Search for dissertations about: "word alignment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words word alignment.

2. 1. Bayesian Models for Multilingual Word Alignment

   Author : Robert Östling; Mats Wirén; Ola Knutsson; Jörg Tiedemann; Sharon Goldwater; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; word alignment; parallel text; Bayesian models; MCMC; linguistic typology; sign language; annotation transfer; transfer learning; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore Bayesian models for word alignment, how they can be improved through joint annotation transfer, and how they can be extended to parallel texts in more than two languages. In addition to these general methodological developments, I apply the algorithms to problems from sign language research and linguistic typology. READ MORE

4. 2. Word Alignment by Re-using Parallel Phrases

   Author : Maria Holmqvist; Lars Ahrenberg; Magnus Merkel; Jörg Tiedemann; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; computational linguistics; Computational linguistics; Datorlingvistik;

   Abstract : In this thesis we present the idea of using parallel phrases for word alignment. Each parallel phrase is extracted from a set of manual word alignments and contains a number of source and target words and their corresponding alignments. If a parallel phrase matches a new sentence pair, its word alignments can be applied to the new sentence. READ MORE

5. 3. Recycling Translations : Extraction of Lexical Data from Parallel Corpora and their Application in Natural Language Processing

   Author : Jörg Tiedemann; Anna Sågvall Hein; Joakim Nivre; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computational linguistics; word alignment; parallel corpora; translation corpora; computational lexicography; machine translation; Datorlingvistik; Computational linguistics; Datorlingvistik;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is on re-using translations in natural language processing. It involves the collection of documents and their translations in an appropriate format, the automatic extraction of translation data, and the application of the extracted data to different tasks in natural language processing. READ MORE

6. 4. English academic vocabulary knowledge among Swedish upper secondary school students

   Author : Marcus Warnby; Camilla Bardel; Hans Malmström; Yang Hansen Kajsa; James Milton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Receptive English academic vocabulary knowledge; upper secondary school students; learners of English for academic purposes; academic reading literacy; Swedish curriculum; university-preparatory education; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

   Abstract : This thesis explores Swedish upper secondary school students’ written receptive English academic word knowledge. Academic vocabulary are words that are more frequent in academic than in general discourse without being discipline-specific but frequent across disciplines, for example, however, related, partially and delineate. READ MORE

7. 5. Rhythm and Intonation in Halh Mongolian

   Author : Anastasia Karlsson; Fonetik; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jämförande lingvistik; typology; Comparative linguistics; rhythm; prosodi; syllabification; Mongolian; Linguistics; Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik; Phonetics; phonology; fonologi; Fonetik; språktypologi; Finno-Ugrian and Altaic languages; Finsk-ugriska och altaiska språk;

   Abstract : This dissertation provides the first comprehensive account of the prosody of Halh (Khalkha) Mongolian as spoken in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the Republic of Mongolia. The phonological description is based on acoustic analysis of speech data collected from nine Mongolian-speakers. READ MORE