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The Contribution of Gestures to the Semantics of Non-Canonical Questions 手势对非规范问题语义的贡献

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.1093/JOS/FFAB007

Michela Ippolito

引用次数: 2

Subclausal Local Contexts 分条款的地方背景

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-06-03 DOI: 10.1093/JOS/FFAB004

A. Anvari, Kyle Blumberg

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引用次数: 3

Why and how to engage expert stakeholders in ontology development: insights from social and behavioural sciences. 为什么以及如何让专家利益相关者参与本体开发:来自社会和行为科学的见解。

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-03-23 DOI: 10.1186/s13326-021-00240-6

Emma Norris, Janna Hastings, Marta M Marques, Ailbhe N Finnerty Mutlu, Silje Zink, Susan Michie

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Deferred Reference of Proper Names 专有名称的延迟引用

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-03-08 DOI: 10.1093/JOS/FFAB001

Katarzyna Kijania-Placek, P. Banás

引用次数: 3

Disjunction in Negative Contexts: A Cross-Linguistic Experimental Study 否定语境中的析取:跨语言实验研究

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffab002

Oana Lungu, Anamaria Fălăuș, F. Panzeri

引用次数: 5

The Semantics of Emotive Markers and Other Illocutionary Content 情绪标记语与其他言外内容的语义

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffab005

J. Rett

引用次数: 22

The Semantics of Comparatives: A Difference-Based Approach 比较级语义:一种基于差异的方法

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffab003

Linmin Zhang, Jia Ling

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引用次数: 7

Coordinating Ifs 协调Ifs

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffab006

Justin Khoo

引用次数: 0

Structured Plurality Reconsidered 重新考虑结构多元化

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2020-12-08 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffaa012

Berta Grimau

引用次数: 2

Comparisons of Equality With German so...wie, and the Relationship Between Degrees and Properties 平等与德语so…以及度与属性之间的关系

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Journal of Biomedical Semantics Pub Date : 2020-11-25 DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffaa011

Vera Hohaus, M. Zimmermann

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引用次数: 2