Weighted automata extend classical finite automata by assigning weights, typically drawn from algebraic structures such as semirings, to transitions. This quantitative enhancement enables the analysis ...

A recent study from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University — called The Formality Effect — is providing a new perspective on effective government communications. The main finding is that ...

Synopsys is to pitch an augmented version of its OpenVera language for checking hardware designs against standards body Accellera's own effort to create a single language for formal checking ...

If you asked me to identify the most clichéd sentence in on-the-job writing, that sentence would be my nominee. Yes, it's common. Yes, it's handy. Yes, it's readily understood. (And no, this column ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Inter alia, the Media Observer had this to say in last week’s issue: “And now for the ...

Senior lecturer in Spanish and Open Media Fellow, The Open University Language learning apps are very popular in app stores worldwide – and are said to be revolutionising language learning. These apps ...

Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...