Essays about: "animacitet"

Found 3 essays containing the word animacitet.

  1. 1. An Escap-ee from French to English who will never return : A semantic and syntactic study of the -ee suffix in English

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Yiu Tong Wong; [2017]
    Keywords : Contextual anchoring; derivational morpheme; ergativity; semantic roles; Kontextförankring; derivationsmorfem; ergativitet; semantiska roller;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the semantic and syntactic properties of the -­ee suffix in English. The -­ee suffix was borrowed from the French ‑­é suffix during the late Middle Ages, when French started to exert its linguistic influence on English. READ MORE

  2. 2. A comparison of three robot recovery strategies to minimize the negative impact of failure in social HRI

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Sara Engelhardt; Emmeli Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Failure happens in most social interactions, possibly even more so in interactions between a robot and a human. This paper investigates different failure recovery strategies that robots can employ to minimize the negative effect on people’s perception of the robot. READ MORE

  3. 3. Grammatical gender in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Julia Lautin; [2016]
    Keywords : Grammatical gender; areal-typology; Hindukush; animacy; nominal categories; Grammatiskt genus; arealtypologi; Hindukush; animacitet; nominala kategorier;

    Abstract : In the mountainous area of the Greater Hindukush in northern Pakistan, north-western Afghanistan and Kashmir, some fifty languages from six different genera are spoken. The languages are at the same time innovative and archaic, and are of great interest for areal-typological research. READ MORE