Essays about: "linguistic speech"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 92 essays containing the words linguistic speech.

  1. 1. Trilingual spoken word recognition : Interlingual competition from one or two non-target languages in a sentence context

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Yulia Kashevarova; [2023]
    Keywords : trilingual speech processing; cross-linguistic competition; sentence context; BLINCS; BIA ;

    Abstract : Persistent non-target language co-activation in spoken and visual language comprehension has been found both at the word-level and at the level of a sentence, although in the latter case, sentence bias has been observed to modulate the co-activation which can create lexical competition. In the case of trilingual speakers, both non-target languages may potentially compete with the third language (L3). READ MORE

  3. 2. Speech Classification using Acoustic embedding and Large Language Models Applied on Alzheimer’s Disease Prediction Task

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

    Author : Maryam Kheirkhahzadeh; [2023]
    Keywords : Speech classification; Alzheimer’s disease detection; GPT-3; BERT; Text embedding; Dementia; wav2vec2.0; Klassificering av tal; detektion av Alzheimer’s sjukdom; GPT-3; BERT; textinbäddning; demens; wav2vec2.0;

    Abstract : Alzheimer’s sjukdom är en neurodegenerativ sjukdom som leder till demens. Den kan börja tyst i de tidiga stadierna och fortsätta under åren till en allvarlig och obotlig fas. Språkstörningar uppstår ofta som ett av de tidiga symptomen och kan till slut leda till fullständig mutism i de avancerade stadierna av sjukdomen. READ MORE

  4. 3. Public Communication in a Pandemic : Language in COVID‐19 public health advertising

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

    Author : Petra Rindby; [2023]
    Keywords : COVID-19; pragmatics; speech act theory; cooperative principle; implicature; Gricean maxims; advertising; PSA; public information; COVID-19; pragmatik; talakter; samarbetsprincipen; kommunikation; reklam; samhällsinformation;

    Abstract : This linguistic study in the field of pragmatics looked at the language used by public health authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to inform citizens about COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. It made a qualitative analysis of advertisements that were posted on Instagram by the Department of Health and Aged Care, the National Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in relation to COVID-19 during this time frame. READ MORE

  5. 4. On indirectivity in Azeri : A discourse-analytical study of the functions of {-mỊš}/{-(y)ỊB-DỊ(r)} and {Ị-mỊš} in South Azeri varieties

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Frida Larsson Taghizadeh; [2023]
    Keywords : Turkic languages; Azeri; evidentiality; indirectivity; discourse types;

    Abstract : Johanson (2003: 274) refers to the grammatical categories of evidentiality found in Turkiclanguages as indirectivity, characterised “by reference to its reception by a conscious subject”.The East Old Turkic post-terminal verbal item in -miš and copula particle in ermiš are theoldest known markers of indirectivity in Turkic and have been morphologically preserved inthe West Oghuz languages. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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