Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-71).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-71). Also available in print.

Submitted to the faculty of Indiana University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Science in the School of Informatics Indiana University December 2005 / This project addresses the need for an increased expressivity and robustness of ontologies already supporting BACIIS and SIBIOS, two systems for data and service integration in the life sciences. The previous ontology solutions as global schema and facilitator of service discovery sustained the purposes for which they were built to provide, but were in need of updating in order to keep up with more recent standards in ontology descriptions and utilization as well as increase the breadth of the domain and expressivity of the content. Thus, several tasks were undertaken to increase the worth of the system ontologies. These include an upgrade to a more recent ontology language standard, increased domain coverage, and increased expressivity via additions of relationships and hierarchies within the ontology as well as increased ease of maintenance by a distributed design.

This graduation thesis concerns the active process of professional designations via the spectrum of gender linguistics and comparison of these designations in the Russian and Czech language. The main objective of the thesis is to point out differences in composition and frequency of using feminine nouns in both languages. Designations come from neologism dictionaries and media. Their normativity is verified with dictionaries the status of what is codifying.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Leite Morais.pdf: 569661 bytes, checksum: ae0bfad9e14bf381d90063e9670a3420 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The language of a determined group is what it characterizes it how such. She manifests herself through several uses in several situations. According to the use of the language for the group, him if it transforms in standards that regulate the communication. Each linguistic community regulates his language through specific characteristics, for example, the slangs use criptológicas to be communicated. From the point of view of the vocabulary, the slang is a basic caraterística between the communication of the funkeiros. The slang has two perspectives: the common slang and that of group. It is aimed, with this study, defines the social group funk, funk sets out the "standard" and the slang as basic elements for construction of the language of the linguistic community. The slang favors to the group a more free communication, which secures the protection of the group and not participants of the group it imposes a limit to. The obscene vocabulary and the Marks (products names, persons or category) also are of our interest in the present study. Basing us on studies of Preti (1983, 1984, 1994, 2004), whose works are references in the explanation and "slangy" clarity of the subject and obscene vocabulary ; of Coseriu (1979) to explain the question of the "standard" and his variations; of Horton and Hunt (1980) to explain what he is social group and Maingueneau (2013) as for the studies of the "Marks" that represent products of consumption like, in case of the funk, motorcars, motorbikes, garment and props of luxury, is that there will happen the explanation of the basic elements for the development of this work. The study also tends to show that the linguistic variation is made perceptible in the letters of funk analysed / A linguagem de um determinado grupo é o que o caracteriza como tal. Ela se manifesta por meio de diversos usos em diversas situações. Conforme o uso da linguagem pelo grupo, ele se transforma em normas que regulam a comunicação. Cada comunidade linguística regula sua linguagem por meio de características específicas, por exemplo, a utilização de gírias criptológicas para se comunicar. Do ponto de vista do vocabulário, a gíria é uma caraterística fundamental entre a comunicação dos funkeiros. A gíria possui duas perspectivas: a gíria vulgar e a de grupo. Objetiva-se, com este estudo, definir o grupo social funk, explicitar a norma e a gíria como elementos fundamentais para construção da linguagem da comunidade linguística funk. A gíria propicia ao grupo uma comunicação mais livre, o que assegura a proteção do grupo e impõe um limite aos não participantes do grupo. O vocabulário obsceno e as Marcas (nomes de produtos, pessoas ou categoria) também são de nosso interesse no presente estudo. Baseando-nos em estudos de Preti (1983, 1984, 1994, 2004), cujas obras são referências na explanação e clareza do tema gíria e vocabulário obsceno ; de Coseriu (1979) para esclarecer a questão da norma e suas variações; de Horton & Hunt (1980) para esclarecer o que é grupo social e Maingueneau (2013) quanto aos estudos das Marcas que representam produtos de consumo como, no caso do funk, automóveis, motos, vestimenta e adereços de luxo, é que se dará o esclarecimento dos elementos fundamentais para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho. O estudo também tende mostrar que a variação linguística se faz perceptível nas letras de funk analisadas

The present PhD thesis deals with nominal suffixal derivation in pre-classical French (about 1550-1610). Based both on traditional data collection and on available digital corpuses, especially Frantext, it first strives to define basic concepts such as language standard, problems of periodization, productivity, lexicalization, paradigmatization, panchronic validity of word-formation rules etc. On selected derivational patterns, it also tests the operationality of Optimality theory (OT) and other mechanisms (i.a. paradigmatization) in diachronic perspective. In several follow-up chapters, it then analyzes, from a diachronic point of view, a number of suffixes (-age, -aison, -ance, - ment, etc.).

The text deals with the current state of the language of the Czech minority in Crimea. Based on field research, it describes phenomena and changes that occurred in the language of Crimean Czechs that were caused by the influences of the foreign language and culture environment. Main focus of the text is phonetics, i.e. the way how speakers are affected by the Russian pronunciation standards. The text contains historical and cultural context relevant to the departure of Czechs to Crimea and the shape of the Czech minority nowadays. Individual chapters are dedicated to specific phenomena: deviations in the pronunciation of vocals in first syllables of words, changes in the pronunciation of the consonant [j], labialization in pronunciation of consonant [v], changes in the pronunciation of loanwords, pronunciation of consonants [ ] and [ ] in Czech words, pronunciation of toponyms, prosthesis and elimination of speech sounds from the beginning of words, deviations in the pronunciation of speech sounds from the middle of words, vocalization of prepositions and influences of Russian language standards on the use of their vocalized form.