Search for dissertations about: "universal language"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words universal language.

  2. 6. Transitivity in discourse : A comparison of Greek, Polish and Swedish

    Author : Ann Lindvall; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; agentivity; affectedness; aspect; boundedness; cognitive semantics; definiteness; discourse semantics; dynamism; functionalism; givenness; Greek; language typology; lexical semantics; modality; Modern Greek; Polish; transitivity; Swedish; translation; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : This work assumes that various linguistic forms in different languages are related to common cognitive functions and semantic properties. A cognitive function - presumably universal - is information transmission. READ MORE

  4. 7. Linguistically Informed Neural Dependency Parsing for Typologically Diverse Languages

    Author : Miryam de Lhoneux; Joakim Nivre; Sara Stymne; Emily Bender; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dependency parsing; multilingual NLP; Universal Dependencies; Linguistically informed NLP; Computational Linguistics; Datorlingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis presents several studies in neural dependency parsing for typologically diverse languages, using treebanks from Universal Dependencies (UD). The focus is on informing models with linguistic knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 8. Coloured Universe and the Russian Avant-Garde : Matiushin on Colour Vision in Stalin's Russia, 1932

    Author : Margareta Tillberg; Jeff Werner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Colour vision; Russian avant-garde; Mikhail Matiushin; Elena Guro; Ender siblings; art; science; laboratory observations; colour practices; colour theory; synaesthesia; dialectical materialism; Stalin; culture; universal language; architecture; design; Matjušin; Michail Vasilʹevič; 1861-1934; Experimentell konsthistoria Sovjetunionen 1930-talet; Färglära historia Sovjetunionen 1930-talet; Art; Konstvetenskap; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Abstract : Colour vision was of fundamental importance in modernist art. One reason its significance has been studied so little with regard to Russian art is that Soviet archives were inaccessible until the early 1990s. This work is the first close study on a so-called laboratory in an art- and science institute in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. READ MORE

  6. 9. A Universal of Human Interaction? – Manual Movement as Interactional Practice in Spoken and Signed Conversation

    Author : Paul Cibulka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; human interaction; gesture; sign; sign language; conversation; speakership; self-touching;

    Abstract : When humans interact, they may make use of a range of resources, such as head movements, facial expressions, manual movement, body posture and speech. It is assumed that participants both produce and perceive this stream of information in a differentiated way: Some segments are attended to as belonging to the content of the discourse while others are rather backgrounded and may serve to regulate the interaction in terms of speakership and turn-taking. READ MORE

  7. 10. Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. : A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation

    Author : Alexander Andrée; Gunilla Iversen; Rainer Berndt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gilbert the Universal; Glossa ordinaria; Biblical exegesis; Old Testament; Lamentations; Cicero; rhetoric; loci rhetorici; the school of Laon; the Renaissance of the twelfth century; Paschasius Radbertus; editorial technique; Latin language; Latin;

    Abstract : The Glossa ordinaria on the Bible stands as one of the prime achievements of the period in western intellectual history known as the Renaissance of the twelfth century. In spite of the great number of still extant manuscripts very little is known about the circumstances around its composition. READ MORE