Essays about: "Diachronic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 essays containing the word Diachronic.

  1. 1. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

  3. 2. The “Magic Gathering” of Comprehension Devices : A diachronic systemic functional linguistics analysis of MTG game card texts

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Schiller; [2024]
    Keywords : Systemic Functional Linguistics; Magic: The Gathering; keywords; card text; action; process; mood; transitivity; comprehension;

    Abstract : This study investigates the diachronic shift of revised card texts in the tabletop collectible card game ‘Magic: The Gathering’.  The lexicogrammatical patterns found are compared to theories on comprehension and learning, and to the development of the game. READ MORE

  4. 3. Closing the gender gap? : A diachronic study of male and female use of swear words in the BNCs of 1994 and 2014

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Kristina Nerman; [2024]
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  5. 4. IŻ SWÓJ JĘZYK MAJĄ! An exploration of the computational methods for identifying language variation in Polish

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Maria Irena Szawerna; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : language variation; Polish; diachronic linguistics; part-of-speech tagging; lemmatization; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : Computational approaches to language variation continue to contribute in a relevant way to various fields, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) and linguistics. Being able to accommodate variation within natural language increases the robustness of NLP models and their usefulness in real-life applications; simultaneously, detecting and describing variation and trends that govern it is one of the main goals of sociolinguistics and historical linguistics, meaning that some of the advances in NLP can contribute to these fields as well. READ MORE

  6. 5. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE