Search for dissertations about: "imitation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 74 swedish dissertations containing the word imitation.

2. 16. Imagination, form, movement and sound. Studies in musical improvisation

   Author : Svein Erik Tandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetic; artistic research; chronology versus phenomenology; cognitive models; cross-modality; imitation; improvisation; motor programmes; organ; organ textbooks; procedural knowledge; Protestant practices; Roman Catholic practices; schemas; style; Johann Sebastian Bach; Anton Bruckner; Marcel Dupre; Rolande Falcinelli; Cesar Franck; Johann Georg Herzog; Hermann Keller; Olivier Latry; Conrad Paumann; Max Reger; Heinz Wunderlich; Ruth Zechlin;

   Abstract : How does one improvise? How can one learn the art of improvisation? By consid - ering these two questions this thesis aspires to make a contribution towards a greater understanding of what the production of improvised music actually involves. The organ has long traditions as an instrument on which music is improvised, and this study aims to focus primarily on organ improvisation. READ MORE

4. 17. Phonetic Imitation, Accent, and the Learner

   Author : Duncan Markham; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sociolinguistics; talent; language acquisition; phonetics; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This work is concerned with the acquisition of the phonetic characteristics of languages and dialects, and with the issue of learner talent or individual achievement in learning second languages. Following a survey of the literature on language learning limits, it is argued that the concentration on group trends in most of the existing literature, whilst convenient, serves more to obscure the reasons for the difficulties experienced by most non-child language learners than to explain them. READ MORE

5. 18. Voice Imitation : A Phonetic Study of Perceptual Illusions and Acoustic Success

   Author : Elisabeth Zetterholm; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; impersonation; Voice and speech imitation; target voice; individual voice; pitch register; voice quality; prosody; semantic information; phonology; dialect; articulatory timing; speech style; Phonetics; Fonetik; fonologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is about voice imitations, more specifically impersonation. Questions are raised about the uniqueness of a person’s voice and speech behaviour and if it is possible to get close to another speaker’s voice and speech. Four main research questions are investigated in different studies. READ MORE

6. 19. The Morality of Musical Imitation in Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   Author : Guy Dammann; King's College London; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

   Abstract : The thesis analyses the relation between Rousseau’s musical writings and elements of his moral, social and linguistic philosophy. In particular, I am concerned to demonstrate: (i.) how the core of Rousseau’s theory of musical imitation is grounded in the same analysis of the nature of man which governs his moral and social philosophy; (ii. READ MORE

7. 20. Cognitive Interactive Robot Learning

   Author : Benjamin Fonooni; Hellström Thomas; Lars Erik Janlert; Christian Balkenius; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Learning from Demonstration; Imitation Learning; Human Robot Interaction; High-Level Behavior Learning; Shared Control; Cognitive Architectures; Cognitive Robotics; Priming; business data processing; administrativ databehandling;

   Abstract : Building general purpose autonomous robots that suit a wide range of user-specified applications, requires a leap from today's task-specific machines to more flexible and general ones. To achieve this goal, one should move from traditional preprogrammed robots to learning robots that easily can acquire new skills. READ MORE