Looking for reading list suggestions and search terms for fuzzy concept matching: given a list of topics, some of which might be defined by synonyms, how do you match to more exact concepts? I'm guessing that this is a natural language processing (NLP) or semantic web question but I might be wrong.
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posted by handee
on Dec 6, 2011 -
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How can I work on a more "natural" delivery (emphasis, pitch, etc.) when reading books aloud?
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posted by yersinia
on Nov 16, 2011 -
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Are there "alphabet songs" for alphabets other than English? THere is the familiar alphabet song, to the tune of "twinkle twinkle little star". Are there similar songs for children learning the alphabets of other languages, such as Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, etc.?
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posted by cogneuro
on Apr 18, 2011 -
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How do I go about gaining a reading knowledge of Dutch on my own, and what is important to emphasize when doing so?
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posted by andrewesque
on Feb 15, 2011 -
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Tell me everything you know about this sentence construction:
"Are you finished your lunch?"
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posted by peep
on Oct 22, 2009 -
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What's the best way to learn Japanese, if you don't care about being able to write it?
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posted by Mwongozi
on Aug 30, 2009 -
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Are any writing systems or alphabets more efficient, in the sense that they are more readable, than others? What is the most efficient?
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posted by ecab
on Jul 10, 2008 -
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I'm looking for popular books, novels, magazines, comic books...in European French (not Canadian French). I'd also like to be able to easily order/purchase them from home (preferably from places like Amazon.com).
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posted by iamkimiam
on Dec 4, 2007 -
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JapaneseLanguageFilter: I am looking for good practice reading materials that are a happy medium.
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posted by ikahime
on Jun 10, 2007 -
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Does anyone know the name of an educational toy/kit for learning reading skills (English language) which involved a big box/case containing a number of small books with pages of heavy white cardboard, each page bearing a letter combination or a simple word. I think they were comb or spiral bound.
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posted by bunky
on May 14, 2007 -
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I'm interested in learning more about language/literature-based events. Not so much the traditional poetry reading, more like innovative ways people come together in a relaxed environment to do some sort of activity that revolves around reading stuff aloud and telling stories.
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posted by lalalana
on Mar 4, 2006 -
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I'm new to audio books. After I've listened to a book, can I say that I've "read" the book? What's the common parlance? Or must I draw a distinction between the books I've read and those I've heard? Why or why not? (And what about Braille? Are blind people said to have "read" books?)
posted by jdroth
on Sep 8, 2004 -
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