Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA New Question Answering System for the Arabic LanguageGhassan Kanaan, Awni Hammouri, Riyad Al-Shalabi, Majdi SwalhaWe depict the architecture of a question answering system and methodically evaluate contributions of different system components to accuracy. The system differs from most question answering systems in its dependency on data redundancy rather than complicated linguistic analyses of either questions or contender answers. Because a wrong answer is often worse than no answer. A Question Answering (QA) system is … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2009 · 7,922 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Modular Architecture for Anaphora ResolutionAllaoua RefoufiAnaphora resolution attempts to determine the correct antecedent of an anaphor (the term pointing back). In what follows, we propose an algorithm for the resolution of anaphoric pronouns that relies on lexical and syntactic knowledge incorporated in a modular approach based on constraints and preferences. Our objective was to find the correct antecedent to the following subject pronouns (il, ils, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 7,072 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Methodology to Segment the Text for Index TermsMuhammad Shoaib, Abad Ali ShahThe problem of information overload is a hot issue with the growth of the world wide web. The need for the tools those should be able to absorb this huge information and eliminate this problem is evident especially for IR systems. Text is not a simple sequence of words but carries a structure. It is essential to handle these uncontrollable … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2005 · 6,691 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractItalian Phrasemes as Constructions: How to Understand and Use ThemElmar SchafrothThe present article describes the objectives and methods for a learner-centered description of Italian idioms based on the theoretical principles of Construction Grammar (CxG). The aim of the underlying research project is to develop a new way of looking at idioms, taking into account all linguistic aspects that could help to fully understand and usethem in a formally and functionally … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 3 Sep 2015 · 9,086 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCAUSAL CONSTRUCTIONS WITH AN ADJECTIVE IN GERMAN AND FRENCH: TYPOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATIONSSabine De KnopThe study explores the variety of causal constructions with an adjective in French and German, as they are realized in French Pierre est rouge de colère (‘Peter is red with anger’), German Maria ist gelb vor Eifersucht (‘Maria is yellow with jealousy’), French Il est fou d’amour (lit. ‘He is crazy of love’), or French Anne est morte de faim … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 23 Aug 2015 · 7,981 accessesView PDFCite