Essays about: "Collocations"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 essays containing the word Collocations.

  1. 6. A Corpus-Based Study of the three Near-Synonyms : Change, Alter and Modify and Their Collocations

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : André Condit; [2022]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; near-synonyms; collocations; polysemous;

    Abstract : An important component of nativelike language production is linked to the knowledge of near-synonyms and their collocational patterns. The purpose of this corpus-based study was three-fold: (a) an examination of the frequency distribution across registers of the three near-synonyms change, alter, and modify; (b) their collocational patterns; and (c) their interchangeability. READ MORE

  3. 7. A Corpus-Driven Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of the Syrian War and Refugees in the American Media

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Ahmad Tarek Safar; [2022]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; CDA; Syrian war; Refugees; American media;

    Abstract : This study investigates the discursive ways in which the Syrian war and the Syrian refugees are being portrayed in the American news media. It was conducted by combining the method Corpus Linguistics with the concepts of Critical Discourse Analysis. READ MORE

  4. 8. Murderbot Speaks : a Corpus Stylistics Look at Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Alvaro Gomez Sawicki; [2022]
    Keywords : murderbot; corpus; linguistics; corpus stylistics;

    Abstract : The Murderbot Diaries is a series of science fiction books that deal with the experiences of Murderbot, a human-machine construct. This study uses a corpus stylistics methodology to analyse the language of the books and looks for changes that occur in said language. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Image of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigrants and Migrants in the British Media after the Refugee Crisis of 2015

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Tatsiana Samuseva; [2022]
    Keywords : refugees; asylum seekers; immigrants; migrants; collocates;

    Abstract : This essay examines the discursive construction of the image of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants in a 1,472-million word corpus of UK press online articles published between January 2015 and December 2021. A corpus-based approach revealed the most frequent collocates of the four query terms, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 10. Verb + noun collocations with ‘do’ and ‘make’ in English language learner texts : A corpus based study

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Dahlia Rahem; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE