Lexical Ambiguity in Political Rhetoric: Why Morality Doesn't Fit in a Bag of Words
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DOI: 10.1017/s000712342300008x
Abstract: How do politicians use moral appeals in their rhetoric? Previous research suggests that morality plays an important role in elite communication and that the endorsement of specific values varies systematically across the ideological spectrum. We… read more here.
Keywords: lexical ambiguity; rhetoric morality; rhetoric; ambiguity political ... See more keywords
EXPRESS: Assessing lexical ambiguity of simplified Chinese characters: Plurality and relatedness of character meanings.
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DOI: 10.1177/17470218231178787
Abstract: Lexical ambiguity is pervasive among Chinese characters as many of them are polysemantic, with one orthographic form carrying unrelated meanings, related meanings, or sometimes both unrelated and related meanings. A large-scale database with ambiguity measures… read more here.
Keywords: character meanings; ambiguity measures; lexical ambiguity; character ... See more keywords
Working memory and lexical ambiguity resolution in Cantonese Chinese
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248170
Abstract: The present study examined how working memory functions in the underlying mechanism of the lexical disambiguation process (in activation approach or in inhibition approach). We recruited sixty native Cantonese listeners to participate in two experimental… read more here.
Keywords: lexical ambiguity; memory lexical; working memory; resolution cantonese ... See more keywords