Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - General

Multimodal meaning construction, a key concept within the field of semiotics, has been the subject of extensive research, contributing to the development of various theoretical and analytical frameworks. Privileging an eclectic approach, the volume investigates the rewriting and deconstruction of cultural narratives, focusing on the dynamic interplay between stability and instability in both image and text. Crossing cultural and ideological boundaries fosters exposure to diverse ways of thinking, necessitating the reimagining of cultural heritage. This process aims to cultivate a new...

This book explores the intersections of neoliberalism, translation, and interpreting, a scarcely explored topic in the field of translation studies across diverse regions, including Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, covering four primary themes that offer unique perspectives on how neoliberal ideologies influence translation and interpreting. The first theme uses data triangulation to delve into the influence of market-driven ideologies on translation and interpreting curriculum globally as well as the neoliberal tendencies of the trainees in China and Korea. The second theme...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to reinforcement learning (RL) and bandits methods, specifically tailored for advancements in speech and language technology. Starting with a foundational overview of RL and bandit methods, the book dives into their practical applications across a wide array of speech and language tasks. Readers will gain insights into how these methods shape solutions in automatic speech recognition (ASR), speaker recognition, diarization, spoken and natural language understanding (SLU/NLU), text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis, natural language generation (NLG), and...