Search for dissertations about: "Language Understanding"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 391 swedish dissertations containing the words Language Understanding.

  2. 21. 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

  4. 22. Extracting Text into Meta-Data : Improving machine text-understanding of news-media articles

    Author : Johannes Lindén; Tingting Zhang; Stefan Forsström; Patrik Österberg; Martin Holeňa; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Society is constantly in need of information. It is important to consume event-based information of what is happening around us as well as facts and knowledge. As society grows, the amount of information to consume grows with it. READ MORE

  5. 23. Word Meaning Negotiation in Online Discussion Forum Communication

    Author : Jenny Myrendal; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; linguistics; pragmatics; computer-mediated communication; CMC; dialogue; semantic coordination; word meaning negotiation; discussion forum communication; conversation analysis; CA;

    Abstract : We all know that lexicons contain definitions of the meanings of words, but when we communicate with other people, these are not the kinds of meaning we use in interaction. In conversation, we coordinate with each other in a meaning-making process where we make use of a more flexible semantic quality associated with words, called meaning potential. READ MORE

  6. 24. Emotions as a mode of understanding : An essay in philosophical aesthetics

    Author : Katarina Elam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archive studies; concern; context; emotions; judgement; narrative; pre-reflective; self-in-process; understanding; Arkivvetenskap; Other humanities and religion; Övrig humaniora och religionsvetenskap; Estetik; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : The aim of this investigation is to discuss emotions as a mode of understanding and in what ways emotions can be connected to narrative art. An emotion is a sign that a person has understood a situation in a certain way, an understanding which will also be valid in interacting with different kinds of narrative art. READ MORE

  7. 25. Language practices in Swedish-English families

    Author : Tim Roberts; Erica Sandlund; Marika Kjellén; Silvia Kunitz; Elizabeth Lanza; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family language policy; bilingualism; conversation analysis; rhizome; linguistic repertoires; Swedish; English; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the family language practices of Swedish-English families using an interdisciplinary and mixed-method approach. The principal aim is to empirically document what these practices are, as well as how practices interact with various ideological, conceptual, and contextual factors. READ MORE