Essays about: "Semantic Change"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the words Semantic Change.

  1. 6. Change in the Meaning of the Word Cool : A study comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sandra Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Lexical semantics; meaning; synonyms; semantic widening; metaphor; metonymy;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study change in the meaning of the word cool, comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s. Examples where the word cool was used were obtained from the Corpus of Historical American English, which is created by Mark Davies, and analyzed in terms of in which senses and text types they were used. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring the effect of stimulus list composition on the Cognate Facilitation Effect in bilingual lexical decision : A study of Danish-Swedish bilinguals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet

    Author : Revekka Christina Anagnostopoulou; [2022]
    Keywords : Cognate facilitation effect; cognates; interlingual homographs; stimulus list composition; BIA ; Age of Acquisition; lexical decision; bilingualism;

    Abstract : Cognate words have a shared orthographic and semantic representation across languages: kniv (‘knife’) in Danish means the same as kniv in Swedish. Their shared form and meaning give cognates a special status in the bilingual mental lexicon and there is robust evidence that because of this special status they are processed faster than non-cognate words. READ MORE

  4. 8. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Andreas Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

    Abstract : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. READ MORE

  5. 9. Online Unsupervised Domain Adaptation

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

    Author : Theodoros Panagiotakopoulos; [2022]
    Keywords : Unsupervised Domain Adaptation; Continual Learning; Curriculum Learning; Clear2Rain; Self-Supervised Learning; Semantic Segmentation; Transfer Learning; Online Learning; Unsupervised Domain Adaptation; Kontinuerligt lärande; Curriculum Learning; Clear2Rain; Self-Supervised Learning; Semantisk Segmentering; Transfer Learning; Online Learning;

    Abstract : Deep Learning models have seen great application in demanding tasks such as machine translation and autonomous driving. However, building such models has proved challenging, both from a computational perspective and due to the requirement of a plethora of annotated data. READ MORE

  6. 10. Evaluations of Product Data Template initiatives

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Byggnadsteknik och belysningsvetenskap

    Author : Rawa Abdulkareem; Marian Gherghiceanu; [2022]
    Keywords : Construction industry; Building Information Management; Information Exchange; Product data; Product data Templates;

    Abstract : The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry has been undergoing a significant digitaliza-tion process in the last years. This transformation implies new challenges and adaptation concerning the ex-change of data between different software applications. READ MORE