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Developed based on authentic materials (corpus and field notes), the test items were piloted with native speakers and comparable examinees and were standardized to reduce the influences of potentially confounding variables (e.g., unfamiliar grammar and vocabulary, length of prompts and options, real-life authenticity).
Fifteen native Chinese speakers completed the questionnaire for which they (a) wrote out their interpretations of the underlined turn (which contained a targeted implicature) and (b) rated the degree of real-life authenticity for each dialog on a 5-point scale (i.e., 1 point being least plausible in real life and 5 points being truly authentic).
Table 2 Item features Dialog length (in syllables) Audio length (in seconds) Speech rate (syllables per 60 s) Number of turns Total option length (in characters) Real-life authenticity rating Mean 67.02 25.42 158.19 5.13 40.92 4.42 SD 0.81 0.32 2.11 0.86 0.84 0.35 Min.
Audiences no longer wanted television to masquerade as real for the sake of comedy; they wanted shows to mimic real life purely for the authenticity.
At Origin, authenticity meets real life.
Shot in black and white and rich with the authenticity of real life.
The resulting compositions — of kids skipping rope, a couple screaming at each other, an unhappy sasquatch and pair of purple-skinned professors — capture the awkward authenticity of real life.
Specifically, in sports titles, game makers have sought to emulate real life and create a sense of authenticity by integrating commercial banners in stadiums, on racing cars, boats and athletic shoes.
You also get an exclusive in-game helmet, a security token (presumably something like the Blizzard Activator), a real life journal filled with concept art, and a fancy certificate of authenticity.
There's an inherent blurring of authenticity and artifice, which is, in turn, what real life has come to reflect.
An integral aspect of the design was the authenticity of the roles and teams (i.e., real life science and emergency management protocols, structures, and responsibilities during volcanic crises; modelled after New Zealand roles and teams).
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