jane Austen characters we love (as well as those we love to hate).” —Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo Catherine and Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey are not entirely pleased to be sending their eligible young daughter Juliet out into the world again: the last house party she attended, at the home of the Knightleys, involved a murder—which Juliet helped solve. Particularly concerning is that she intends to visit her new friend Marianne Brandon, who's returned home to Devonshire shrouded in fresh scandal—made more potent by the news that her former suitor, the rakish Mr. Willoughby, intends to take up residence at his local estate with his new bride. Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley are thrilled that their eldest son, Jonathan—who, like his father, has not always been the most socially adept—has been invited to stay with his former schoolmate, John Willoughby. Jonathan himself is decidedly less taken with the notion of having to spend extended time under the roof of his old bully, but that all changes when he finds himself reunited with his fellow amateur sleuth, the radiant Miss Tilney. And when shortly thereafter, Willoughby's new wife—whom he married for her fortune—dies horribly at the party meant to welcome her to town. With rumors flying and Marianne—known to be both unstable and previously jilted by the dead woman's newly made widower—under increased suspicion, Jonathan and Juliet must team up once more to uncover the murderer. But as they collect clues and close in on suspects, eerie incidents suggest that the killer may strike again, and that the pair are in far graver danger than they or their families could imagine. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.

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373

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Vintage

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0593313844

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The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000

By: Claudia Haake

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The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000

By: Claudia Haake

This book investigates the forced migration of the Delawares in the United States and the Yaquis in Mexico, focusing primarily on the impact removal from tribal lands had on the (ethnic) identity of these two indigenous societies. It analyzes Native responses to colonial and state policies to determine the practical options that each group had in dealing with the states in which they lived. Haake convincingly argues that both nation-states aimed at the destruction of the Native American societies within their borders. This exemplary comparative, transnational study clearly demonstrates that the legacy of these attitudes and policies are readily apparent in both countries today. This book should appeal to a wide variety of academic disciplines in which diversity and minority political representation assume significance.

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525

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Routledge

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1135903158

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Modernity through Letter Writing

Cherokee and Seneca Political Representations in Response to Removal, 1830–1857

By: Claudia B. Haake

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Modernity through Letter Writing

Cherokee and Seneca Political Representations in Response to Removal, 1830–1857

By: Claudia B. Haake

In Modernity through Letter Writing Claudia B. Haake shows how the Cherokees and Senecas envisioned their political modernity in missives they sent to members of the federal government to negotiate their status. They not only used their letters, petitions, and memoranda to reject incorporation into the United States and to express their continuing adherence to their own laws and customs but also to mark areas where they were willing to compromise. As they found themselves increasingly unable to secure opportunities for face-to-face meetings with representatives of the federal government, Cherokees and Senecas relied more heavily on letter writing to conduct diplomatic relations with the U.S. government. The amount of time and energy they expended on the missives demonstrates that authors from both tribes considered letters, memoranda, and petitions to be a crucial political strategy. Instead of merely observing Western written conventions, the Cherokees and Senecas incorporated oral writing and consciously insisted on elements of their own culture they wanted to preserve, seeking to convey to the government a vision of their continued political separateness as well as of their own modernity.

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312

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496222954

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The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language

By: Ari Huhta,Claudia Harsch,Dmitri Leontjev,Lea Nieminen

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The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language

By: Ari Huhta,Claudia Harsch,Dmitri Leontjev,Lea Nieminen

The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language is a comprehensive survey of diagnostic assessment of second/foreign language (SFL) writing. In this innovative book, a compelling case is made for SFL writing as an individual, contextual, and multidimensional ability, combining several theoretically informed approaches upon which to base diagnosis. Using the diagnostic cycle as the overarching framework, the book starts with the planning phase, cover design, development, and delivery of diagnostic assessment, ending with feedback and feed-forward aspects to feed diagnostic information into the teaching and learning process. It covers means to diagnose both the writing processes and products, including the design and development of diagnostic tasks and rating scales, as well as automated approaches to assessment. Also included is a range of existing instruments and approaches to diagnosing SFL writing. Addressing large-scale as well as classroom contexts, this volume is useful for researchers, teachers, and educational policy-makers in language learning.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315511959

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9781315511955

What's So Lucky about Four-Leaved Clovers

By: Claudia de Lys

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What's So Lucky about Four-Leaved Clovers

By: Claudia de Lys

Rice at a wedding? Dropped fingernails? Here's the ultimate compendium on superstitions and odd beliefs from ancient times to the present, the world over. Covers birds, human hair, snakes, water, dreams, disease, luck, curses, and lots more.

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Random House Value Publishing

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0517694247

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9780517694244

A Treasury of American Superstitions

By: Claudia Delys,Claudia de Lys

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A Treasury of American Superstitions

By: Claudia Delys,Claudia de Lys

Discusses the origins and the truth behind a wide variety of superstitions, grouped in over 325 subject categories.

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Gramercy

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0517181304

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9780517181300

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

Second Edition

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

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Second Edition

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1627050140

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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

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Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

By: Claudia Leacock,Martin Chodorow,Michael Gamon,Joel Tetreault

It has been estimated that over a billion people are using or learning English as a second or foreign language, and the numbers are growing not only for English but for other languages as well. These language learners provide a burgeoning market for tools that help identify and correct learners' writing errors. Unfortunately, the errors targeted by typical commercial proofreading tools do not include those aspects of a second language that are hardest to learn. This volume describes the types of constructions English language learners find most difficult -- constructions containing prepositions, articles, and collocations. It provides an overview of the automated approaches that have been developed to identify and correct these and other classes of learner errors in a number of languages. Error annotation and system evaluation are particularly important topics in grammatical error detection because there are no commonly accepted standards. Chapters in the book describe the options available to researchers, recommend best practices for reporting results, and present annotation and evaluation schemes. The final chapters explore recent innovative work that opens new directions for research. It is the authors' hope that this volume will contribute to the growing interest in grammatical error detection by encouraging researchers to take a closer look at the field and its many challenging problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / History of Automated Grammatical Error Detection / Special Problems of Language Learners / Language Learner Data / Evaluating Error Detection Systems / Article and Preposition Errors / Collocation Errors / Different Approaches for Different Errors / Annotating Learner Errors / New Directions / Conclusion

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Book's by Claudia Leacock

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners, Second Edition

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners, Second Edition

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

The Late Mrs. Willoughby

The Late Mrs. Willoughby

The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000

The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000

Modernity through Letter Writing

Modernity through Letter Writing

The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language

The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language

What's So Lucky about Four-Leaved Clovers

What's So Lucky about Four-Leaved Clovers

A Treasury of American Superstitions

A Treasury of American Superstitions

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

Automated Grammatical Error Detection for Language Learners

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