Search for dissertations about: "language independent"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 122 swedish dissertations containing the words language independent.

  2. 1. Natural Language Processing for Low-resourced Code-switched Colloquial Languages – The Case of Algerian Language

    Author : Wafia Adouane; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Natural language processing; Deep neural networks; Low-resourced language; Colloquial language; Code-switch; Dialectal Arabic; User-generated data; Non-standardised orthography; Algerian language;

    Abstract : In this thesis we explore to what extent deep neural networks (DNNs), trained end-to-end, can be used to perform natural language processing tasks for code-switched colloquial languages lacking both large automated data and processing tools, for instance tokenisers, morpho-syntactic and semantic parsers, etc. We opt for an end-to-end learning approach because this kind of data is hard to control due to its high orthographic and linguistic variability. READ MORE

  4. 2. “Speak your own language” : On tensions regarding Finnish in Sweden

    Author : Lasse Vuorsola; Jarmo Lainio; Päivi Juvonen; Sari Pietikäinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; applied linguistics; language policy; linguistic landscape; spatial orientation; dialectal change; minority language; shortened infinitives in Finnish; orientations to language policy; finska; Finnish;

    Abstract : In this compilation dissertation I examine social tensions that relate to the Sweden Finnish minority and the Finnish language in Sweden. The dissertation is based on critical applied linguistics and I employ various related theoretical notions in the included articles. READ MORE

  5. 3. Language as a Leading Light to Business Cultural Insight : A Study on Expatriates' Intercultural Communication in Central and Eastern Europe

    Author : Kjell Ljungbo; Björn Bjerke; Susanne Tietze; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language; multilingualism; culture; intercultural communication; business; expatriate; Central and Eastern Europe; cultural significance structure; business flower; hermeneutics; ideal type; export; foreign language skills; language competence; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Language competence is decisively important in international business and could increase efficacy, efficiency, sales and profits. Language is an underresearched area in business studies though language constitutes management and the managers building structures, processes, cultures and personalities being the most vital working tool to get things done and make them understandable. READ MORE

  6. 4. Extramural English Matters : Out-of-School English and Its Impact on Swedish Ninth Graders' Oral Proficiency and Vocabulary

    Author : Pia Sundqvist; Solveig Granath; Hugo Wikström; June Miliander; Magnus Ljung; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Extramural English; out-of-school learning; implicit learning; learner language; oral proficiency; oral fluency; second language acquisition; second language learning; ESL; EFL; vocabulary acquisition; assessment; speaking tests; language diary; motivation; self-efficacy; anxiety; speech; oral communication; core vocabulary; peripheral vocabulary; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : The present study examines possible effects of extramural English (EE) on oral proficiency (OP) and vocabulary (VOC). The study is based on data collected from Swedish learners of ESL in grade 9 (aged 15-16; N=80; 36 boys, 44 girls) over a period of one year. READ MORE

  7. 5. Language contact and structural change : An Old Finnish case study

    Author : Merlijn De Smit; Erling Wande; Kaisa Häkkinen; Raimo Anttila; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finnish; historical linguistics; language contact; Whitehead; Finnish language; Finska språket;

    Abstract : The object of this study is to shed new light on both the influence exerted on Finnish by the Swedish language, and on the mechanisms by which language contact in structural domains takes place. It is argued that syntactic borrowing should be regarded as a subtype of reanalysis and extension rather than as an independent mechanism. READ MORE