Essays about: "prosodic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the word prosodic.

1. 1. The role of word accents in semantic processing in South Swedish

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

   Author : Jinhee Kwon; [2023]
   Keywords : Word accents; spoken word recognition; prediction; ERP; N400; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Prosodic cues can aid speech processing by adding semantic information in lexical tones or functional information in intonational tones. Swedish word accents are considered to have stronger grammatical functions than semantic roles, although they are shaped by both lexical and intonational information structure. READ MORE

3. 2. Lexical competition and predictive certainty in speech recognition: Modulations of pre-activation negativity amplitude by continuations, entropy and inhibition

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

   Author : Anna Hjortdal; [2022]
   Keywords : Speech perception; spoken word recognition; lexical competition; ERPs; PrAN.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : A growing body of evidence suggests that speech recognition is facilitated by rapid activation of possible lexical candidates and subsequent competition and selection. An event-related potential (ERP) component 136-204 ms after word onset, the pre-activation negativity (PrAN), correlates with lexical competition. READ MORE

4. 3. The Media Representation of Mental Health Awareness to Support Therapy and Recovery for Health Workers: : A Discourse Analysis to Break Mental Health Stigma

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Rick Gianluca Nowfer; [2022]
   Keywords : Mental Health; Health workers; Mental Health Stigma; Media for therapy and recovery; MH representation; Media health technologies; visual storytelling; E-mental heath.;

   Abstract : The mental health (MH) of health workers during the 2019 pandemic has been severely affected by the disruptive coping and heavy workload management of the Covid crisis. Critical emergency contexts trigger many MH issues and disorders in many health workers who do not have adequate tools and strategies to respond to MH threats when traditional medical methods cannot be provided. READ MORE

5. 4. Detecting engagement from prosodic features in spoken dialog

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Magdalena Bergqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to detect engagement in humans playing a speech-driven game with an embodied agent. Prosodic features of the human speech are used to detect engagement using a k-nearest neighbours machine learning algorithm. READ MORE

6. 5. L2 word accent production in Swedish: An experimental study on adult learners of Swedish with non-tonal L1 background

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

   Author : Ana Ramírez Maraver; [2021]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition; perception; production; prosody; fundamental frequency; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown that intermediate-advanced L2 learners of Swedish with a non-tonal L1 can use word accents to predict the upcoming suffix as L1 Swedish speakers do. This was also the case of low-intermediate L2 learners who produced word accents after being instructed on the Swedish prosodic system. READ MORE