Sökning: "Language and communication problems"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 85 avhandlingar innehållade orden Language and communication problems.

1. 11. Gesture as a Communication Strategy in Second Language Discourse : A Study of Learners of French and Swedish

   Författare :Marianne Gullberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second language acquisition; communication strategies; applied linguistics; gestures; Lingvistik; Linguistics; French; Swedish;

   Sammanfattning : Gesture is always mentioned in descriptions of compensatory behaviour in second language discourse, yet it has never been adequately integrated into any theory of Communication Strategies (CSs). This study suggests a method for achieving such an integration. LÄS MER

3. 12. Group Decision-Making. Language and Interaction

   Författare :Magnus Gunnarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

4. 13. Prosodic and Phonological Ability in Children with Developmental Language Disorder and Children with Hearing Impairment : In the Context of Word and Nonword Repetition

   Författare :Simon Sundström; Christina Samuelsson; Björn Lyxell; Chloë Marshall; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; developmental language disorder; hearing impairment; phonology; prosody; repetition;

   Sammanfattning : Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) exhibit difficulties with phonology, i.e. the sounds of language. Children with any degree of hearing impairment (HI) are at an increased risk of problems with spoken language, including phonology. LÄS MER

5. 14. Translation, Teamwork, and Technology : The Use of Social and Material Scaffolds in the Translation Process

   Författare :Raphael Sannholm; Yvonne Lindqvist; Hanna Risku; Mona Blåsjö; Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cognitive translation studies; socio-cognitive approaches; ethnography; translation workplace; translation process; scaffolding; extended translation; social interaction; translation technology; Translation Studies; översättningsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores translators’ interactions with social and material resources in the translation process. The general aim of the study is to contribute to the knowledge about cognitive translation processes in naturalistic settings, with a specific focus on the ways in which translators interact with social actors and technological resources. LÄS MER

7. 15. Found speech and humans in the loop : Ways to gain insight into large quantities of speech

   Författare :Per Fallgren; Jens Edlund; Fred Cummins; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Found data; found speech; human-in-the-loop; sound browsing; dimensionality reduction; visualization; crowdsourcing; Tal- och musikkommunikation; Speech and Music Communication;

   Sammanfattning : Found data - data used for something other than the purpose for which it was originally collected - holds great value in many regards. It typically reflects high ecological validity, a strong cultural worth, and there are significant quantities at hand. However, it is noisy, hard to search through, and its contents are often largely unknown. LÄS MER