Essays about: "Clipping of words"

Found 3 essays containing the words Clipping of words.

1. 1. LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Tove Nilsson; [2021-10-04]
   Keywords : English; blending; clipping; compounding; coronavirus corpus; Covid-19; English word-formation; neologisms; semantics; vocabulary;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus pandemic has led to many new words and expressions and it is thus of interest to examine how often such neologisms are used, as well as what they might communicate semantically. READ MORE

3. 2. Speech Intelligibility Measurement on the basis of ITU-T Recommendation P.863

   University essay from Laboratoriet för intelligenta system

   Author : SWATANTRA GHIMIRE; [2012]
   Keywords : Speech Intelligibility; POLQA;

   Abstract : Objective speech intelligibility measurement techniques like AI (Articulation Index) and AI based STI (Speech Transmission Index) fail to assess speech intelligibility in modern telecommunication networks that use several non-linear processing for enhancing speech. Moreover, these techniques do not allow prediction of single individual CVC (Consonant Vowel Consonant) word intelligibility scores. READ MORE

4. 3. New Blends in the English Language

   University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Anna Enarsson; [2007]
   Keywords : lingustics; blends; word-formation;

   Abstract : Titel: New Blends in the English Language Författare: Anna Enarsson Antal sidor: 29 Abstract: The aim of this essay was to identify new blends that have entered the English language. Firstly six different word-formation processes, including blending, was described. READ MORE