Essays about: "English passive"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the words English passive.

1. 11. Vocabulary Acquisition Based on Nation’s Criteria for Knowing a Word, with a Focus on Proficiency and Frequency : A Study on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading and the Role of Surrounding Factors

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Tina Erlandsson; Sara Gutierrez Wallgren; [2019]
   Keywords : Incidental vocabulary acquisition; criteria for knowing a word; proficiency level; word frequency; passive vocabulary; controlled active vocabulary; active vocabulary;

   Abstract : Several studies have been made in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) regarding incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. However, the majority have focused on the meaning of a word to measure complete acquisition. READ MORE

3. 12. “Two brains are often better than one, probably”: Adult ESL learners’ paired and individual lexical inferencing task performances, in relation to L2 proficiency

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Elin Nylander; [2019]
   Keywords : Lexical inferencing; L2 proficiency; task-based language learning; collaboration; sociocultural theory; dyadic patterns of interaction; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This research concerns lexical inferencing (LI), i.e., the ability to infer the meaning of unknown words in a running text (Haastrup, 1991). Despite its advantages, there is little research on LI as a collaborative effort. READ MORE

4. 13. Neuronal activity to environmental sounds when presented together with semantically related words : An MMN study on monolingual and bilingual processing of homophones

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Yeliz Afyonoglu Kirbas; [2019]
   Keywords : Environmental sounds; interlingual homophones; mismatch negativity; event-related potentials; Miljöljud; interlingual-homofoner; mismatch negativity; event-relaterade potentialer;

   Abstract : Neuronal activity of monolingual and bilinguals to environmental sounds and words that are semantically related to them were studied using the mismatch negativity (MMN) component of event-related potentials. MMN was expected to reflect the language selection process in bilinguals on the bases of semantics and phonology. READ MORE

5. 14. Queering Sexual Consent Negotiations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Emily Cousins; [2019]
   Keywords : sexual consent; queer; gender roles; heteronormativity; fluidity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Dominant understandings of sexual consent are understood through a heteronormative and dichotomous lens: masculine/active/initiating sexual activity against feminine/passive/responding to sexual activity. Thus, to what extent do sexualities beyond heterosexuality challenge and disrupt this dichotomous framework? To what extent can these sexualities form alternative ways and practises of negotiating sexual consent? This thesis aims to explore these questions by researching queer experiences of sexual consent negotiations. READ MORE

6. 15. Translating Culture - An analysis of the cultural transfer in literary translation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Linda Pålsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Translation Studies; literary translation; linguistics; Lawrence Venuti; Domestication; Foreignization;

   Abstract : The loss in translation between languages has long been debated, and a current issue within Translation Studies is that of the cultural aspect. Using two opposing concepts by Lawrence Venuti; domestication that is used to assimilate the source culture into the target culture, and foreignization that is used to preserve and highlight the foreign culture in the target text, this paper examines how culture is transferred in literary translation between English and Swedish. READ MORE