Essays about: "language use and Differences..="

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1. 11. Does Study Abroad Impact Language Attitudes? : A Study of Chinese University Students

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

   Author : Daniella Crispi; [2023]
   Keywords : language attitudes; study abroad; China; EFL;

   Abstract : With the rise of globalization, knowledge of the English language and intercultural competence have become highly sought after skills. One method Chinese university students use to increase these skills is to study abroad. READ MORE

3. 12. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Alva Liljegren; [2023]
   Keywords : Language attitudes; Verbal guise; ELF; ELT; World Englishes; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. READ MORE

4. 13. Contested consequences : Discourse analysis of social conflict between Sami Reindeer Herding Communities and mining corporations in Impact Assessments

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

   Author : Nils Wilhelmsson; [2023]
   Keywords : impact assessment; discourse analysis; mineral extraction; mining policy; Sami; reindeer husbandry; indigenous peoples; indigenous rights; land use; human geography; spatial planning; miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar; konsekvensanalys; diskursanalys; gruvindustri; gruvpolitik; Samer; samebyar; rennäring; renskötsel; ursprungsinvånare; urfolksrättigheter; markanvändning; kulturgeografi; samhällsplanering;

   Abstract : For a long time, the indigenous Sami of northern Sweden have had little influence within planning processes. This problem have in recent years been highlighted both in legal terms and through practices for developing Impact Assessments (IA), and has led to increasing conflict between reindeer herders and mining corporations. READ MORE

5. 14. From Enshrined Language of the State, to Secondary Language of Tourism, Trade and Education : The Development of Policies Regarding the Russian Language in the South Caucasus Region, During and After the Soviet Union

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Felix Sigeback; [2023]
   Keywords : South Caucasus; language policy; postcolonialism; Russia; Armenia; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Russian; Soviet studies; post-Soviet studies;

   Abstract : The aim of my own research is to bind together the limited research done regarding the topic,and to use the research of Russian in the Baltic post-soviet state of Lithuania as a backdrop and comparison. The analysis is postcolonial and comparative, using the concepts of linkage and leverage of Levitsky and Way. READ MORE

6. 15. Cross-Lingual and Genre-Supervised Parsing and Tagging for Low-Resource Spoken Data

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Iliana Fosteri; [2023]
   Keywords : dependency parsing; part-of-speech tagging; low-resource languages; transcribed speech; large language models; cross-lingual learning; transfer learning; multi-task learning; Universal Dependencies;

   Abstract : Dealing with low-resource languages is a challenging task, because of the absence of sufficient data to train machine-learning models to make predictions on these languages. One way to deal with this problem is to use data from higher-resource languages, which enables the transfer of learning from these languages to the low-resource target ones. READ MORE