Essays about: "2013 essays"

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  1. 1. The complexity of linguistic complexity: a corpus-based study on development of phrasal complexity in written L2-Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Karin Rasmusson; [2023]
    Keywords : Second language development; Complexity; Accuracy; and Fluency; Linguistic complexity; Syntactic complexity; Phrasal complexity; Noun phrase complexity; Morphological complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to establish whether or not a development of the complexity of the noun phrase, i.e. an increase in noun phrase elaboration could be observed in written L2 Swedish over time. READ MORE

  3. 2. Which pronouns are the most difficult? : An Error Analysis of Swedish Students’ Usage of Pronouns: A corpus-based study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Mathilda Asker Kling; [2022]
    Keywords : grammar; second language acquisition; pronouns; Error Analysis; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : This corpus-based study aims to better understand the difficulties for Swedish students regarding English pronouns and based on the result give recommendations for the teaching of English pronouns within a Swedish context. The study investigates Swedish students' usage of pronouns in English writing and the result is compared with Köhlmyr’s (2001) result. READ MORE

  4. 3. Swedish L2 Learners’ acquisition of grammatical morphemes : A cross-sectional study on how well Swedish Learners of English as a second language at upper secondary school use morphemes in their writing.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Hugues Samuelfolk; [2018]
    Keywords : Morpheme acquisition order; natural order hypothesis; L2 acquisition and learning; corpus; Swedish learners; Morfem förvärvsorder; naturlig ordning hypotes; andra språkinlärning; korpus; svenska elever.;

    Abstract : The main aim of this paper has been to examine if Swedish students at upper secondary school were able to use the morphemes The progressive –ing, The irregular past and The irregular third person. In addition, it has also addressed if the students examined in this essay were able to use some morphemes better than others. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Comparative Study of Shell Nouns in English Academic Writing by Chinese and Swedish Authors

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Yishan Gao; [2018]
    Keywords : shell nouns; academic writing; genre; first language transfer;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine factors that influence the use of shell nouns in the writing production by Chinese and Swedish authors. Based on previous studies of shell nouns, this research establishes a theoretical model and a hypothesis is put forward: Though writing in the same genre, Chinese and Swedish authors have different ways of adopting shell nouns partially due to first language transfer. READ MORE

  6. 5. The video essay as a persuasive genre: A qualitative genre analysis with a focus on evaluative and persuasive linguistic features

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Stefani Buco; [2018]
    Keywords : Video essays; genre; genre analysis; Appraisal; evaluative language; subjective language;

    Abstract : So called ‘video essays’ on films and cinema have gained substantial popularity on the video sharing internet site YouTube in the past years. This essay explores this relatively recent type of video production from the perspective of genre analysis in order to investigate whether a pattern of form, content and style can be identified, which would suggest the emergence of a new genre. READ MORE