Search for dissertations about: "Language Evolution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Language Evolution.

  2. 1. A View from Language : Growth of language in individuals and populations

    Author : Christer Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavia; psycho-linguistics; past tense; linguistic ecology; language variation; language change; language acquisition; evolution; epidemics; emergence; diffusion; connectionism; area linguistics; case; simulation; synthesis.; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : The main question that this book tries to find answers to is what it is that makes language learnable. Language is one of the most complex human activities, but nearly 100% of humanity have learned a language in childhood. One answer could be that it is something in our brain that makes us learn language better than most other activities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Models and Algorithms for Automatic Detection of Language Evolution

    Author : Nina Tahmasebi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Language Evolution; Named Entity Evolution; Word Sense Evolution;

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  5. 3. A comparative study of Yucatec Maya Sign Languages

    Author : Josefina Safar; Johanna Mesch; Olivier Le Guen; Victoria Nyst; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Yucatec Maya Sign Language; Yucatec Maya; Mexico; Mesoamerica; shared sign language; village sign language; language emergence; language evolution; sociolinguistic variation; gesture-sign interface; grammaticalisation; lexicalisation; cardinal numbers; size-and-shape specifiers; translanguaging; noun-verb distinction; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : In my dissertation, I focus on the documentation and comparison of indigenous sign languages in Yucatán, Mexico. I conducted fieldwork in four Yucatec Maya communities with a high incidence of deafness. READ MORE

  6. 4. Unsupervised Learning of Morphology: Survey, Model, Algorithm and Experiments

    Author : Harald Hammarström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis contains work on a specific problem in field of Language Technology. The problem can be described as follows: "Can a computer extract a description of word conjugation in a natural language using only written text in the language?" The problem is often referred to as Unsupervised Learning of Morphology (ULM) and has a wide variety of Language Technology applications, including Machine Translation, Document Categorization and I nformation Retrieval. READ MORE

  7. 5. The building blocks of sound symbolism

    Author : Niklas Erben Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sound symbolism; Iconicity; typology; language evolution; lexicon;

    Abstract : Languages contain thousands of words each and are made up by a seemingly endless collection of sound combinations. Yet a subsection of these show clear signs of corresponding word shapes for the same meanings which is generally known as vocal iconicity and sound symbolism. READ MORE