Search for dissertations about: "Amharic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word Amharic.

2. 1. Resource Lenient Approaches to Cross Language Information Retrieval : Using Amharic

   Author : Atelach Alemu Argaw; Lars Asker; Jussi Karlgren; Douglas Oard; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cross language information retrieval; Amharic; stemming; MRD based query translation; transliteration; named entity detection; translation term selection; sense discrimination; POS tagging; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Information Retrieval (IR) deals with finding and presenting information from a collection of documents/data that are relevant to an information need (a query) expressed by a user. Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) is a subfield of IR where queries are posed in a different language than that of the document collection. READ MORE

4. 2. The inceptive construction and associated topics in Amharic and related languages

   Author : Desalegn Asfawwesen; Henrik Liljegren; Östen Dahl; Ronny Meyer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; inceptive construction; insubordination; conjunction; converb; complex predicate; grammaticalization; Amharic; Ethio-Semitic; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the syntactic features, functions, and diachrony of a complex predicate called ‘the inceptive construction’ which is based on a grammaticalised use of the converbs ‘get up’, ‘pick up’, ‘grasp’, and ‘take’. The languages under investigation are Amharic, Argobba, Harari, Zay, and Selt’i. READ MORE

5. 3. Multifont recognition System for Ethiopic Script

   Author : Yaregal Assabie Lake; Josef Bigun; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ethiopic character recognition; OCR; Multifont recognition; Amharic; Direction fields; Structural and syntactic pattern recognition; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we present a general framework for multi-font, multi-size and multi-style Ethiopic character recognition system. We propose structural and syntactic techniques for recognition of Ethiopic characters where the graphically comnplex characters are represented by less complex primitive structures and their spatial interrelationships. READ MORE

6. 4. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE

7. 5. NLP methods for improving user rating systems in crowdsourcing forums and speech recognition of less resourced languages

   Author : Yonas Demeke Woldemariam; Henrik Björklund; Suna Bensch; Anssi Yli-Jyra; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NLP-algorithms; speech-recognition; transfer-learning; syntax-semantics; computational linguistic model; Amharic-NLP; cloud-NLP architecture; question-answering; crowdsourcing; user-rating; less-resourced languages; Computer Science; datalogi;

   Abstract : We develop NLP and ASR methods (e.g. READ MORE