Essays about: "ENGLISH THESIS"

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  1. 16. Head-to-head Transfer Learning Comparisons made Possible : A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Methods for Neural Machine Translation of the Baltic Languages

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Mathias Stenlund; [2023]
    Keywords : machine translation; transfer learning; Latvian; Lithuanian; low-resource languages; transformers; parent language; child language; comparative study;

    Abstract : The struggle of training adequate MT models using data-hungry NMT frameworks for low-resource language pairs has created a need to alleviate the scarcity of sufficiently large parallel corpora. Different transfer learning methods have been introduced as possible solutions to this problem, where a new model for a target task is initialized using parameters learned from some other high-resource task. READ MORE

  3. 17. Aspects of Postcolonialism Critique within Environmental Communication Efforts in Indonesia : Case study of Environmental Organizations in Jakarta and Bali

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Vidi Amelia Ratnafury; [2023]
    Keywords : Indonesia; Sustainable Development; Postcolonialism; Anthropocene; Grassroots; Bali; Environmental Communication; Climate Change; Climate Injustice;

    Abstract : Covering the issue of climate change is not always talking about what we as humans can do to save the planet. For many people in the Global South, it is about climate injustice – how the marginalized become the most affected people by climate crisis, yet they contribute to so much less emission compared to the people in the North / Western countries. READ MORE

  4. 18. Punctuation Restoration as Post-processing Step for Swedish Language Automatic Speech Recognition

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

    Author : Ishika Gupta; [2023]
    Keywords : Transformer; BERT; KB-BERT; NLP; punctuation restoration; deep learning; neural networks;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the Swedish language, where punctuation restoration, especially as a postprocessing step for the output of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications, needs furtherresearch. I have collaborated with NewsMachine AB, a company that provides large-scale mediamonitoring services for its clients, for which it employs ASR technology to convert spoken contentinto text. READ MORE

  5. 19. Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle: A comparative study of the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

    Author : Eleonora Dei Rossi; [2023]
    Keywords : Canossa Castle; Azuchi Castle; castle-building phenomenon; Italy; Japan; castles; comparative study; archaeological data; architectural features; historical context; cultural significance.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at evaluating the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan through a comparative study of Canossa Castle in Italy and Azuchi Castle in Japan. By comparing Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle, this thesis firstly investigates the definition of the word castle in Italian, Japanese and English to understand how languages influence the understanding of this phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 20. Potentials and limitations of pantomime storytelling: An experimental study with intersemiotic translation.

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

    Author : Barbora Dadlíková; [2023]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : When in need to tell stories we often find ourselves using not only our words but also accompanying gestures, as well as pictures. However, what if we were to use only gestures to narrate? Would the stories we tell be clear enough to understand? The thesis investigates the potentials and limitations of pantomime, which consists mostly of gesture, for storytelling. READ MORE