Essays about: "collocations in english"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 31 essays containing the words collocations in english.

  1. 6. Verb + noun collocations with ‘do’ and ‘make’ in English language learner texts : A corpus based study

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Dahlia Rahem; [2022]
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  3. 7. A Beautiful Wife Makes a Happy Husband : A CADS-based study on collocates to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ throughout times in both movies and contemporary culture

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Strandberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Collocates; Corpus; Husband; Wife; The Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS; kollokationer; korpuslingvistik; make; maka; the Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the differences between what collocations are used for ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in films and contemporary culture. The comparison spans through different decades and the decades will also be compared and analysed. READ MORE

  4. 8. Digital games and collocations : A study of the relationship between L2 learners' gaming habits and knowledge of collocations

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

    Author : Sebastian Amarius; Oliver Fredriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition; collocations; digital games; extramural English activities; collocation teaching;

    Abstract : Digital games are often considered a pastime activity with little to no real or tangible benefits. This, however, is contrary to studies on the usefulness of digital games in second language (L2) learning. There are several aspects of L2 learning that are affected positively by gaming, as well as other extramural English (EE) activities. READ MORE

  5. 9. Language change and collocations : A study of collocation patterns and semantic prosody during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Ozelot Oderfält; [2021]
    Keywords : Language change; Collocation patterns; Semantic prosody; Coronavirus; Corpus.;

    Abstract : This essay is a corpus-based and quantitative study on language change that has occurred during global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Global events especially affect the English language since it is a global language. READ MORE

  6. 10. Are Loanwords Trendier? : A Qualitative Corpus Analysis on Adjective Collocations of English Loanword Nouns and their Native or Sino Japanese Pairs in the Japanese Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Erik Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese; loanwords; loanword pairs; gairaigo; kango; wago; emotive adjectives; collocation analysis; corpus; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : To analyse the behaviour of English loanwords in the Japanese language using corpus analysis is a relatively new field of research. The aim of this thesis is to add to this emergent field by attempting to discover if there are any differences in how English loanword nouns and their native Japanese/Sino-Japanese near synonym pairs are used in contemporary written Japanese. READ MORE