Essays about: "Native speaker"

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1. 6. Adapting the backchanneling behaviour of a social robot to increase user engagement : A study using social robots with contingent backchanneling behaviour

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

   Author : Daniel Alexander Kazzi; VIncent Winberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Artificial intelligence; Human-robot interaction; Service robots;

   Abstract : There are many aspects of human communication that affects the nature of an interaction; examples include voice intonation and facial expressions. A particular type of verbal and non-verbal cues, so called backchannels, have an underlying role in shaping conversations. READ MORE

3. 7. Object categorisation in French-Swedish early simultaneous bilinguals. : ARE GENDER EFFECTS MODULATED BY GRAMMAR OR CULTURE?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Marie Fournier; [2022]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Grammatical gender; French; Swedish; Cultural gender effect;

   Abstract : If most scholars tend to agree that the native language of a speaker does influence the way they will understand the reality around them, the question becomes ambiguous when it comes to bilingual speakers’ cognition. How is their reality affected by the combination of their languages? This study aimed at exploring this question under the angle of grammatical gender. READ MORE

4. 8. Evaluation of the performance of machine learning techniques for email classification

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

   Author : Isabella Tapper; [2022]
   Keywords : Natural Language Processing; Text Representations; Email Classification; Text Classification; Behandling Av Naturliga Språk; Text Representation; epost-klassificering; Textklassificering;

   Abstract : Manual categorization of a mail inbox can often become time-consuming. Therefore many attempts have been made to use machine learning for this task. One essential Natural Language Processing (NLP) task is text classification, which is a big challenge since an NLP engine is not a native speaker of any human language. READ MORE

5. 9. Object categorisation in French-Swedish early bilinguals : Are gender effects modulated by grammar or culture?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Marie Fournier; [2022]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Grammatical gender; French; Swedish; Cultural gender effect;

   Abstract : If most scholars tend to agree that the native language of a speaker does influence the way they will understand the reality around them, the question becomes ambiguous when it comes to bilingual speakers’ cognition. How is their reality affected by the combination of their languages? This study aimed at exploring this question under the angle of grammatical gender. READ MORE

6. 10. Emotional grammar: Is there a relationship between emotions and grammatical creativity?

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

   Author : Toke Laursen; [2022]
   Keywords : Emotions; mood; grammatical structures; mind and body; Danish language; linguistics; construction grammar; cognitive semiotics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore whether there is a relationship between emotional state and the degree of creative use of grammatical constructions. Based on previous literature on the relationship between mood (used interchangeably with emotional state) and creativity a hypothesis was formulated: Speakers in a more positive mood will be more creative in their use of grammatical constructions. READ MORE