Sökning: "Language Evolution"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 63 avhandlingar innehållade orden Language Evolution.
1. A View from Language : Growth of language in individuals and populations
Sammanfattning : The main question that this book tries to find answers to is what it is that makes language learnable. Language is one of the most complex human activities, but nearly 100% of humanity have learned a language in childhood. One answer could be that it is something in our brain that makes us learn language better than most other activities. LÄS MER
2. Models and Algorithms for Automatic Detection of Language Evolution
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3. A comparative study of Yucatec Maya Sign Languages
Sammanfattning : In my dissertation, I focus on the documentation and comparison of indigenous sign languages in Yucatán, Mexico. I conducted fieldwork in four Yucatec Maya communities with a high incidence of deafness. LÄS MER
4. Unsupervised Learning of Morphology: Survey, Model, Algorithm and Experiments
Sammanfattning : This thesis contains work on a specific problem in field of Language Technology. The problem can be described as follows: "Can a computer extract a description of word conjugation in a natural language using only written text in the language?" The problem is often referred to as Unsupervised Learning of Morphology (ULM) and has a wide variety of Language Technology applications, including Machine Translation, Document Categorization and I nformation Retrieval. LÄS MER
5. The building blocks of sound symbolism
Sammanfattning : Languages contain thousands of words each and are made up by a seemingly endless collection of sound combinations. Yet a subsection of these show clear signs of corresponding word shapes for the same meanings which is generally known as vocal iconicity and sound symbolism. LÄS MER