Essays about: "Slurs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Slurs.

  1. 1. Do Homophobic Slurs Reinforce Heteronormativity? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Homophobic Slurs and Epithets in Film

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emelie Du Rietz; [2022-11-24]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; dispositive analysis; film; heteronormativity; homophobia; Queer Linguistics; Segmented Film Discourse Representation Structures; slurs;

    Abstract : Homophobic slurs can reinforce the hegemonic view of heteronormativity, namelythat heterosexuality is the preferable sexuality (Peake, 2013). The aim of this study was toexamine whether a societal heteronormative ideal is strengthened or created by the presenceof homophobic slurs in film scenes, and also whether or not this has changed over time. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sense and Sensitivity: Exploring how Neural Machine Translation Systems Handle Slurs

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Tom Södahl Bladsjö; [2022-08-12]
    Keywords : Machine Translation; Descriptive Translation Studies; Slurs; Sensitive Language; Offensive Language; Lexical Semantics;

    Abstract : The rise of streaming platforms such as Netflix and HBO has brought a surge in audiovisual content to be translated. While the translation industry at large have adopted machine translation (MT) as a tool to meet the rising demands, the subtitling industry has been reluctant to embrace this trend. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Defines a Bitch? : A Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis of the Evolution of Bitch in the Past Decade

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Carla Jurado Pérez; [2022]
    Keywords : sexist slurs; social media; Twitter; discourse analysis; bitch;

    Abstract : This study analyses and discusses the evolution of the word bitch in Twitter discourse between the years 2010 and 2020. From its beginnings as a derogatory term used to criticise women’s appearance and behaviour in 2010 to being used as an empowering term for women to find a sense of community in 2020, this study notes the significant meanings identified in a specialised social media corpus. READ MORE

  5. 4. Expressive Automatic Music Transcription : Using hard onset detection to transcribe legato slurs for violin

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

    Author : Simon Falk; [2022]
    Keywords : Automatic Music Transcription; Signal Processing; Convolutional Neural Networks; Onset Detection; Music Information Retrieval; Automatisk musiktranskription; Signalbearbetning; Faltningsnätverk; Ansatsdetektion; Informationssökning av musik;

    Abstract : Automatic Music Transcriptions systems such as ScoreCloud aims to convert audio signals to sheet music. The information contained in sheet music can be divided into increasingly descriptive layers, where most research on Automatic Music Transcription is restricted on note-level transcription and disregard expressive markings such as legato slurs. READ MORE

  6. 5. Meaningless movement or essential expression : A study about gestures

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Stina Bohlin; [2021]
    Keywords : Gestures; expression; clarinet;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates how body movements influence a musical performance, with the aim to reach a more expressive performance by an increased awareness of gestures. In the study, three versions of the same clarinet piece were recorded on video; one with me, one with my clarinet teacher and one with a fellow clarinet student. READ MORE