Essays about: "hyperbolic quantification"

Found 2 essays containing the words hyperbolic quantification.

1. 1. "For the fifty-eleventh time" : Examining cross-linguistic properties of hyperbolic numerals and quasi-numeral expressions through parallel text extraction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Amanda Kann; [2022]
   Keywords : hyperbole; hyperbolic quantification; numeral typology; parallel texts; quasi-numerals; hyperbol; hyperbolisk kvantifiering; kvasinumeriska uttryck; parallelltexter; räkneordstypologi;

   Abstract : In some languages, vague and exaggerated quantities can be represented using certain conventionalised numeral expressions with cross-linguistically varying values, such as Danish hundredesytten "117". Hyperbolic quantities can also be expressed using other quantifier expressions (such as English zillion) which, while they do not denote a specific numerical value, have both structural and functional similarities with exact numerals. READ MORE

3. 2. Numerical methods for the wave equation with uncertainty

   University essay from KTH/Numerisk analys, NA

   Author : Benjamin David Weber; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The problem of uncertainty quantification for the wave equation with random scatterers is explained and motivated. The background of various methods for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations is discussed, and the details of the numerical solution method used are explained. READ MORE