https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/907 2026-05-20T01:57:01Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3805 Automatic Generation of Corpus-Based Exercises Using Generative AI Zasina, Adrian Jan Chang, Kai-Wei; Lu, Ke-Han; Yang, Chih-Kai; Tam, Zhi-Rui; Chang, Wen-Yu; Wang, Chung-Che This study explores the automatic generation of corpus-based language exercises using a generative AI model Corpus Linguist. It focuses on the interaction between the language model and corpus data, detailing a workflow in which collocation and translation patterns are extracted from a tagged corpus and structured prompts are constructed to guide the model in producing sentence-level exercises. The generated exercises reveal both the potential and the current limitations of AI-driven approaches. Challenges include inconsistency in corpus data use, and choosing appropriate translation equivalents. These observations highlight the necessity of careful design and critical evaluation when integrating generative models with corpus-based language materials. By analysing these processes from a computational linguistics perspective, this study contributes to understanding how generative AI can interact with structured linguistic data, informing future applications in automated language resources. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3804 "The Big Open"? Heterotopias and Colonial Expansion in North America Procházka, Martin Modernity is characterised by a substantial transformation of space. The closed medieval space defined by a hierarchy of fixed places gives way to the open and infinite space of modern science and imagination. According to Michel Foucault, modern space "is presented to us in the form of relations of emplacement." In contrast to fixed places, most emplacements are mobile and functional, yet not all of them are determined by their specific functions. For instance, "heterotopias" undermine the functional status of other emplacements. Moreover, heterotopias engender "heterochronias", which attract attention to discontinuities of space and conventional time. As heterotopias, modern ruins unsettle the discourses of redemption and progress, and testify to the failures of economic or technological power. This is especially true about the "ghost towns" emerging during the colonisation of the American West as one of its major symbols articulating the space of the "Big Open": the West as both an "exceptional" and a "national" region, historical as well as mythical experience. As discursive and material objects, ghost towns oscillate between the function of historical monuments of the Gold Rush, prosperous industrialisation or local settlement, and the squalor and obscurity of trash, which, however, can be fetishised or even monumentalised. From its outset, the colonisation of North America has been represented and justified by means of religious, as well as secular, apocalyptic narratives constructing the continent as a space of revelations (of the future destiny of nations or the end of history). As "spectres" (Jacques Derrida), ghost towns reveal an important feature of North American colonial expansion - the imaginary, illusory, but also real nature of the Frontier. Moreover, they may turn our attention to the functioning of modern borders, especially migration flows and social divisions. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3802 Development and Validation of the Ultra-Short Version of the Identity Style Inventory (US-ISI-5) Among Czech Adolescents Hanzlová, Radka; Spitzerová, Markéta Adolescence and the transition to adulthood represent critical periods for identity formation, with a coherent and stable sense of identity being a key component of psychosocial development and functioning in different social roles throughout one’s life. In their decision-making processes, individuals mainly employ three socio-cognitive strategies – informational, normative, and diffuse/avoidant – each of which can be measured by the Identity Style Inventory (ISI). However, the traditional version of this scale is too long and not particularly suitable for online surveys. This research note aims to develop and validate an ultra-short version of the ISI with a large sample of Czech adolescents aged 15–20 (N = 21,968). The analysis is based on data collected online from the first wave of the Czech Education Panel Survey (CZEPS), administered in autumn 2023. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted during the development process. The validation and psychometric properties were evaluated in terms of reliability, convergent and criterion-related validity, and measurement invariance across gender and type of study. The results showed that the ultra-short Czech version of the ISI scale with nine items achieved good psychometric and structural quality. EFA clearly supported the three-factor structure, which was confirmed by CFA with good model fit. The reliability assessment results were consistent with those of other studies, and in terms of validity, both convergent and criterion-related validity were demonstrated by weak but theoretically consistent and meaningful associations with other measures. In terms of measurement invariance, partial scalar invariance was achieved across gender and type of study. The newly developed ultra-short nine-item version of the ISI (US-ISI-5) has been validated as a psychometrically sound and useful instrument for measuring identity processing strategies among Czech adolescents. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3788 The Role of Self-Control in Offline and Online Juvenile Delinquency: Insights From Czech Adolescents in the ISRD-4 Study Vlčková, Tereza; Buriánek, Jiří This study examines the relationship between self-control and juvenile delinquency, with a focus on differences between traditional (offline) and cyber (online) offenses. Utilizing data from the fourth wave of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-4), the sample consisted of 2,115 Czech adolescents surveyed in spring 2023 across Prague and Pilsen. The sample included students from 8th and 9th grades of elementary schools, equivalent grades of multiyear grammar schools, and the first 2 years of high schools. Logistic regression analysis revealed that both self-control and gender significantly influence the chance of engaging in delinquent behaviors, with boys demonstrating a higher propensity for both traditional and cyber delinquency, particularly in the online contexts. Notably, self-control was found to play a stronger role in traditional offenses compared to cyber delinquency, suggesting it is not the primary predictor of delinquent behavior in the digital realm. Such insights are critical for developing differentiated and targeted interventions to address the distinct characteristics of offline and online delinquent behaviors. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z