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Metasyntactic variable

Known as: Canonical metasyntactical variable, Corge, Garply 
A metasyntactic variable is a placeholder name used in computer science, a word without meaning intended to be substituted by some objects pertaining… 
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2018
2018
Quality-of-user-experience: a position paper
So far, research on quality-of-experience (QoE) has mostly been carried out in the area of multimedia communications, and user… 
2011
2011
Attempt to Detect the Antineutrinos from a Nuclear Reactor by the Cl " ( v , e — ) A " Reaction *
Tanks containing 200 and 3900 liters of carbon tetrachloride were irradiated outside of the shield of the Brookhaven reactor in… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The BE06 Corpus of British English and recent language change
This paper describes the BE06 Corpus, a one million word reference corpus of general written British English that was designed to… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Till Stratigraphy and Late Wisconsinan Deglaciation of Southern Maine: A Review
At least two glaciations are recorded by the till stratigraphy of southern Maine. A more deeply weathered lower till is… 
2007
2007
Past progressive or simple past? The acquisition of progressive aspect by Polish advanced learners of English
This study employs corpus-based and computer-aided methodology to investigate Polish advanced learners’ use of the past… 
2005
2005
Extending the possibilities of corpus-based research on English in the twentieth century: a prequel to LOB and FLOB.
This paper explains the rationale for a new corpus being assembled at Lancaster University to complement the existing Brown… 
2005
2005
The syntax of WH-expressions as variables in Thai
This paper presents an in-depth examination of Thai wh-expressions as variables. I claim that wh-expressions are variables with… 
2002
2002
Mandative Constructions in English and their Equivalents in French: Applying a Bilingual Approach to the Theory and Practice of Translation
The objective of this paper is to analyse which French constructions are translated by occurrences of mandative should in English… 
1999
1999
Concord with collective nouns revisited
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Biological diversity and community lore in northeastern Thailand
As communities experience economic development the value of traditional resources is typically reassessed. How much people… 
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