Essays about: "anaphoric reference"

Found 4 essays containing the words anaphoric reference.

  1. 1. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE

  3. 2. Anaphoric demonstratives in student academic writing : A cross-disciplinary study of (un)attended this and these

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2019]
    Keywords : cohesion; demonstratives; anaphoric reference; disciplinary variation; student writing;

    Abstract : Cohesive devices such as anaphoric reference play an important role in written discourse. This thesis investigates the extent to which the anaphoric demonstratives this and these are used as determiners (‘attended’) or pronouns (‘unattended’) by first-year undergraduate students from four different academic disciplines. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pronoun translation between English and Icelandic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Jakobsson Odd; [2018]
    Keywords : Pronoun; Machine Translation; Icelandic;

    Abstract : A problem in machine translation is how to handle pronouns since languages use these differently, for example, in anaphoric reference. This essay examines what happens to the English third person pronouns he, she, and it when translated into Icelandic. READ MORE

  5. 4. Keeping an Eye on the Context : An Eye Tracking Study of Cohesion Errors in Automatic Text Summarization

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Evelina Rennes; [2013]
    Keywords : Automatic text summarization; cohesion errors; eye tracking; CogSum;

    Abstract : Automatic text summarization is a growing field due to the modern world’s Internet based society, but to automatically create perfect summaries is not easy, and cohesion errors are common. By the usage of an eye tracking camera, this thesis studies the nature of four different types of cohesion errors occurring in summaries. READ MORE