domain specificity

collocation in English

meaningsofdomainandspecificity

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domain
noun[C]
uk
/dəˈmeɪn/us
/doʊˈmeɪn/
an area of interest or an area over which a person ...
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specificity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌspes.ɪˈfɪs.ə.ti/us
/ˌspes.əˈfɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being specific (= clear ...
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(Definition ofdomainandspecificityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is often a topic of tension to balance thedomainspecificityversus the portability of a natural language grammar.
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Within the emerging work ondomainspecificitythere are controversies and doubts, as in any young and dynamic science.
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Various learning mechanisms are designed for a variety of tasks and a range ofdomainspecificity.
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The term used for this in cognitive sciences is the 'domainspecificity' of cognitive functions.
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Instead of generating general threat dreams that include the two key events proposed by revonsuo, we suggest that perhaps the dreams of modern humans might reveal greaterdomainspecificity.
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Conversely, the other parenting dimensions showed moredomainspecificity; parenting stress was linked with children's lifetime diagnoses, and limit setting and closeness with children's externalizing problems and everyday competence, respectively.
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A cognitive mechanism exhibitsdomainspecificityif it is good at processing information relevant to certain problems, but not other problems to which the mechanism might be applied.
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Domainspecificityrefers to the requirement that modules deal exclusively with a single input type.
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Gelman subscribes to thedomainspecificityview of cognition, asserting that the mind is composed of specialized modules subserving specific cognitive functions.
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Proponents ofdomainspecificityargue that domain-general learning mechanisms are unable to overcome the epistemological problems facing learners in many domains, especially language.
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Researchers in this field seek evidence fordomainspecificityin a variety of ways.
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