Sökning: "Intermediate Language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 54 avhandlingar innehållade orden Intermediate Language.

1. 1. Computer support for learners of spoken English

   Författare :Rebecca Hincks; David House; Robert H. McAllisster; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Language technology; Språkteknologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the use of speech technology to support the process of learning the English language. It applies theories of computer-assisted language learning and second language acquisition to address the needs of beginning, intermediate and advanced students of English for specific purposes. LÄS MER

3. 2. Bayesian Models for Multilingual Word Alignment

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

4. 3. To fix what’s not broken : repair strategies in non-native and native english conversation

   Författare :Charlotta Plejert; Richard Hirsch; Jan Anward; Jan Svennevig; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Repair; non-native speakers; native speakers; conversation analysis; foreign language conversation; language learning; English language.; Engelska språket; samtalsanalys; språkinlärning; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis investigates conversations involving native speakers and non-nativespeakers of English. The non-native speakers partaking in the study have a welldeveloped knowledge of the foreign language. LÄS MER

5. 4. Ungdomar och dialekt i Alingsås : Young people and dialect in a small town in West Sweden

   Författare :Anna Gunnarsdotter Grönberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociolinguistic variation; phonology; dialect levelling; language change; regionalization; urbanization; youth; upper secondary schoo; high school; youth language; sex and gender; geographic mobility; demogeography; lifestyle;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a study of sociolinguistic variation among students from five municipalities, all attending an upper secondary school in Alingsås, a town of 25,000, northeast of Göteborg, Sweden. The material consists of recorded interviews with 97 students. LÄS MER

7. 5. "Warum klingt das nicht deutsch?" : Probleme der Informationsstrukturierung in deutschen Texten schwedischer Schüler und Studenten

   Författare :Christina Rosén; Tyska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistics; foreign language; information structure; L2 German; cross-linguistic; transfer; discourse; thematic progression; language-specific; prefield; Vorfeld; second language acquisition; coherence; declarative; V2; SOV; written production; SVO; topic; L1 Swedish; Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik; German language and literatur; Tyska språk och litteratur ; information structure; Languages and linguistics; Tyska;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the information-structural problems native speakers of Swedish have when producing texts in German as their second or foreign language (L2). The study is based on written production data from Swedish learners of German at the initial state (14-year-olds), at intermediate level (16-year-olds) and at advanced level (20-25-year-olds). LÄS MER