Essays about: "Pictorial language"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the words Pictorial language.

1. 11. Exploring text-to-scene feedback as an alternativefor second language acquisition : Development of a text-to-scene program for the assimilation of spatial relations in anewly-acquired language

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : JOHANN ROUX; [2013]
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   Abstract : This thesis describes the implementation of a text-to-scene conversion system, which generates a three-dimensional graphic representation of a simple text description through syntactic and pragmatic reasoning. The program is a web-based game which allows second language learners to train their skills in Swedish through the description of 3D scenes. READ MORE

3. 12. Space and time in Mmen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Signe Nilsson; [2013]
   Keywords : semantics; temporal relations; prepositions; spatial relations; bantu languages; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis provides an analysis of the linguistic expression of spatial and temporal relations in Mmen, a Niger-Congo language spoken in Bafumen, in the North West Region of Cameroon. Linguistic means of expressing spatial relations are surveyed in usage and in grammatical structure, and categorized according to the patterns found. READ MORE

4. 13. An image says more than words : a qualitative essay about the pictorial language of children and youth in Westafrica

   University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik

   Author : Margareta Exenberger; [2007]
   Keywords : Pictorial language; children; West Africa;

   Abstract : The pictorial language of the Swedish children is characterized by the idea that a “good” drawing should be in the right perspective and as photographically realistic as possible. This is a study about the pictorial language of the children in the Gambia and Senegal. READ MORE