Essays about: "Cognitive grammar"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Cognitive grammar.

  1. 6. Authentic Assessment : How Could Authentic Assessment Benefit EFL Students' Speaking Skills in Swedish Upper Secondary School?

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Lindha Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Authentic assessment; EFL; speaking skills; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : The study’s intention is to research the questions of how authentic assessment could benefit EFL students’ speaking skills in Swedish upper secondary school and what some advantages and disadvantages were of doing so. To this end secondary sources were used to gather information to be able to answer the research questions. READ MORE

  3. 7. Grammar exercises in English textbooks: An analysis of exercises in English textbooks in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Emelie Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Grammar exercises; Textbook analysis; Language learning theories; Education; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The role of grammar in language teaching has been a highly debated topic for several years. With the debate on how grammar should be taught, textbooks are one way of investigating how grammar is taught currently in schools. This study investigates how grammar exercises are incorporated in English textbooks for English 6 in upper secondary in Lund. READ MORE

  4. 8. Grammatical Effects of Affect A contrastive corpus analysis of the use and meaning of infant and baby

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Carl-Anders Karlsson; [2017-10-12]
    Keywords : Affective meaning; expressive meaning; semantics; Cognitive grammar;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at (1) outlining a basic understanding of how affective, or expressive, meaning can be understood relative to linguistic meaning and language at large, and (2) analysing how affective meaning may relate to epistemological status and reference type in actual language use. The thesis' theoretical framework is largely situated within the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, and in particular drawing from the work of Langacker (2008). READ MORE

  5. 9. Semantic Analysis Of Multi Meaning Words Using Machine Learning And Knowledge Representation

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Marjan Alirezaie; [2011]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Supervised Learning; Unsupervised Learning;

    Abstract : The present thesis addresses machine learning in a domain of naturallanguage phrases that are names of universities. It describes two approaches to this problem and a software implementation that has made it possible to evaluate them and to compare them. READ MORE

  6. 10. On the effectiveness of writing strategies in promoting 13-15 years old Chinese ESL learners' writing ability

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Gao Peng; [2011]
    Keywords : writing strategies; effectiveness; ESL learners;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of writing strategies in promoting 13-15 years old Chinese ESL learners’ writing ability. Two writing strategies I selected in this study are Julia's (in James 2000) 8-step writing strategy and Englert's (1991) POWER strategy. READ MORE