Search for dissertations about: "visual language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 127 swedish dissertations containing the words visual language.

  2. 1. Why the pond is not outside the frog? Grounding in contextual representations by neural language models

    Author : Mehdi Ghanimifard; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computational linguistics; Language grounding; Spatial language; Distributional semantics; Computer vision; Language modelling; Vision and language; Neural language model; Grounded language model;

    Abstract : In this thesis, to build a multi-modal system for language generation and understanding, we study grounded neural language models. Literature in psychology informs us that spatial cognition involves different aspects of knowledge that include visual perception and human interaction with the world. READ MORE

  4. 2. Language and Vision. Using visual information in real-world language situations

    Author : Richard Andersson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language; commmunication; visual context; visual world; pragmatics; ecological validity;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about the role of visual context information in communication. All accounts of language processing and communication agree that visual context is beneficial for understanding. READ MORE

  5. 3. Voicing on the borders of language

    Author : Imogen Stidworthy; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language; Voicing; Listening; Non-verbal communication; Metacinematic; Rub-up; Installation; Video art; Cinema; Image; Non-retinal image; Sound; Mirroring; Mimesis; Post-cinematic affect; Autism; Aphasia; Cross-modal sensing; Synaesthesia; Psychoanalysis; Neurology; Developmental psychology; Infant development; Intensive interaction; Speech therapy; Auditory surveillance; Forensic listening; Psychiatry;

    Abstract : My research engages with the varieties of relationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language and communication. I approach the issue through three people who live or work with non-verbal people on the autistic spectrum: Phoebe Caldwell, Fernand Deligny and Iris Johansson. READ MORE

  6. 4. Improving Language Models Using Augmentation and Multi-Modality

    Author : Tobias Norlund; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; natural language processing; contextual augmentation; multimodal language modeling; language models;

    Abstract : Language models have become a core component in modern Natural Language Processing (NLP) as they constitute a powerful base that is easily adaptable to many language processing tasks. Part of the strength lies in their ability to embed associations representing general world knowledge. READ MORE

  7. 5. Visual thinking, visual speech : a semiotic perspective on meaning-making in molecular life science : how visualizations, metaphors and help-words contribute to the formation of knowledge about proteins among upper secondary and tertiary level students

    Author : Carl-Johan Rundgren; Lena A E Tibell; Richard Hirsch; Ute Harms; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Molecular life science; visualizations; metaphors; help-words; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik;

    Abstract : Molecular life science has become one of the fastest-growing fields of scientific and technical innovation. An important issue for tomorrow’s education is to meet the challenge posed by various facets of molecular life science. READ MORE