Structured Access in Sentence Comprehension

This thesis is concerned with the nature of memory access during the construction of long-distance dependencies in online sentence comprehension. In recent years, an intense focus on the computational challenges posed by long-distance dependencies has proven to be illuminating with respect to the characteristics of the architecture of the human sentence processor, suggesting a tight link between general memory access procedures and sentence processing routines (Lewis & Vasishth 2005; Lewis, Vasishth, & Van Dyke 2006; Wagers, Lau & Phillips 2009). The present thesis builds upon this line of research, and its primary aim is to motivate and defend the hypothesis that the parser accesses linguistic memory in an essentially structured fashion for certain long-distance dependencies. In order to make this case, I focus on the processing of reflexive and agreement dependencies, and ask whether or not non-structural information such as morphological features are used to gate memory access during syntactic comprehension. Evidence from eight experiments in a range of methodologies in English and Chinese is brought to bear on this question, providing arguments from interference effects and time-course effects that primarily syntactic information is used to access linguistic memory in the construction of certain long-distance dependencies. The experimental evidence for structured access is compatible with a variety of architectural assumptions about the parser, and I present one implementation of this idea in a parser based on the ACT-R memory architecture. In the context of such a content-addressable model of memory, the claim of structured access is equivalent to the claim that only syntactic cues are used to query memory. I argue that structured access reflects an optimal parsing strategy in the context of a noisy, interference-prone cognitive architecture: abstract structural cues are favored over lexical feature cues for certain structural dependencies in order to minimize memory interference in online processing

Department Store Accounting; an Address Delivered at the Eighth Regional Convention of the Midwest District of The American Institute of Accountants, Omaha, May 24, 1924

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Bonnie, My Highland Queen

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Scotchwhisky101.com: A User-Friendly, Persona-Driven Website

Within the realm of web design and marketing, it is easy for the designer to get caught up in what he/she thinks the site needs to look like. The problem is that web users are trying to accomplish specific tasks, and websites need to be tailored towards these users, not towards the designer. To work on this problem, I chose to make a website entitled “scotchwhisky101.com.” Most websites about single malts are too information-heavy and/or outdated. I used this problem to learn methods of user-oriented web design. To achieve this end, I gathered data through a survey. I then took this survey and created three personas of possible user segments, similar to those that marketing professionals use, with the data I collected. Through these personas, I was able to tailor my website’s design, content, and focus to match the demographic of new scotch enthusiasts. This method of research and design is useful for both marketers and web designers because it allows the end customer to be the primary influencer of the website’s creation. Through user persona-driven design, developers can ensure maximum customer engagement and satisfaction while remaining rhetorically sensitive

I\u27d Like To Know You Better : Dillon, William A.

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End of the Road

[Verse 1]Ev’ry road thro’ life is a long long road.Fill’d with joys and sorrows, tooAs you journey on how your heart will yearnFor the things most dear to you.With wealth and love ‘tis so,But onward we must go. [Verse 2]With a big stout heart to a long steep hill We may get there with a smile, With a good kind thought and an end in view We may cut short many a mile So let courage ev’ry day Be your guiding star alway. [Chorus]Keep right on to the end of the roadKeep right onto the endTho’ the way be long let your heart be strong,Keep right on round the bend. Tho’ you’re tired and wearyStill journey on till you come to your happy abode,Where all you love you’ve been dreaming ofWill be there at the end of the road. road