Search for dissertations about: "semantic change"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words semantic change.

  2. 6. Shallow Brooks and Rivers Wide : A Study of Lexical and Semantic Change in English Nouns Denoting Watercourse

    Author : Gabriella Rundblad; Dieter Kastovsky; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This study is intended to provide new insight into the change and stability of lexical fields by means of a new theoretical model for the identification, description and interpretation of the mechanisms of lexical and semantic change.The first part of the study is a detailed investigation of the origin and innovation of the nouns within the lexical field ‘watercourse’ in order to be able to account for the patterns of creation, especially in relation to the current status of the nouns. READ MORE

  4. 7. Choice Blindness: The Incongruence of Intention, Action and Introspection

    Author : Petter Johansson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psykologi; Psychology; Filosofi; Philosophy; latent semantic analysis LSA ; intentional stance; folk psychology; change blindness; verbal report; self-knowledge; extrospection; introspection; action; Choice blindness; intention;

    Abstract : This thesis is an empirical and theoretical exploration of the surprising finding that people often may fail to notice dramatic mismatches between what they want and what they get, a phenomenon my collaborators and I have named choice blindness. The thesis consists of four co-authored papers, dealing with different aspects of the phenomenon. READ MORE

  5. 8. Engaged lifestyle and episodic and semantic memory : longitudinal studies from the betula project

    Author : S. M. Hossein Mousavi-Nasab; Reza Kormi- Nouri; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Tore Helstrup; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines whether some aspects of engaged lifestyle, marital status and leisure activity, influence memory performance in adulthood and old age. Direct effects and indirect effects, via health, are investigated. All the studies in the dissertation examine participants in the Betula project, aged 35 to 85 years. READ MORE

  6. 9. Exploring Latent Semantic Vector Models Enriched With N-grams

    Author : Leif Grönqvist; Joakim Nivre; Jussi Karlgren; Helena Ahonen-Myka; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datalogi;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling behandlar en sorts vektorrumsmodell som jag kallar ”Latent Semantic Vector Model”, eller LSVM, framtagen med tekniken ”Latent Semantic Indexing”. En LSVM har många användningsområden men jag har i första hand tittat på en direkt tillämpning: dokumentsökning. READ MORE

  7. 10. Scalability and Semantic Sustainability in Electronic Health Record Systems

    Author : Erik Sundvall; Håkan Örman; Magnus Borga; Hans Åhlfeldt; Dipak Kalra; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This work is a small contribution to the greater goal of making software systems used in healthcare more useful and sustainable. To come closer to that goal, health record data will need to be more computable and easier to exchange between systems. READ MORE