We study the short-term memory capacity of ancient readers of the original New Testament written in Greek, of its translations to Latin and to modern languages. To model it, we consider the number of words between any...We study the short-term memory capacity of ancient readers of the original New Testament written in Greek, of its translations to Latin and to modern languages. To model it, we consider the number of words between any two contiguous interpunctions I<sub>p</sub>, because this parameter can model how the human mind memorizes “chunks” of information. Since I<sub>P</sub> can be calculated for any alphabetical text, we can perform experiments—otherwise impossible— with ancient readers by studying the literary works they used to read. The “experiments” compare the I<sub>P</sub> of texts of a language/translation to those of another language/translation by measuring the minimum average probability of finding joint readers (those who can read both texts because of similar short-term memory capacity) and by defining an “overlap index”. We also define the population of universal readers, people who can read any New Testament text in any language. Future work is vast, with many research tracks, because alphabetical literatures are very large and allow many experiments, such as comparing authors, translations or even texts written by artificial intelligence tools.展开更多
This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,...This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,language,physics,culture,and psychology.It then summarizes all the characteristics of the new color terms.The study takes questionnaires as supplementary data,explores and proves the interactive relationship between metaphorical expression and cognitive psychology of new color words.The life span of such new color terms is also discussed.展开更多
Putin will focus on boosting Russia’s economy and military Russian President Vladimir Putin secured his fourth term with a landslide victory in mid-March,winning around 76 percent of the vote.
Several old problems in the new countryside construction at present are analyzed.For instance the land transfer mechanism is not flexible,land problems have restricted the development of agricultural industrialization...Several old problems in the new countryside construction at present are analyzed.For instance the land transfer mechanism is not flexible,land problems have restricted the development of agricultural industrialization;farmers still have serious problems in income increase and lack the rational investment and consumption awareness;farmers receive low level of education and their cultural qualities are general poor;for a long time,legalization and democratization process of rural grass-roots organizations has been lagged behind.Causations for problems in the new countryside construction are various,such as lacking the subject consciousness,a long-term mechanism,industrial support and capital input.Finally,several new ideas about the construction of socialist new countryside are put forward,including speeding up the development of modern agriculture and doing everything possible to increase the income of farmers;paying attention to the development of civilized villages and towns and doing everything possible to enrich the knowledge of farmers;accelerating the establishment of long-term mechanism and gathering the ideas of farmers to the maximum extent;fully integrating project funds and constructing the socialist new countryside.展开更多
文摘We study the short-term memory capacity of ancient readers of the original New Testament written in Greek, of its translations to Latin and to modern languages. To model it, we consider the number of words between any two contiguous interpunctions I<sub>p</sub>, because this parameter can model how the human mind memorizes “chunks” of information. Since I<sub>P</sub> can be calculated for any alphabetical text, we can perform experiments—otherwise impossible— with ancient readers by studying the literary works they used to read. The “experiments” compare the I<sub>P</sub> of texts of a language/translation to those of another language/translation by measuring the minimum average probability of finding joint readers (those who can read both texts because of similar short-term memory capacity) and by defining an “overlap index”. We also define the population of universal readers, people who can read any New Testament text in any language. Future work is vast, with many research tracks, because alphabetical literatures are very large and allow many experiments, such as comparing authors, translations or even texts written by artificial intelligence tools.
基金financially supported by the National Social Science Fund Project(No.09BYY053)special project of Sichuan University central university basic scientific research business expense study(No.SKX201025)Sichuan University Social Science Project in 2008
文摘This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,language,physics,culture,and psychology.It then summarizes all the characteristics of the new color terms.The study takes questionnaires as supplementary data,explores and proves the interactive relationship between metaphorical expression and cognitive psychology of new color words.The life span of such new color terms is also discussed.
文摘Putin will focus on boosting Russia’s economy and military Russian President Vladimir Putin secured his fourth term with a landslide victory in mid-March,winning around 76 percent of the vote.
文摘Several old problems in the new countryside construction at present are analyzed.For instance the land transfer mechanism is not flexible,land problems have restricted the development of agricultural industrialization;farmers still have serious problems in income increase and lack the rational investment and consumption awareness;farmers receive low level of education and their cultural qualities are general poor;for a long time,legalization and democratization process of rural grass-roots organizations has been lagged behind.Causations for problems in the new countryside construction are various,such as lacking the subject consciousness,a long-term mechanism,industrial support and capital input.Finally,several new ideas about the construction of socialist new countryside are put forward,including speeding up the development of modern agriculture and doing everything possible to increase the income of farmers;paying attention to the development of civilized villages and towns and doing everything possible to enrich the knowledge of farmers;accelerating the establishment of long-term mechanism and gathering the ideas of farmers to the maximum extent;fully integrating project funds and constructing the socialist new countryside.
