Essays about: "universal languages"

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  1. 1. An anthem for Europe: Comparing historical appropriations of Beethoven's Ode to Joy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Dominic Tscherny; [2023]
    Keywords : Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; political appropriation of music; Žižek’s empty container; historical narrative; political symbolism; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since its composition two centuries ago in 1824, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) has been heralded the world over not only as a great work of art, but also as a symbol of political importance. In Germany, it was lionised as the embodiment of a national spirit, first during the Franco-Prussian war, then as a prize of the Nazi repertoire; in Rhodesia, it became the national anthem of a far-right white ethno-state, while on the far-left, it occupied a rare position of Western revolutionary music in China. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cross-Lingual and Genre-Supervised Parsing and Tagging for Low-Resource Spoken Data

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Iliana Fosteri; [2023]
    Keywords : dependency parsing; part-of-speech tagging; low-resource languages; transcribed speech; large language models; cross-lingual learning; transfer learning; multi-task learning; Universal Dependencies;

    Abstract : Dealing with low-resource languages is a challenging task, because of the absence of sufficient data to train machine-learning models to make predictions on these languages. One way to deal with this problem is to use data from higher-resource languages, which enables the transfer of learning from these languages to the low-resource target ones. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF WIKIPEDIA A multilingual analysis and comparison of the language used in Wikipedia articles

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

    Author : Patricia Grau Francitorra; [2022-06-20]
    Keywords : Abstract Wikipedia; Syntactic Analysis; Universal Dependencies; Grammatical Framework; UDPipe 2.0; Syntactic Patterns;

    Abstract : Wikipedia is a great source of knowledge, but due to its open-collaboration nature, it presents some limitations. Namely, the uneven distribution of content, the low overlap in topic coverage, the differences in the comprehensiveness of articles, and the low number of editors. READ MORE

  5. 4. Designing an Introductory Programming Language Based on Studies on Novices

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

    Author : Linnea Jansson; [2022]
    Keywords : programming language; syntax; introductory programming; difficulties; misconceptions;

    Abstract : The challenges of learning programming have been revealed in studies for decades. Many of the difficulties and misconceptions derive from, or go unassisted by, the syntax and semantics of the programming language used in introductory (CS1) courses. READ MORE

  6. 5. “They are Classics for a Reason” - A study of teacher and student attitudes towards classics and contemporary literature in the Swedish EFL classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Anton Grandi; [2022]
    Keywords : EFL; Teacher attitudes; Learner attitudes; the classics; contemporary literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study has sought to propose didactical approaches to find a balance between the teaching of classic and contemporary literature in the Swedish EFL classroom by exploring and comparing the attitudes of Swedish upper secondary school teachers and students towards both forms of literature. The study was conducted through two quantitative questionnaires, one researching the attitudes of 44 EFL students, and the other the attitudes of 31 EFL teachers. READ MORE