Essays about: "grammar in comparison with"

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1. 1. Syntax-based Concept Alignment for Machine Translation

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

   Author : Arianna Masciolini; [2023-03-30]
   Keywords : computational linguistic; machine translation; concept alignment; syntax; dependency parsing; Universal Dependencies; Grammatical Framework;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a syntax-based approach to Concept Alignment (CA), the task of finding semantical correspondences between parts of multilingual parallel texts, with a focus on Machine Translation (MT). Two variants of CA are taken into account: Concept Extraction (CE), whose aim is to identify new concepts by means of mere linguistic comparison, and Concept Propagation (CP), which consists in looking for the translation equivalents of a set of known concepts in a new language. READ MORE

3. 2. CHALLENGES IN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS. Focusing students with Somali background

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Christina El Saidi; [2020-06-30]
   Keywords : afrikanska språk; academic writing; higher education; Somali; language and culture; language and knowledge formation; second language acquisition; language support;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate and describe what specific challenges second language students in general and students with Somali background in particular, face in Higher Education in Sweden. The aim is also to argue for what type of support that would benefit this group of students most. READ MORE

4. 3. Explicit and implicit comparison of English and Swedish in English course books for year 7 and year 11 in Sweden

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

   Author : Kristin Andersson; [2017]
   Keywords : language transfer; second language acquisition; contrastive language learning; språköverföring; andraspråksinlärning; kontrastivt språkstudium;

   Abstract : This paper compares and contrasts how linguistic transfer has been incorporated in English course books for year 7 and year 11 in Swedish schools. This study has focused on finding explicit and implicit reference to transfer and interference in English course books for Swedish students by identifying references from the authors where they have pointed to similarities and differences between Swedish and English. READ MORE

5. 4. Selected topics in the grammar of Français Tirailleur : A corpus study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Anton Harry Norden; [2017]
   Keywords : Français Tirailleur; pidgin; contact language; noun phrase; même chose; circumlocution; Français Tirailleur; pidgin; kontaktspråk; nominalfras; même chose; cirkumlokution;

   Abstract : This corpus-based study describes some grammatical and lexical features of Français Tirailleur (FT), a pidgin spoken in the French colonial army from the mid-1800’s to the 1950’s. By examining the largest corpus available of the language, this study aims to (1) discern hitherto undescribed or strengthen previous claims about grammatical and lexical features of FT, (2) compare these features with its lexifier language and (3) identify changes over time. READ MORE

6. 5. Arising plurals in Swedish: A study of Swedish s-plurals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : William Zetterberg; [2017]
   Keywords : linguistics; grammar; morphology; allomorphy; plural; s-plural; plural-s; language change; sociolinguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of Swedish speakers’ use of s-plurals in the formation of both indefinite and definite plurals. The topic is investigated using a quantitive method in the form of an online questionnaire. READ MORE