Search results for "punctuation"

Usage of HMM-Based Speech Recognition Methods for Automated Determination of a Similarity Level Between Languages

2019

The problem of automated determination of language similarity (or even defining of a distance on the space of languages) could be solved in different ways – working with phonetic transcriptions, with speech recordings or both of them. For the recordings, we propose and test a HMM-based one: in the first part of our article we successfully try language detection, afterwards we are trying to calculate distances between HMM-based models, using different metrics and divergences. The Kullback-Leibler divergence is the only one we got good results with – it means that the calculated distances between languages correspond to analytical understanding of similarity between them. Even if it does not …

Translation and terminology. On two Spanish versions (Madrid, 1800) of Dumarsais’ Logique

2013

This article is the Spanish version of “Traduction et terminologie. A propos de deux versions espagnoles (Madrid, 1800) de la Logique de Dumarsais” by Brigitte Lépinette. It was not published on the print version of MonTI for reasons of space. The online version of MonTI does not suffer from these limitations, and this is our way of promoting plurilingualism. Framed in the field of philosophical translation (lato sensu), this article deals with two different versions of Logique by Dumarsais (Paris, 1730) published in Spain. We show that these two “Lógicas”, translated by two different persons, who also had distinct purposes as is evidenced by their respective bibliographical context and met…

Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability?

2005

Our everyday experience shows that we have problems in recognizing objects which only differ in their symmetry properties (street signs with two arrows in different directions or mathematical signs such as 〈 and 〉). Perception is closely correlated with an inner comparison: the perceived object with its surrounding, the perceived object with former experience and so on. The brain has evolved different constancy abilities (e.g. colour constancy) and one of them is object constancy. This object constancy makes it possible to perceive an object regardless of its orientation in space. Symmetric letter pairs with different sound representations (such as 〈b〉 and 〈d〉) are, due to object constancy,…

Kropp i bevegelse i bildeboka : Känner du Pippi Långstrump?

2011

In Astrid Lindgren’s authorship, there are many bodies in motion, and one of her most movable and energetic characters is Pippi Longstocking. In the illustrated novels about Pippi (Lindgren and Nyman 1945, 1946, and 1948) there are relatively few pictures, and as a result, Lindgren’s words carry most of the story. In the novels, her words have a greater functional load (Kress 2003, 46 ) than Nyman’s pictures. Naturally then, the words convey most of the information about Pippi and the other characters’ movements. But how does the portrayal of bodies in motion change when Pippi is portrayed in picturebooks where the pictures have a lot more space, ie, a greater functi…

Sposoby vyraženiâ položitelʹnyh èmocij v Internete

2021

The Internet as a new means of communication promotes the emergence of new ways of expressing thoughts and emotions. Our brief analysis of the techniques for verbalizing positive emotions on the Internet shows that Internet users have found ways to solve these problems. The graphic and lexical means they use allow them to express the entire range of experiences. Prolongation and chanting replace phonetic means, emoticons convey facial expressions, duplicated punctuation marks express the power of emotions. The statements of Internet users are characterized by brevity, because saving time is also one of the features of communication in the virtual space. It should be noted, however, that thi…

Language for International communication: Linking Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cultural, Professional and Scientific Capacity Building: Book of …

2019

Typographie und ihr Einfluss auf den Leseprozess: Mikrotypographische Fehler in den Oberschlesischen Nachrichten

2012

Pierwsza edycja „Wiadomości Górnośląskich” ukazała się 20 marca 1990 r. W formie polsko-niemieckiego dodatku do „Trybuny Opolskiej”. Był to punkt wyjścia opublikowanej do tej pory gazety mniejszości niemieckiej „Wochenblatt.pl”. Z tego powodu możemy traktować „Wiadomości Górnośląskie” jako jedną z najstarszych publikacji prasowych mniejszości niemieckiej w Polsce po 1989 roku. Skupiając się na niemieckich tekstach opublikowanych w „WG”, możemy natknąć się na wiele błędów leksykalnych i gramatycznych , które utrudniają czytelnikowi zrozumienie tekstu. Nie tylko błędy zakłócają odbiór tekstu. Ten artykuł, poprzez opisanie relacji i wpływu, jaki ma typografia i proces czytania na siebie, wskaz…