Search for dissertations about: "textual"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 211 swedish dissertations containing the word textual.
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1. Textual information retrieval : An approach based on language modeling and neural networks
Abstract : This thesis covers topics relevant to information organization and retrieval. The main objective of the work is to provide algorithms that can elevate the recall-precision performance of retrieval tasks in a wide range of applications ranging from document organization and retrieval to web-document pre-fetching and finally clustering of documents based on novel encoding techniques. READ MORE
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2. The Epistle of Jude : Its Text and Transmission
Abstract : This study treats the textual tradition of the Epistle of Jude. After an introductory survey of earlier text-critical research, the two main purposes of this investigation are formulated: to gather and to analyze the complete textual evidence of the Epistle of Jude. READ MORE
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3. Material virtualities : Approaching online textual embodiment
Abstract : While the Internet is often presented as a disembodied medium, various forms of bodily presence are continually introduced when people meet online. This study explores notions of embodiment in a particular text-based virtual world (here called WaterMOO) by investigating how bodies- always sexually specific- are created and rendered meaningful in online textual practices. READ MORE
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4. Wrestling with Textual Violence : A Case Study of the Jephthah Narrative in Antiquity and Modernity with Special Regard to Gender
Abstract : How may readers handle the encounter with violence in a “classical text”? The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the debate on the ethics of biblical interpretation with special regard to feminism. To fulfil that aim, a case study of the narrative of Jephthah is made and its implications are discussed at a more general level. READ MORE
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5. Alciphron, Letters of the Courtesans : Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary
Abstract : This dissertation aims at providing a new critical edition of the fictitious Letters of the Courtesans attributed to Alciphron (late 2nd or early 3rd century AD).The first part of the introduction begins with a brief survey of the problematic dating and identification of Alciphron, followed by a general overview of the epistolary genre and the letters of Alciphron. READ MORE