Essays about: "linguistic thesis"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 239 essays containing the words linguistic thesis.

  1. 21. What comes next? : Investigating the neural correlates of predictability during conversation with fMRI

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Johanna Sundström; [2023]
    Keywords : surprisal; neurolinguistics; fMRI; language processing; conversation; language comprehension; language production; surprisal; neurolingvistik; fMRI; språkprocessning; konversation; språkförståelse; språkproduktion;

    Abstract : The notion that prediction plays a role in language processing is getting less controversial, however research and discussion is ongoing as to the nature and extent of its involvement. Previous studies have mainly focused on prediction during comprehension in restricted paradigms. READ MORE

  3. 22. Decoding communication of non-human species - Unsupervised machine learning to infer syntactical and temporal patterns in fruit-bats vocalizations.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Luigi Assom; [2023]
    Keywords : animal decision making; unsupervised machine learning; UMAP; autoencoders; classifiers; bioacoustics; combinatory syntax; animal communication;

    Abstract : Decoding non-human species communication offers a unique chance to explore alternative intelligence forms using machine learning. This master thesis focuses on discreteness and grammar, two of five linguistic areas machine learning can support, and tackles inferring syntax and temporal structures from bioacoustics data annotated with animal behavior. READ MORE

  4. 23. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
    Keywords : conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. READ MORE

  5. 24. North-South entanglements in Somali-Swedish family language policy : Practices, ideologies and everyday challenges

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Juliana Neves Lindgren; [2023]
    Keywords : decoloniality; family language policy; identity; language ideologies; language maintenance; language practices; multilingualism; Somali;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the family language policies (FLP) of two Somali-Swedish families living in Rinkeby, Stockholm. It focuses on the relationships between FLP and identity construction in different social spaces. READ MORE

  6. 25. An Illusion of Care? : A Critical Study of the Rhetoric Used by Volunteer Tourism Organizations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Forsmoo; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis examines the rhetoric of the volunteer tourism organization Volontärresor in regards to how it contributes to a normalizing discourse around global inequality. Given that rhetoric affects people’s perceptions of matters, and by extension their behaviors, the choice of words becomes political. READ MORE