Search for dissertations about: "word frequencies."
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1. Principal Word Vectors
Abstract : Word embedding is a technique for associating the words of a language with real-valued vectors, enabling us to use algebraic methods to reason about their semantic and grammatical properties. This thesis introduces a word embedding method called principal word embedding, which makes use of principal component analysis (PCA) to train a set of word embeddings for words of a language. READ MORE
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2. Structures in complex systems : Playing dice with networks and books
Abstract : Complex systems are neither perfectly regular nor completely random. They consist of a multitude of players who, in many cases, playtogether in a way that makes their combined strength greater than the sum of their individual achievements. READ MORE
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3. Group Decision-Making. Language and Interaction
Abstract : The dissertation investigates group decision-making from a linguistic perspective, which means that the linguistic interaction in group decision-making is put in focus, but also that linguistic methods are used to perform the investigation. The main research questions are i) what are group decisions, ii) how are group decisions made, linguistically, and iii) how does group decision-making relate to other social activities? The dissertation has five main parts. READ MORE
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4. Beginners Read Aloud : High versus Low Linguistic Levels in Swedish Beginners' Oral Reading
Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to examine the utilisation of various linguistic levels in the oral reading of running texts among Swedish beginning readers, and specifically to question the supposedly predominant role of lower (i.e. READ MORE
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5. Mother tongue - Phonetic Aspects of Infant-Directed Speech
Abstract : Phonetic aspects of mother-infant interaction are discussed in light of a functionalist Mother-infant phonetic interaction (MIPhI) model. Adults addressing infants typically use a speech style (infant-directed speech, IDS) characterized by, for instance, extensive suprasegmental (prosodic) modulations. READ MORE