Essays about: "Semantic dimension"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Semantic dimension.

  1. 1. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

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    Author : Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the Future in a What-if Mode - A Philosophical and Critical Investigation into the Use of Scenarios in Climate Science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Franciszek Wieslaw Korbanski; [2023]
    Keywords : scenario; future; the IPCC; Synthesis Report; Mark Fisher; hauntology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The figure of scenarios is frequently used in present-day climate science and plays a prominent role in the architecture of the IPCC Reports. In this work, I undertake a philosophical and critical investigation into the ontological, epistemological and temporal modalities of the figure of scenario. READ MORE

  4. 3. Clustering SQL-queries using unsupervised machine learning

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Thomas Schmidt; [2022]
    Keywords : unsupervised machine learning; machine learning; SQL; AI; clustering;

    Abstract : Decerno has created a business system that utilizes Microsoft's Entity Framework (EF) which is an object-database mapper. It can automatically generate SQL queries from code written in C#. Some of these queries has started to display significant increase in query response time which require further examination. READ MORE

  5. 4. The limits of unmarkedness : A semantic analysis of adjunct clauses in Middle Egyptian documentary texts

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

    Author : Mirka Perón Flodström; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle Egyptian; adjunct clause; marked; unmarked; semantics; diachronic;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to semantically analyze the use of marked and unmarked adjunct clauses in Middle Egyptian documentary texts in order to investigate the limits of choosing an unmarked form in more informal language use. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in the analysis. READ MORE

  6. 5. HOW HAS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AFFECTED OUR USE OF LANGUAGE? A corpus-based study of neologisms and semantic shifts in English and Chinese web texts

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Huan Luo; [2021-12-06]
    Keywords : English; Coronavirus; COVID-19; language; corpus; neologism; Chinese; web texts;

    Abstract : This study examined how COVID-19 has affected the use of language, especially English and Chinese neologisms, semantic shifts, and their relationship with Hofstede cultural dimension theory. A corpus-based study was conducted. READ MORE