Essays about: "Standard English"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 122 essays containing the words Standard English.

  1. 16. The Evaluations of Native English Speakers Toward Two Native and Two Non-native English Accents - A study of Language Attitudes Toward English Accents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Mawj Ahmed Mahmood; [2022]
    Keywords : language attitudes; language attitudes toward English accents; stereotypes; native English speakers’ accent evaluations; social attractiveness; social status; social class; character roles; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper examined the language attitudes of native English speakers recruited from Reddit toward two native and two non-native English accents by applying the verbal-guise technique and using speech audio files from The Speech Accent Archive (Weinberger, 2017). The two native English accents are General American and Received Pronunciation. READ MORE

  3. 17. RESPONSIBLE WOMEN AND ANALYTICAL MEN Developing Swedish Gendered Lexica for Detection of Gender Bias in Job Advertisements

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

    Author : Saga Hansson; Konstantinos Mavromatakis; [2021-09-27]
    Keywords : Gender Bias Detection; Machine Translation; Fairness in AI;

    Abstract : In this research, we examine gender bias in Swedish job advertisements with the use of gendered lexica. Gendered lexica can be employed to ascertain whether job advertisements are written with words that are associated with more masculine or feminine traits. READ MORE

  4. 18. He passed away watching people die on TV : A corpus study about euphemisms for to die, dying or dead in American English

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hampus Kamph; [2021]
    Keywords : Taboo; Euphemisms; Death; Dead; Dying;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate the use and frequency of euphemisms for die, dying or dead in the American English-language using the Corpus of Contemporary American English. To fulfill the purpose, three research questions were answered. READ MORE

  5. 19. Of Pronunciation and Correctness : The current impossibility of ensuring equitable pronunciation education in Sweden

    University essay from

    Author : anton sundin; Viktor Wenell; [2021]
    Keywords : Pronunciation; English as a Lingua Franca ELF ; Lingua Franca Core LFC ; Native Speaker Ideal; Syllabus; Teaching in Sweden; English education; Skolverket; Assessment; Equity;

    Abstract : This paper aims at investigating how upper secondary school teachers of English in Malmö, Sweden abide by the curriculum criteria of having their learners develop correctness in speech, as well as what support English teachers receive with regard to pronunciation teaching from official steering documents. Furthermore, this paper attempts to critically evaluate and discuss potential options for pronunciation models or standards in education which hold sway in contemporary research. READ MORE

  6. 20. Automatic Speech Recognition for low-resource languages using Wav2Vec2 : Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as an example of a low-resource language

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Taha Zouhair; [2021]
    Keywords : Automatic Speech Recognition; Facebook Wav2Vec; Mozilla Common Voice; Low-Resource Language;

    Abstract : The need for fully automatic translation at DigitalTolk, a Stockholm-based company providing translation services, leads to exploring Automatic Speech Recognition as a first step for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Facebook AI recently released a second version of its Wav2Vec models, dubbed Wav2Vec 2. READ MORE