Essays about: "idiomatic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word idiomatic.

  1. 1. Syntax-based Concept Alignment for Machine Translation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Arianna Masciolini; [2023-03-30]
    Keywords : computational linguistic; machine translation; concept alignment; syntax; dependency parsing; Universal Dependencies; Grammatical Framework;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a syntax-based approach to Concept Alignment (CA), the task of finding semantical correspondences between parts of multilingual parallel texts, with a focus on Machine Translation (MT). Two variants of CA are taken into account: Concept Extraction (CE), whose aim is to identify new concepts by means of mere linguistic comparison, and Concept Propagation (CP), which consists in looking for the translation equivalents of a set of known concepts in a new language. READ MORE

  3. 2. Time Signatures in Modern Music

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Gonçalo Alexandre Soares Rodrigues; [2023]
    Keywords : Time signatures; Free Notation; Modern Music; Witold Lutosławski; György Ligeti; composition; quantitative qualitative rhythm; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : In the beginning of the 20th Century with the emergence of a new musical language as the Second Viennese School (Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern) took over, suddenly music pushed forward and away from traditional harmony, rhythm and even notation. Music started to lose its traditional feel of patterns, cadences and regularity and instead embraced new complexity, as composers started to avoid time signature patterns, tonal melodies, and harmonies. READ MORE

  4. 3. How to analyze identification in storytelling?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Retorik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Felix Pålsson; [2022]
    Keywords : audience; dramatism; Där livet händer; identification; IKEA; metaphor; metonymy; persona; persuasion; rhetoric; storytelling; Weltanschauung; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the use of storytelling in advertising from a rhetorical perspective. Specifically, stories told in IKEA’s recent advertising campaign Där livet händer (Where life happens) will be analyzed. The purpose is to propose a way in which to analyze identification in storytelling. READ MORE

  5. 4. Differences in Animal Metaphorsbetween English and Japanese : A CMT study of English and Japanese idiomatic expressions

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Christopher Pettersson; [2021]
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  6. 5. The effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on students’ comprehension of idiomatic expressions in English as a second language

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Fridur Rún Dungal; [2021]
    Keywords : Age; Context; Extra-curricular activity; Frequency; Idiom comprehension; SLA; Transparency;

    Abstract : In the present investigation, 99 compulsory school students in Sweden were asked to define nine English idioms chosen for their variation in inherent transparency and frequency. The participants were divided into two groups, where Group 2 was provided with context of varying degrees of support, while Group 1 was not. READ MORE