Essays about: "Etymology"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the word Etymology.

1. 11. Etymological Elaboration versus Written Context : A study of the effects of two elaboration techniques on idiom retention in a foreign language

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Nina Bergstrand; [2017]
   Keywords : Etymological elaboration; Context elaboration; L2 idiom;

   Abstract : The premise that idioms are an important feature in second language learning and teaching is what underpinned the present study. The aim is to investigate what teaching method is the most effective for idiom retention; etymological elaboration or context elaboration. READ MORE

3. 12. Colexification and semantic change in colour terms in Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Kajsa Söderqvist; [2017]
   Keywords : colour terms; semantic change; etymology; lexical semantic change; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Colour terms is a highly interesting field when investigating linguistic universals and how language vary cross-linguistically. Colour semantics, the investigation of the meaning of colour, consists in largely of two opposing sides: the universalists, proposing that colour terms are universal (Berlin & Kay 1969) and the relativists claiming a variation in meaning cross-linguistically (Wierzbicka 2008). READ MORE

4. 13. Etymonline: From etymological dictionary to an online digital library : Utilizing LIS notions in converting a database to a DL

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   Author : Yaelle Kalifon; [2017]
   Keywords : categorization; tagging; information organization; data mining; etymology;

   Abstract : The thesis explores the hypothetical turning of an online database of etymology into an online digital library. The reader will be introduced with the principles that constitute a library, as opposed to other sources of information and knowledge, and the contemporary attributes of having those available online. READ MORE

5. 14. The very same or very different : A study of the degree of synonomy among four nouns

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Vanja Vinter; [2015]
   Keywords : Synonyms; Antonyms; Collocation; Connotation; Etymology;

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6. 15. Germanic and French adjectives in The Canterbury Tales How are etymologically different adjectives used in the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Sanne Eriksson; [2013-04-09]
   Keywords : French; Germanic; adjectives; etymology; General Prologue; The Canterbury Tales;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate how etymologically different adjectives are used in the General Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Are etymologically French adjectives used for people of higher society and are therefore the Germanic ones reserved for the people of a lower social class? In Order to find out, "The Canterbury Tales" was read in its original 14th century language and the adjectives were taken out and investigated. READ MORE