Essays about: "function of talk"

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1. 11. "Drag Queens Talk Like Women, You Know" : A Study in the Use of the hedge "You Know" in feminine-gendered Speech

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Danny Bennett; [2017]
   Keywords : Drag Queens; Women s Language; Language and Gender; Hedges;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the use of the verbal hedge "you know" in the spontaneous speech of women and drag queens to compare for instances of certainty and uncertainty as described by Holmes (1986). For the data, episodes of the reality shows RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked which airs on Logo TV and The Real Housewives of Orange County which airs on Bravo TV were manually transcribed by the conventions of written speech. READ MORE

3. 12. The Change and the Development of the Chinese Euphemisms : A Study Based on a Survey of the Use of Euphemisms byRespondents of Different Age Groups

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

   Author : Xun Wang; [2017]
   Keywords : Chinese; broad euphemisms; narrow euphemisms; changes and development; pragmatic principles; sociolinguistics; 汉语，广义委婉语，狭义委婉语，时代变迁，语用原则，社会语言学;

   Abstract : The Chinese euphemisms have aroused much interest of many researches due to its distinctive function and diversity. The choice and use of Chinese euphemisms are affected by many factors such as the Chinese traditional culture, social customs, people’s self-cultivation, the situation context and linguistic context of a conversation, etc. READ MORE

4. 13. An investigation of lightweight cryptography and using the key derivation function for a hybrid scheme for security in IoT

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola

   Author : Olha Khomlyak; [2017]
   Keywords : Internet of Things; Lightweight cryptography; Measurement; Hybrid Scheme;

   Abstract : Data security plays a central role in the design of Internet of Things (IoT). Since most of the "things" in IoT are embedded computing devices it is appropriate to talk about cryptography in embedded of systems. This kind of devices is based on microcontrollers, which have limited resources (processing power, memory, storage, and energy). READ MORE

5. 14. Automated sleep scoring using unsupervised learning of meta-features

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

   Author : Sebastian Olsson; [2016]
   Keywords : EEG; sleep scoring; support vector machines; deep belief networks; AASM; unsupervised learning; feature extraction; genetic algorithms; meta-features;

   Abstract : Sleep is an important part of life as it affects the performance of one's activities during all awake hours. The study of sleep and wakefulness is therefore of great interest, particularly to the clinical and medical fields where sleep disorders are diagnosed. When studying sleep, it is common to talk about different types, or stages, of sleep. READ MORE

6. 15. Get consumers walk into the sustainability talk : an analysis of consumers' sustainability perception via business’s sustainable practice, focusing on a case study from IKEA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Xiao Yang; [2016]
   Keywords : CSR; sustainability science; sustainability awareness; sustainability value; consumer; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As more and more companies are realizing the importance to integrate sustainability with their economic prosperity development, Triple Bottom Line functions as companies' Polaris to guide them to incorporate "People, Planet" considerations into their "Profit" seeking goal. Corporate social responsibility initiatives are adopted by many companies. READ MORE