Essays about: "functional grammar"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words functional grammar.

  1. 11. The Hopper language- A Haskell-like language on the Erlang VM

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : William Hughes; Jacob Jarmar; Johan Larsson; David Lindbom; Björn Norgren; Johan Wikström Schützer; [2015-06-25]
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    Abstract : The following report aims to give insight into the design and implementation of a statically typed functional language for the Erlang virtual machine, discussing how such an implementation may be approached and whether it appears to be feasible. The primary goal of the project was to design a grammar specification and implement a compiler for such a language. READ MORE

  3. 12. Grammar-based suggestion engine with keyword search

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Martin Agfjord; [2014-09-19]
    Keywords : Grammar; Grammatical Framework; GF; Natural language; Query language; Translation; Suggestion engine; Apache; Solr; Lucene; Tomcat; Maven; Java EE; Functional programming;

    Abstract : In this thesis we investigate how we can develop an application which can translate sentences formulated in natural languages (English and Swedish) into a query language. We also build a suggestion engine which offers suggestions to a user based on a partial or invalid sentence. READ MORE

  4. 13. Hard Muscle, Slim Body : A Systemic Functional Analysis of the Covers of Men’s and Women’s Fitness Magazines

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pernilla Jansson; [2014]
    Keywords : multimodality; magazine covers; systemic functional linguistics; visual grammar; social semiotics; health and fitness;

    Abstract : Magazine covers are multimodal texts designed to draw the attention of potential readers. Health and fitness magazines, in particular, make up a large portion of the publishing industry, and previous research has pointed to their influence on readers’ perceptions of health and fitness. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Double Passive in Swedish : A case of creating raising verbs in the Scandinavian languages.

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Benny Söderberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Double Passive; Complex Passive; control; equi; raising; agent; infinitival complement; complementizer; LFG; dubbelpassiv; dubbel passiv; komplex passiv; kontrol; equi; raising; agent; infinitivkomplement; komplementerare; LFG;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to map the syntactic and semantic nature, and the frequency of the Double Passive in Swedish. The results showed that the Double Passive is a control construction where the internal argument (OBJ) of the embedded verb is raised to subject of the s-passive matrix verb, and the verb of the infinitival complement co-occurs as an s-passive infinitive. READ MORE

  6. 15. Towards a Wide-Coverage Grammar for Swedish Using GF

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Malin Ahlberg; [2012-02-28]
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    Abstract : This thesis describes work towards a wide-coverage grammar for parsing and generating Swedish text. We do this by using the dependently typed grammar formalism GF, a functional programming language specialized at describing grammars. READ MORE