Search for dissertations about: "lexical semantics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words lexical semantics.

  2. 16. Bit : an examination of the explanatory power of a meaning potential approach to the description of lexical meaning

    Author : Jenny Hartman; Carita Paradis; Britt Erman; Elizabeth C. Traugott; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cognitive semantics; construal; configurations; SCALE; INDIVIDUATION; DEGREE; EXTENT; AMOUNT; PART-WHOLE; English; engelska;

    Abstract : Through a detailed examination of the use of the lexical item bit in four English language corpora, this study assesses whether the assumptions guiding a meaning potential perspective on lexical meaning (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 17. Knowledge predication : A semantic typology

    Author : Anna Sjöberg; Bernhard Wälchli; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; Volker Gast; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semantic typology; constructional typology; semantic maps; knowledge; epistemology; parallel texts; language sampling; token-based typology; cognitive semantics; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : The present thesis is an investigation of the cross-linguistic expression of knowledge predication (‘He knows that it’s raining’, ‘she knows the boy’ etc.) Knowledge predication is investigated in parallel texts—specifically New Testament translations—in a genealogically and areally stratified variety sample of 83 languages. READ MORE

  5. 18. Semantic change in interaction: Studies on the dynamics of lexical meaning

    Author : Bill Noble; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semantic change; dialogue; computational linguistics; computational sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates how word meanings change. In particular, it's concerned semantic change at the levels of interaction and the speech community. To this end, the compiled studies employ methods from both formal and computational semantics. READ MORE

  6. 19. Concreteness, Specificity and Emotional Content in Swedish Nouns : Neurocognitive Studies of Word Meaning

    Author : Frida Blomberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abstract; concrete; nouns; semantics; specificity; emotion; imageability; anomia; word ratings; EEG; ERP; N400; N700; dichotic listening; hemispheric lateralisation; lexical decision; Swedish; neurolinguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigated Swedish nouns differing in concreteness, specificity and emotional content using linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic methods. The focus of Paper I was a semantic analysis of discourse produced by a person with a lesion in visual (left occipital) cortex. READ MORE

  7. 20. Splitting rocks: Learning word sense representations from corpora and lexica

    Author : Luis Nieto Piña; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; language technology; natural language processing; distributional models; semantic representations; distributed representations; word senses; embeddings; word sense disambiguation; linguistic resources; corpus; lexicon; machine learning; neural networks;

    Abstract : The representation of written language semantics is a central problem of language technology and a crucial component of many natural language processing applications, from part-of-speech tagging to text summarization. These representations of linguistic units, such as words or sentences, allow computer applications that work with language to process and manipulate the meaning of text. READ MORE