Essays about: "circumlocution"

Found 3 essays containing the word circumlocution.

  1. 1. The Silencing of the Lamb : a critical conceptual study of subjectivity, right–holders, and human rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Morgan Björö; [2019]
    Keywords : Subjectivity; Human Rights; moral rights; the animal; interest; Other; Other– as–subject; language; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : It is widespread human doxa that moral concern towards the animal is less important than what we direct towards our fellow human–beings. The animal is avowedly less rational, less susceptible to pleasure, and less capable of creating meaningful interactive relationships, or so widely accepted at least. READ MORE

  3. 2. The development of Strategic Competence in oral interaction. : A contrastive analysis of face-to-face communication and synchronous computer mediated communication.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

    Author : Karianne Eugenie Stormo Scheie; [2018]
    Keywords : Strategic competence; NofM; communication strategies; interaction; SCMC;

    Abstract : The empirical study carried out in this degree project is exploratory, and its main objective is to investigate the development of strategic competence in oral production as it occurs in two different communication modes, namely, synchronous computer mediated communication (SCMC) and face-to-face (FTF) communication. More specifically, this study compares the instances of different communication strategies (CS) used to negotiate meaning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Selected topics in the grammar of Français Tirailleur : A corpus study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Anton Harry Norden; [2017]
    Keywords : Français Tirailleur; pidgin; contact language; noun phrase; même chose; circumlocution; Français Tirailleur; pidgin; kontaktspråk; nominalfras; même chose; cirkumlokution;

    Abstract : This corpus-based study describes some grammatical and lexical features of Français Tirailleur (FT), a pidgin spoken in the French colonial army from the mid-1800’s to the 1950’s. By examining the largest corpus available of the language, this study aims to (1) discern hitherto undescribed or strengthen previous claims about grammatical and lexical features of FT, (2) compare these features with its lexifier language and (3) identify changes over time. READ MORE