Essays about: "linguistic semantics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words linguistic semantics.

  1. 1. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Marianne Vifell Waters; [2023]
    Keywords : Early Modern English; Shakespeare; King Lear; social rank; gender; power; possession; Semantic and Pragmatic theories.;

    Abstract : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. READ MORE

  3. 2. The influence of working memory on the quality of linguistic predictions during speech understanding in adverse listening conditions : Comparing cortical responses using MEG

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Karin Allander; [2022]
    Keywords : Speech understanding; Linguistic predictions; Working memory; ELU-model;

    Abstract : Speech understanding is a fundamental human ability that enable flexible communication among individuals. Understanding natural speech in normal conditions is a fast and automatic process. It is facilitated through integration between prior knowledge about a speech signal and multimodal speech inputs. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Semantics of Old Irish Landscape Vocabulary : Differentiation and Cognitive Linguistic Categorization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Rebecca Madlener; [2022]
    Keywords : Old Irish; Historical Semantics; Landscape Semantics; Semantic Differentiation; Cognitive Semantic Categorization;

    Abstract : This project investigates the cognitive linguistic categories that structure the Old Irish landscape lexicon. The semantics of basic landscape vocabulary are differentiated based on collocate analysis and close reading of relevant text passages. READ MORE

  5. 4. Articulation rate as a means of distributing information and its effect on the N400-component

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Christoffer Forbes Schieche; [2021]
    Keywords : Information theory; surprisal; articulation rate; EEG; ERP; N400; Informationsteori; surprisal; artikulationshastighet; EEG; ERP; N400;

    Abstract : Information theoretical approaches to language state that the most efficient communication oc­curs when the amount of information transmitted is distributed as uniformly as possible over time. Previous research has shown that speakers tend to adhere to strategies for distributing information efficiently, using mechanisms at multiple linguistic levels. READ MORE

  6. 5. Slurs and Meaning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Amanda Jensen; [2020-05-25]
    Keywords : Slurs; Meaning; Slurs and Meaning;

    Abstract : This essay examines the semantics-pragmatics divide in some recent articles about slurs. The semantic accounts suggesting a hybrid semantic meaning as well as the accounts that wish to include the notion of linguistic competence in semantic meaning are examined and found to have trouble finding a theoretically elegant explanation of the meaning of slurs. READ MORE