Essays about: "Semantic Change"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 45 essays containing the words Semantic Change.

1. 16. Language change and collocations : A study of collocation patterns and semantic prosody during the Covid-19 pandemic

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Ozelot Oderfält; [2021]
   Keywords : Language change; Collocation patterns; Semantic prosody; Coronavirus; Corpus.;

   Abstract : This essay is a corpus-based and quantitative study on language change that has occurred during global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Global events especially affect the English language since it is a global language. READ MORE

3. 17. Gaming Language and How It Is Characterized

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Catarina Hsu; [2020]
   Keywords : gaming; lexicon; vocabulary; jargon; sociolinguistics; ludolect; semantic field; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Language is a social act and the fact that social communities create new or change existing words that are known in daily standard language, can make the lexicon difficult to comprehend for the ones not involved. The communication that belong to a specific social group can be classified as a jargon, and in this present study we look at gaming language as an example of how social communities’ lexicon can be manifested. READ MORE

4. 18. Bug Report: A Study of Semantic Change during the Digital Revolution

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Johan Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : Semantics; Diachronic change; Semantic Change; Corpus; Collocation; Context analysis.;

   Abstract : Semantic change is a phenomenon that has been subject to a lot of research during the past few decades. However, a large part of the existing research has been conducted with the goal of finding causes of change or creating typologies in order to classify different types of changes. READ MORE

5. 19. The Emergence of Decentralized Web in the Education Field : A Case Study on Challenges of Learning Systems based on Decentralized Learning Model

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Informationssystem

   Author : Nitin Pal; [2020]
   Keywords : Centralized Web; Decentralized Web; blockchain in education; Social Networking Service SNS ; Learning Management System LMS ;

   Abstract : Decentralization of web is, also known as Web 3.0 or Semantic Web, is catching on quickly. Deployment of a decentralized network or system for learning purposes in an educational institution could involve the use of new cutting-edge technologies and tools behind blockchain systems and Social Networking Sites (SNS). READ MORE

6. 20. Detecting Lexical Semantic Change Using Probabilistic Gaussian Word Embeddings

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Adam Moss; [2020]
   Keywords : historical linguistics; historical semantics; lexical semantic change; diachronic semantic change; word embeddings; probabilistic word embeddings; gaussian word embeddings;

   Abstract : In this work, we test two novel methods of using word embeddings to detect lexical semantic change, attempting to overcome limitations associated with conventional approaches to this problem. Using a diachronic corpus spanning over a hundred years, we generate word embeddings for each decade with the intention of evaluating how meaning changes are represented in embeddings for the same word across time. READ MORE