Essays about: "speech functions"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 52 essays containing the words speech functions.

  1. 36. An attempt to get access to a speaker’s mind : The expectation marker actually in spoken conversation

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

    Author : Johanna Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : pragmatics; discourse particles; actually; context;

    Abstract : The use of the expectation marker actually in spoken conversation is an interesting topic. This study investigates the different functions of actually and the importance of context in eight spoken conversations from the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English. READ MORE

  3. 37. Bad Language in Reality: A study of swear words, expletives and gender in reality television

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Anna Fälthammar Schippers; [2014-04-28]
    Keywords : Engelska; swear words; expletives; covert prestige; gender; reality television;

    Abstract : This essay is a study on swearing in modern English on television from a sociolinguistic point of view, taking into account the effect that variables such as nationality, social class and gender might have on the expletive usage in the examined material. After a general discussion of expletives and their functions, the question of whether there is a relationship between gender and the use of expletives is addressed. READ MORE

  4. 38. Representations of British teenage slang in the TV-series "Misfits" - A communicative approach to teenage slang

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emilia Zotevska; [2014-01-15]
    Keywords : slang; teenagers; adolescence; Misfits; convergence; communication; goal; accomodation; sociolinguistics; communication accomodation theory; identity; group togetherness; solidarity; scripted speech; fictional speech; in-group; out-group;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the functions of British teenage slang vocabulary from a communicative perspective and to analyse it in the social situations that occur in the TV-series Misfits. The language in Misfits can be considered a representation of the slang usage of British teenagers in general. READ MORE

  5. 39. Context aware voice user interface

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Nora Demeter; [2014]
    Keywords : voice commands; voice user interface; mobile user interface; interaction design; phenomenology; natural language interface; context awareness;

    Abstract : In this thesis I address the topic of a non-visual approach for interaction on mobile,as an alternative to their existing visual displays in situations where hands free usageof the device is preferred. The current technology will be examined through existingwork with special attention to its limitations, which user groups are currently using anysort of speech recognition or voice command functions and look at in which scenariosare these the most used and most desired. READ MORE

  6. 40. Command Recognition through keyword analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Alexander Sutherland; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Many modern day speech recognition systems are rendered ineffective by the environments they reside in. These environments are often loud and busy forcing spoken words to contend with background noise. It is often the case that a system will be forced to function with highly fragmented and incomplete data. READ MORE