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1. 1. Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Liilia Batluk; [2011]
   Keywords : rhetoric; rhythm; lexical chain; parallelism; alliteration; foregrounding; political speech; personal deixis; context; semantics; Barack Obama;

   Abstract : In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address, January, 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically, I shall propose and focus on the idea that the composition of the speech has an aim to create a unity of the speaker and the audience in order to deliver the message. READ MORE

3. 2. A PhonicStick Study : Investigating the Effectiveness of a Phonological Awareness Intervention in Children with Down Syndrome.

   University essay from Logopedi

   Author : Jenny Gullberg; Josefin Granholm; [2010]
   Keywords : Down syndrome; phonological awareness; the PhonicStick; Praxis cards; phonological awareness intervention;

   Abstract : Phonological awareness is a set of language manipulation skills such as blending, rhyme, alliteration production and detection. There are disagreements among researchers how phonological awareness is connected to literacy learning and also how and if children with Down syndrome acquire phonological awareness. READ MORE

4. 3. Translating "Clarity, Style and Precision" : The Economist's Language from the Translator's Point of View

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Birgitta Wernbro-Augustsson; [2009]
   Keywords : Translation strategies; scientific discourse; metaphors; stylistic devices; hedging;

   Abstract : Abstract   The following essay is an analysis of the translation process from English into Swedish of four articles about the oceans of the world, printed in The Economist in December 2008. This publication claims to be using a language characterised by "clarity, style and precision", wherefore these concepts provide the focus for the analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. A Study of Art and Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Jenny Siméus; [2004]
   Keywords : art; aestheticism; Oscar Wilde; The Picture of Dorian Gray; ekphrasis;

   Abstract : My twofold aim with this essay is, firstly, to examine the ideas about art expressed in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by the Victorian author Oscar Wilde. Secondly, I analyse how Oscar Wilde has implemented the philosophy of aestheticism throughout his novel. READ MORE