From owner-cse727-sp07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Mar 21 20:58:53 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2M0wquH002344 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:58:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l2M0wn1U077899 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:58:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 28061 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 00:58:49 -0000 Received: from mailscan6.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.95) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 00:58:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 20309 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 00:58:49 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 00:58:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 29208 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 00:58:41 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 00:58:41 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4006330 for CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:58:41 -0400 Delivered-To: cse727-sp07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 24194 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 00:48:38 -0000 Received: from mailscan5.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.137) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 00:48:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 12410 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Mar 2007 00:48:37 -0000 X-Mailer: University at Buffalo WebMail Cyrusoft SilkyMail v1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 128.205.159.226 X-UB-Relay: (internal) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <1174524517.4601d265d282b@mail3.buffalo.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:48:37 -0400 Reply-To: amhassan@BUFFALO.EDU Sender: "CVA Seminar, Spring 2007" From: Ahmed Hassan Subject: CSE727 To: CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-UB-Relay: (deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu) X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2895/Wed Mar 21 19:46:31 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: NotJunk $NotJunk X-UID: 14563 Content-Length: 1497 ;***************************************************************** Dulin, Kenneth L. (1970), "Using Context Clues in Word Recognition and Comprehension", The Reading Teacher 23(5; February): 440-445, 469. ;** Comments ****************************************************** The author is focusing on how readers could acquires the meaning of new words from the context, using several kinds of forms to aid them. The author also gives a classification of what's called "syntactical and structural aids". He classified these aids into some kinds of aids. He gave 5 kinds: contrast, linked synonyms, direct description, cause-effect relationships, and tone (also called mood or style). He finally described how could one use such aids collectively. The author gave a lot of sample paragraphs to explain his ideas about how these aids work. Finally, he gave a suggestion on how could a young reader be learned such aids to be a better reader. My comment: an easy to understand paper that explains how people know the meaning of new words by their own "expectancy" rules. Also, many sample paragraphs are so helpful. As a final important thing, I believe that more experienced readers could come up with some structural analysis that helps them in understanding the meaning of the unknown words in a given context. I believe that's this is a very difficult, rather very important, cognitive problem to be solved by a computer program. ;***************************************************************** From owner-cse727-sp07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Mar 25 20:10:03 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2Q0A2pZ011277 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:10:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front1.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l2Q062kQ072632 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:06:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 25236 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 00:06:02 -0000 Received: from mailscan8.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.55) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 00:06:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 26774 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 00:06:02 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 00:06:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 24715 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 00:05:53 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 00:05:53 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4085768 for CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:05:53 -0400 Delivered-To: CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Received: (qmail 25839 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 00:05:52 -0000 Received: from mailscan4.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.136) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 00:05:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 13158 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 00:05:52 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 00:05:52 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2Q05qkq011208 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id l2Q05qot011207 for CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:05:52 -0400 (EDT) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200703260005.l2Q05qot011207@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:05:52 -0400 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: "CVA Seminar, Spring 2007" From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 To: CSE727-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2930/Sun Mar 25 17:01:32 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ahmed wrote: | | As a final important thing, I believe that more experienced readers | could come up with some structural analysis that helps them in understanding | the meaning of the unknown words in a given context. Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "structural analysis", and how it is related to, or differs from, our algorithm? From amhassan@buffalo.edu Sun Mar 25 21:04:09 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2Q149Pv012579 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:04:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l2Q1474v075171 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:04:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 10496 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 01:04:07 -0000 Received: from mailscan5.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.137) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 01:04:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 683 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Mar 2007 01:04:07 -0000 To: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:04:06 -0400 From: amhassan@buffalo.edu Message-ID: <1174871046.46071c06f2231@mail3.buffalo.edu> References: <200703260005.l2Q05qot011207@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <200703260005.l2Q05qot011207@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> X-Mailer: University at Buffalo WebMail Cyrusoft SilkyMail v1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 128.205.159.226 X-UB-Relay: (internal) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2930/Sun Mar 25 17:01:32 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: NotJunk JunkRecorded $NotJunk X-UID: 14607 Content-Length: 1060 Quoting "William J. Rapaport" : > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Ahmed wrote: > | > | As a final important thing, I believe that more experienced > readers > | could come up with some structural analysis that helps them in > understanding > | the meaning of the unknown words in a given context. > > Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "structural analysis", > and > how it is related to, or differs from, our algorithm? I mean that knowing the grammar, a reader can analyze the word position and this adds to the reader's prior knowledge about the word, and make it easier to guess the word kind that fits the grammatical structure of the sentence. Also, some combination of words come always together. Actually, it's different from our algorithm in that it depends on the "experience" of the reader of similar grammatical structure that (s)he realized before. From rapaport@cse.Buffalo.EDU Mon Mar 26 13:39:13 2007 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2QHdDDL019295; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:39:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id l2QHdDtA019294; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:39:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:39:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "William J. Rapaport" Message-Id: <200703261739.l2QHdDtA019294@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: amhassan@buffalo.edu, rapaport@cse.Buffalo.EDU Subject: Re: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 Status: R Content-Length: 1405 | Subject: Re: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 | Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:04:06 -0400 | From: amhassan@buffalo.edu | | Quoting "William J. Rapaport" : | | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | > Subject: CSE 727: Dulin 1970 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | > | > Ahmed wrote: | > | | > | As a final important thing, I believe that more experienced | > readers | > | could come up with some structural analysis that helps them in | > understanding | > | the meaning of the unknown words in a given context. | Rapaport replied: | > Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "structural analysis", | > and | > how it is related to, or differs from, our algorithm? | | Ahmed's answer: | I mean that knowing the grammar, a reader can analyze the word position | and this adds to the reader's prior knowledge about the word, and make | it easier to guess the word kind that fits the grammatical structure of | the sentence. Also, some combination of words come always together. | Actually, it's different from our algorithm in that it depends on the | "experience" of the reader of similar grammatical structure that (s)he | realized before. Yes--that's exactly the kind of linguistic PK that using a real grammar would facilitate. This is an open project for someone to take on next semester :-)