Essays about: "Lexeme"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Lexeme.

1. 1. Lexeme Extraction for Wikidata : A proof of concept study for Swedish lexeme extraction

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för informationssystem och –teknologi

   Author : Simon Samzelius; [2020]
   Keywords : Lexeme; Lemma; Wikidata;

   Abstract : Wikipedia has a problem with organizing and managing data as well as references. As a solution, they created Wikidata to make it possible for machines to interpret these data, with the help of lexemes. A lexeme is an abstract lexical unit which consists of a word’s lemmas and its word class. READ MORE

3. 2. Nouns on fire in Mainland Scandinavian : A lexico-typological study of selected nouns referring to FIRE in Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål) and Swedish

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Carolina Lindmark; [2017]
   Keywords : Typology; semantics; lexical typology; lexical frames; fire; nouns; compounds; parameters;

   Abstract : The current study investigates the use of a selected group of nouns in the domain of FIRE in written Mainland Scandinavian languages, i.e. Danish, Norwegian (bokmål) and Swedish. READ MORE

4. 3. The conceptualisation of FEMININITY on English Wikipedia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Max Bäckström; [2014]
   Keywords : Conceptual analysis; feminity; Wikipedia; multivariate statistics; corpus linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study undertakes a quantitative and usage-based Cognitive Linguistic study on the representation and conceptualisation of FEMININITY on English Wikipedia. Contemporary information media are changing fundamentally and the place of Wikipedia in the new media space is important not only because of its influence but because it is radically different to traditional media. READ MORE

5. 4. A corpus-driven usage-feature analysis of the concept "Fate" in modern Russian and American English languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Svetlana L'Nyavskiy; [2013]
   Keywords : cultural linguistic analysis; usage-feature analysis; corpus; concept fate; objectification; multiple correspondence analysis; hierarchical cluster analysis; logistic regression; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The results of Multiple Correspondence Analysis suggest that regardless of changes in perception of ‘FATE’ in American and Russian cultures during the last two centuries, the main distinctions such as perception of ‘FATE’ as Deterministic but Non-Agentive (things may happen but it is up to an individual to take charge) in American culture and Deterministic and Agentive in Russian culture (things happen and one has to accept it as a burden) remain present and are still significant for the modern language users. American- English language users tend to relate to Justification of ‘FATE’ as neutral and Russian ones as more unjust. READ MORE

6. 5. Investigating polysemy Gender effects on love

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Elmedina Becarevic; [2011]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Polysemy, the study of multiple meanings of a lexeme, is part of the field of Lexical Semantics and has been preoccupying linguists for a very long time. Among the first methods of investigation were categorization (Lakoff 1987), and the study of dictionaries in hopes of finding semantic variation in polysemous lexemes (Fillmore and Atkins 1992). READ MORE