Search for dissertations about: "Functional Language"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 227 swedish dissertations containing the words Functional Language.
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1. Why the pond is not outside the frog? Grounding in contextual representations by neural language models
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
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2. The Sango Language and Its Lexicon (S�nd�-y�ng� t� S�ng�)
Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is an overview of the recently arisen Sango language spoken in the Central African Republic. The overview contains a sociolinguistic and linguistic dimension with a lexical-semantic focus. READ MORE
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3. Age and Constraints on Language Learning : First Language Retention and Second Language Acquisition in International Adoptees
Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of age of acquisition on the long-term second language development of international adoptees. Because age of acquisition typically coincides with the onset of bilingualism, the study of maturational age effects in second language acquisition has been empirically and conceptually entangled with changes in language input and use. READ MORE
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4. Unpacking dominant discourses in higher education language policy : A critical study of language policy in Swedish higher education
Abstract : The overall purpose of the thesis is to investigate dominant discourses operating in the changing of HE concerning questions of language policy. It has been studied at a national level, analysing reports and government bills, and at an institutional level, analysing university language policy, taking Sweden as an example. READ MORE
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5. Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami
Abstract : This thesis is a grammatical description of South Saami, a Uralic language traditionally spoken in central Sweden and Norway. South Saami has today around 500 speakers, many of whom live far from each other. The language has the status of an official language in Norway and is an officially recognized minority language in Sweden. READ MORE