Essays about: "korpus"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the word korpus.

  1. 6. “Zviedrija ne ēd pīrāgi”: A case study of heritage Latvian in Sweden : Heritage language exposure and language change in preadolescent heritage speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Baltiska språk

    Author : Signe Rirdance; [2023]
    Keywords : Language change; Latvian in Sweden; diaspora Latvian; heritage Latvian; family language policy; language maintenance; language attrition; heritage language acquisition; divergent attainment; Språkförändring; lettiska i Sverige; lettisk diaspora; lettiska arvsspråket; hemspråkspolicy; språkunderhåll; språkförlust; inlärning av arvsspråk; avvikande språkförmåga; Valodas pārmaiņas; latviešu valoda Zviedrijā; diasporas latviešu valoda; etniskā mantojuma valoda; ģimenes valodas politika; valodas uzturēšana; valodas zaudēšana; mantojuma valodas apguve; atšķirīga valodas apguve;

    Abstract : Heritage languages are increasingly seen as a source of important insight in linguistics. Latvian has a long and under-researched history as a heritage language, with a heterogenous community of heritage speakers from two waves of migration in many countries including Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 7. Domain Adaptation with N-gram Language Models for Swedish Automatic Speech Recognition : Using text data augmentation to create domain-specific n-gram models for a Swedish open-source wav2vec 2.0 model

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Viktor Enzell; [2022]
    Keywords : Automatic Speech Recognition; Domain Adaptation; Language Models; Ngram Models; Wav2vec2; Taligenkänning; Domänanpassning; Språkmodeller; N-gramModeller; Wav2vec2;

    Abstract : Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) enables a wide variety of practical applications. However, many applications have their own domain-specific words, creating a gap between training and test data when used in practice. READ MORE

  4. 8. When You Wish Upon a Character Banner: An Exploratory Discourse Analysis of a Genshin Impact Player Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Sophia Al-Nawasreh; Alex Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : gacha; Genshin Impact; community of practice; gaming communities; Discord communities; F2P; free to play; gacha; Genshin Impact; praxisgemenskap; spelgemenskaper; Discord-gemenskaper; F2P; free to play;

    Abstract : An exploratory discourse analysis was performed on a community of practice based on Discord, an instant messaging platform. The community of practice is a group of gamers (people who play video games), dedicated to the cross-platform free-to-play game Genshin Impact. READ MORE

  5. 9. "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

  6. 10. Emotional grammar: Is there a relationship between emotions and grammatical creativity?

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

    Author : Toke Laursen; [2022]
    Keywords : Emotions; mood; grammatical structures; mind and body; Danish language; linguistics; construction grammar; cognitive semiotics; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore whether there is a relationship between emotional state and the degree of creative use of grammatical constructions. Based on previous literature on the relationship between mood (used interchangeably with emotional state) and creativity a hypothesis was formulated: Speakers in a more positive mood will be more creative in their use of grammatical constructions. READ MORE