Search for dissertations about: "applied linguistics"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words applied linguistics.
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21. Basic Tendencies of Adjectival Accentological Development in Contemporary Russian
Abstract : The present doctoral thesis is a study of the problem of "variation" in relation to word-stress in Russian adjectives, in both their short and long forms. The stress variation in adjectival forms is investigated from various viewpoints, the main of which is the revelation of the basic processes of stress reorganisation in these groups of words and the establishment of main tendencies of adjectival stress development in contemporary Russian. READ MORE
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22. Error Handling in Spoken Dialogue Systems : Managing Uncertainty, Grounding and Miscommunication
Abstract : Due to the large variability in the speech signal, the speech recognition process constitutes the major source of errors in most spoken dialogue systems. A spoken dialogue system can never know for certain what the user is saying, it can only make hypotheses. READ MORE
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23. Testing English Collocations : Developing Receptive Tests for Use with Advanced Swedish Learners
Abstract : The research reported in this thesis has two main aims. The first aim is to develop tests capable of yielding reliable and valid scores of receptive knowledge of English collocations as a single construct, for use with advanced L2 learners of English. READ MORE
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24. Progression and Regression. Aspects of Advanced Swedish Students' Competence in English Grammar
Abstract : This thesis investigates advanced Swedish students’ development of three grammatical phenomena: subject-verb concord, prepositions and article use in compositions and translations. In order to describe the students’ development of these categories, actual errors are related to potential errors forming so called ‘error scores’. READ MORE
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25. Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development : Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa
Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. READ MORE