News tagged with words
Automated image analysis arises from handcraft and machine learning
The amount of visual information increases with tremendous speed. The archives of television networks, image bank databases and social media in the web are all bursting with billions of pictures – and more is produced ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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Google searches get smarter (Update)
Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter, in what the Internet giant called a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.
May 16, 2012 |
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See Dan read: Baboons can learn to spot real words
Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Zynga buys startup behind hit "Draw Something" game
Social games star Zynga on Wednesday said it has bought the young company behind a playful "Draw Something" application that rocketed in popularity in recent weeks.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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More words dying and fewer words being added to languages in digital age: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding new words to an existing language, or dropping old ones is something people have always done. As new things or ideas are discovered, new words crop up to describe them. But now, in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives
If you're amazed - and maybe even a little alarmed - about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Unique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese
You don’t have to be a language maven to find the direct object in a basic English-language sentence. Just look next to the verb. Take a simple sentence: “I gave a book to Mary.” In this case ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Fold-it computer action set for Canada conference (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- What nonsense, sitting in front of one, single display screen and struggling with a split-screen view of multiple-sites plus data entry or word processing. Is this the way it has to be for ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 04, 2012 |
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Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words'
William Shakespeare's mastery of the English language is displayed more in the grammar he used than in his words, according to a researcher at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Cognitive scientists develop new take on old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings
Why did language evolve? While the answer might seem obvious -- as a way for individuals to exchange information -- linguists and other students of communication have debated this question for years. Many ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Speak and these apps will listen and transcribe
Voice recording for memos, interviews and lectures has moved - like so many tasks - to the smartphone. These applications help you save, or transcribe, the spoken word.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Survival of the fittest: Linguistic evolution in practice
A new study of how compound word formation is influenced by subtle forms of linguistic pressure demonstrates that words which "sound better" to the speakers of a language have a higher chance of being created, suggesting ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 09, 2011 |
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'Look at that!' -- ravens use gestures, too
Pointing and holding up objects in order to attract attention has so far only been observed in humans and our closest living relatives, the great apes. Simone Pika from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and Thomas ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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New Duqu virus linked to Microsoft Word Documents
I new virus has cropped up in various countries across the world and its target appears to be corporate networks. The Duqu virus, first noted last month by a laboratory at Budapest University, has now been ...
Nov 04, 2011 |
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The meaning of emoticons
The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Word
A word is the smallest free form (an item that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content) in a language, in contrast to a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning. A word may consist of only one morpheme (e.g. cat), but a single morpheme may not be able to exist as a free form (e.g. the English plural morpheme -s).
Typically, a word will consist of a root or stem, and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create other units of language, such as phrases, clauses, and/or sentences. A word consisting of two or more stems joined together form a compound. A word combined with an already existing word or part of a word form a portmanteau.
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