Essays about: "dialect"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the word dialect.

  1. 1. VERBAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE GARISSA DIALECT OF SOMALI

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Abdirahman Mohamud; [2023-06-21]
    Keywords : Somali; Dialect; Garissa; Verb; Morphology;

    Abstract : The essay investigates Garissa dialect, aiming to examine how far it is different from, or similar to, the standard Somali when it comes to verbal morphology. There are only very general studies of Somali dialects, and no study has ever focused specifically on this particular topic due to security reason among other things. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparative study of the communal variations in the dialect of Aleppo (with focus on that of the Syriac Quarter) with notes on the Aramaic substrate of the dialect

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Edy Touma; [2023]
    Keywords : Aleppo dialect; Christian variety; Syriac Quarter;

    Abstract :  This study explores the linguistic characteristics of the Arabic dialect spoken in Ḥayy ə-s-səryān, also known as the ‘Syriac Quarter’ in Aleppo city, within the context of the city's diverse demographic makeup. The Aleppo dialect, a Levantine dialect spoken by various religious and social groups, is used by Christians and Muslims as their everyday language. READ MORE

  4. 3. It was or it was not in the old days, until it was : – A study of time, tense, and aspect in spoken Arabic narrative

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Tallmyren Ronja; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study is devoted to Arabic spoken narrative, specifically Syrian Arabic spoken narrative. The focus of this thesis is syntax and narrative. I aim to study how time reference is set in narrative, and what tense and aspect forms are used, as well as some other narrative devices in spoken narratives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Neural Asymmetry in the Perception of South Swedish Word Accents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Fonetik

    Author : Huayuan Cui; [2023]
    Keywords : speech perception; South Swedish; Swedish word accents; mismatch negativity; MMN; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : South Swedish, as a dialect of modern Swedish, has two tonal word accents, accent 1 and accent 2. Regarding these two word accents, there are three groups of hypotheses on which one is more lexically specified. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evaluation between Google's and Microsoft's automated speech recognition services regarding performance in Swedish

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Nils Sörby; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the comparison of two Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems, used in the context of call center self-service systems, in Swedish. One of the ASR systems is provided by Google and the other is from Microsoft. READ MORE