Search for dissertations about: "word"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 495 swedish dissertations containing the word word.

  2. 1. Principal Word Vectors

    Author : Ali Basirat; Joakim Nivre; Hinrich Schütze; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; word; context; word embedding; principal component analysis; PCA; sparse matrix; singular value decomposition; SVD; entropy;

    Abstract : Word embedding is a technique for associating the words of a language with real-valued vectors, enabling us to use algebraic methods to reason about their semantic and grammatical properties. This thesis introduces a word embedding method called principal word embedding, which makes use of principal component analysis (PCA) to train a set of word embeddings for words of a language. READ MORE

  4. 2. Word fluency : automatic vs. effortful retrieval

    Author : Sven-Erik Fernaeus; Lars Nyberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psykologi; Psychology;

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  5. 3. Word formation in BSL

    Author : Mary Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Sign Language; teckenspråk;

    Abstract : This study explores the interlocking strands of productive morphology in British Sign Language (BSL), the language used by the Deaf Community in Britain. It examines how users of the language, 'signers', are able to create 'new* lexical items on a regular everyday basis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Modern Icelandic Word Formation

    Author : Yair Sapir; Henrik Williams; Raimo Raag; Veturliði Óskarsson; Gunlög Josefsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Icelandic language; Icelandic; Scandinavian; word formation; morphology; neologisms; calque; language planning; language contact; linguistic purism; Isländska; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

    Abstract : Icelandic is known for its conservative word formation, largely involving native sources. The main focus of the present research is to describe which mechanisms are used in forming words in Modern Icelandic. Furthermore, a postulated additional category within Icelandic complexes, introduced here under the label compilations, is examined. READ MORE

  7. 5. The G-Word : Virtuosity and Violation, Negotiating and Transforming graffiti

    Author : Jacob Kimvall; Magdalena Holdar; Hans Hayden; Håkan Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Graffiti; Graffiti Art; Street Art; Berlin Wall; Zero Tolerance; Hip-Hop; Art Institutions; Nolltolerans; Art History; Visual Analysis; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Abstract : Contemporary public discussions on graffiti are characterized by co-existence of contradictory claims. On the one hand graffiti is described as vandalism, and on the other as an artistic movement. READ MORE