Essays about: "semantic language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 224 essays containing the words semantic language.

  1. 1. A group of Swedish speakers’ performance on Swedish adaptations of the Bedside WAB-Rand CLQT : The performance of cognitively and linguistically nonimpaired adults on measures of language and cognition and its relationship to verbal fluency

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

    Author : Sam Skogström; [2024]
    Keywords : CLQT; bedside WAB-R; aphasia; cognition; verbal fluency tests; CLQT; bedside WAB-R; afasi; kognition; ordflödestest;

    Abstract : There are currently no Swedish norms for the bedside version of the Western Aphasia Battery (B-WAB-R) and the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT). It is unknown whether age, gender, and education influence performance in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘NOTHING IS IN VAIN': Non-Standard Negation and Cyclical Change in Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Aron Zahran; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : Engelska; Bantu; Morphosyntax; Historical Linguistics; Grammaticalization; Descriptive Linguistics; Typology; Negation; Possessive Predication; Locational Predication; Negative Existentials; Semantic Change;

    Abstract : This work concerns the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of an item bule in the under described Tanzanian Bantu languages, Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo. Through collection and analysis of field data, it is shown that the original adverbial element bule ‘for free, in vain, for no reason’ has developed a wide range of functions within the domain of non-standard negation. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Case Study on the Limitations of Automated Duplicate Bug Report Detection

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Malte Götharsson; Karl Stahre; [2023-09-26]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Identifying duplicate bug reports is crucial in software development as it helps streamline the debugging process, reduce redundancy, and enhance overall efficiency. By addressing the challenges associated with existing automated techniques and leveraging testers’ expertise, the tool proposed in this study aims to improve the accuracy of duplicate detection, saving valuable time and resources while ensuring that potential duplicates are not overlooked. READ MORE

  5. 4. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

    University essay from

    Author : Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. READ MORE

  6. 5. Affective language processing. Modulations of event-related potentials amplitude by induced mood in a valence judgment task

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

    Author : Ekaterina Kopaeva; [2023]
    Keywords : affective processing; emotion; ERP; lexico-semantic processing; mood; valence; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Emotional vocabulary enjoys a processing advantage, with the emotional salience of a word detected at 200 ms post-presentation or earlier, signalling selective attention to its affective properties. An individual’s affective state also impacts attention and, by extension, affects processing. READ MORE