Essays about: "Semantics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 270 essays containing the word Semantics.

1. 1. Nietzsche, and the Significance of Historical Philosophizing : On the Use of History for Philosophical Matters

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi och tillämpad etik

   Author : Jacob Gustavsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Philosophy; Moral Philosophy; Nietzsche; Historical Philosophizing; History of Philosophy; Philosophy of History; Perspectivism;

   Abstract : This thesis explores Friedrich Nietzsche's use of history for philosophical purposes, focusing on two central themes in Nietzsche's writings: the genealogical methodology, and perspectival epistemology. My aim is to demonstrate how Nietzsche's concept of "historical philosophizing" is intricately connected to his moral philosophy. READ MORE

3. 2. Relaxed Priority Queue & Evaluation of Locks

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Andreas Rudén; Ludvig Andersson; [2023-10-23]
   Keywords : Concurrency; Data Structures; Algorithms; Priority Queue; Semantic Relaxation; Lock-free; Scalability; Performance;

   Abstract : We present a new, lock-free and concurrent priority queue, utilizing some ideas from [1] by Rukundo et al., that relaxes the traditional sequential semantics of the delete_min operation to achieve better scalability and performance. READ MORE

4. 3. RocksDB Read Optimization Strategies for Streaming Applications

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

   Author : Björkman Fredrik; [2023]
   Keywords : RocksDB; Data streams; Micro-batching; Data stream processing; read operation benchmark; Data stream workload simulation; RocksDB; Dataströmmar; Mikro-batching; Dataströmsprocessering; Läsoperationsmätresultat; Dataströmsarbetsbelastningssimulation;

   Abstract : Modern stream processors rely on embedded key-value stores to manage state that accumulates over long-running computations and exceeds the available memory size. One of these key-value stores is RocksDB, which is widely used in many applications requiring high-performing storage with low latency. READ MORE

5. 4. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
   Keywords : semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

   Abstract : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. READ MORE

6. 5. 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