Essays about: "Linguistic variation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words Linguistic variation.

  1. 1. Beyond the Norm of Standard English : A Content Analysis of Standard and Non-Standard Varieties in EFL Textbooks

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Erik Molin; [2023]
    Keywords : EFL textbooks; Linguistic variation; Standard and non-standard varieties; Upper secondary school;

    Abstract : To achieve the Swedish National Agency for Education’s (2022) aim of developing all-round communicative skills, knowledge of the vast diversity of English may be needed. Therefore, this study analyses the representation of standard and non-standard varieties in four EFL textbooks aimed for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE

  3. 2. Skeuomorphs what art thou? A skeuomorphic perspective on material preference and categorisation in prehistory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Alice Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Skeuomorphism; material properties; material categorisation; material preference; material perception; material interpretation; affordance; cultural spheres; reflexive methodology; archaeological terminology; imitation; original; centre and periphery; metaphorical material; meaningful material; southwestern French Aurignacian; ivory beads; south Scandinavian neolithic; flint daggers; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Past material categorisation and preference in archaeological research are often heavily influenced by modern material perception, through the use of modern language and modern terminological connotations. This thesis seeks to clarify material categorisation and preference in the past, by studying two different skeuomorphs; Aurignacian shell skeuomorphs made from ivory, and south Scandinavian metal dagger skeuomorphs made from flint. READ MORE

  4. 3. En or ett, un or una? A comparative study on the assignment of grammatical gender to borrowings in Swedish and Spanish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik

    Author : Victor Åstrand; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; grammatical gender; Swedish; Spanish; borrowings; loanwords; sociolinguistics; questionnaire; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In recent years, experimental studies on gender assignment to borrowings in languages such as German and Dutch have observed variation in gender assignment in relation to dialectal areas, among other factors. However, many issues related to gender assignment have yet to be fully understood, and the sociolinguistic variation has not been properly investigated. READ MORE

  5. 4. The language of vision in four Aslian speech communities : an introductory investigation of basic vision verbs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Sonja Holmer; [2021]
    Keywords : language of vision; hierarchy of the senses; sensory linguistics; universal perception; language of perception; Aslian languages; Jahai; Ceq Wong; Semelai; Semaq Beri; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Vision is often considered to top the hierarchy of the senses, reflected for example in the high relative frequency of vision verbs, in comparison to other perception verbs. Results from some previous studies, however, have shown that there is greater cross-linguistic variation concerning perception language than previously thought, emphasising other sense modalities than vision. READ MORE

  6. 5. “It is important to understand that there are not just 3 varieties of English” : Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes towards varieties of English

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Maria Chabo; [2021]
    Keywords : accent; attitudes; awareness; English; language; pronunciation; Sweden; upper secondary school; variety.;

    Abstract : The main aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes to varieties of English, especially with a focus on accents. Based on a survey with both open-ended and closed questions, this study is both qualitative and quantitative. READ MORE