Essays about: "FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 270 essays containing the words FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE.

  1. 6. FPGA Based Control of Multiple Electric Machines for Marine Propulsion Systems

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Simon Weideskog; [2024]
    Keywords : FPGA; Field Oriented Control; BLDC; SVPWM; SMO; Electric Drives; Electric Machines; Sliding Mode Observer; Marine Propulsion; Multiple Machines; Boat Motor; Fältorienterad styrning; marin framdrivning; elektriska drivsystem; elmaskiner; flertal maskiner; båtmotor;

    Abstract : This master thesis addresses the control of electric propulsion motors in a marine context. The focus lies mainly on the implementation of field oriented control (FOC) in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The hypothesis is that FPGAs provide performance advantages over microcontroller-based control solutions by enabling parallel processing. READ MORE

  3. 7. Influential Factors and Key Actors Shaping Sustainability Assurance Opinions: A Case Study of a Big-4 Firm

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : John Gerendas; Axel Tottie-Håkansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainability assurance; CSRD; Comfort; Task-oriented language; Materiality construction;

    Abstract : The rise in sustainability reporting has increased the demand for sustainability assurance, especially in the light of new legislation, requiring more companies to undergo third-party assurance. This thesis provides insights into the practical work of a sustainability assuror in the sustainability assurance process and how sustainability assurance opinions are formed as well as how materiality is constructed. READ MORE

  4. 8. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
    Keywords : ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

    Abstract : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. READ MORE

  5. 9. ‘NOTHING IS IN VAIN': Non-Standard Negation and Cyclical Change in Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Aron Zahran; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : Engelska; Bantu; Morphosyntax; Historical Linguistics; Grammaticalization; Descriptive Linguistics; Typology; Negation; Possessive Predication; Locational Predication; Negative Existentials; Semantic Change;

    Abstract : This work concerns the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of an item bule in the under described Tanzanian Bantu languages, Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo. Through collection and analysis of field data, it is shown that the original adverbial element bule ‘for free, in vain, for no reason’ has developed a wide range of functions within the domain of non-standard negation. READ MORE

  6. 10. Topological regularization and relative latent representations

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Alejandro García Castellanos; [2023]
    Keywords : Algebraic Topology; Large Language Models; Relative Representation; Representation Learning; Model Stitching; Topological DataAnalysis; Zero-shot; Algebraisk topologi; Stora språkmodeller; Relativ representation; Representationsinlärning; Modell sömmar; Topologisk dataanalys; Zero-shot;

    Abstract : This Master's Thesis delves into the application of topological regularization techniques and relative latent representations within the realm of zero-shot model stitching. Building upon the prior work of Moschella et al. READ MORE