Essays about: "american languages"

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  1. 1. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-04-19]
    Keywords : English; culture; speech act of refusal; pragmatic; pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics; politeness theory; refusal strategies;

    Abstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE

  3. 2. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
    Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE

  4. 3. Proverbial Language Of American Presidents (1945-2008) : A Digital Methods Approach of the Use of Proverbs in Political Discourse

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Eirini Koutroumpi; [2023]
    Keywords : American presidents; computational; correlation; digital humanities; digital methods; frequency; paremiology; patterns; political discourses; politics; proverbs; python; speeches; visualization; Presidenti Americani; computationale; correlazione; digital humanities; scienze umanistiche digitali; metodi digitali; frequenza; paremiologia; modelli; discorsi politici; politica; proverbi; python; discorsi; visualizzazione;

    Abstract : Political language's power to influence public opinion drives the present investigation into proverbs used by presidents during 1945-2008. The study’s purpose is to explore the proverbial language of American presidents, employing a digital methods approach. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Account of Lucumí : An Investigation into the Yoruboid Origin of Lucumí

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Axel Antonio Cropelli Zuaznabar; [2023]
    Keywords : Language Contact; Language Death; Yoruba; Spanish; Historical Linguistics; Latino-American Studies; Phonology.;

    Abstract : In the following thesis, an analysis of the fundamental aspects of Lucumí phonology and word-formation will be presented with the aim of determining the extent to which this liturgical language is related to Standard Yoruba. Additionally, this thesis will provide an overview of selected socio-cultural and historical factors pertaining to the environment in which Lucumí developed. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Feminine Wasteland: Gender Roles and Women's Mental Health in Joan Didion's Run River and Play It As It Lays

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Jyrinki; [2023]
    Keywords : Joan Didion; Run River; Play It As It Lays; Betty Friedan; The Feminine Mystique; Gender Roles; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The American author and journalist Joan Didion was especially known for her non-fiction that pertinently described the culture she lived in, but her novels also offer a frank and realistic perspective on American society. In her two first novels Run River (1963) and Play It As It Lays (1970) Didion portrays the respective main characters, Lily Knight McClellan and Maria Wyeth, as fragile women who are failing to live up to the gender roles that were imposed on them. READ MORE