Essays about: "dialects"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the word dialects.

1. 6. Age-graded Variation in Japanese Visual Language : The different morphology of adults’ and children’s manga

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Sixten Linusson; [2021]
   Keywords : Japanese; visual language; visual morphology; morphology; linguistics; age-grading; manga; comics;

   Abstract : Previous studies have shown that not only is there something called visual language through which we understand graphical expressions, but also that each culture has its own visual language. Furthermore, there are variances within these visual languages, denoted by genre, which can be interpreted to be dialects. READ MORE

3. 7. Contact-induced change and variation in Middle English morphology : A case study on get

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Åberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Language contact; Language change; Middle English; Old Norse; Cognitive linguistics; Old English.;

   Abstract : The present study explores the role of interlingual identification in contact between speakers of Old Norse and Old English. The study focuses on the word get as it occurred throughout a selection of texts in the Middle English period. READ MORE

4. 8. Pronunciation Teaching in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Sigrid Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : English as a Foreign Language; EFL; Pronunciation; Syllabus; Native Speaker Ideal; NS; Native Speaker; Teaching in Sweden;

   Abstract : This essay aims to explore how Swedish teachers of English view the shift from a Native Speaker ideal to English as a Global Language in connection to pronunciation teaching. The essay also aims to explore how the teachers teach this in practice. READ MORE

5. 9. "Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary

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

   Author : Liisa Bergström; [2020]
   Keywords : sports commentary; speech variations; sociolinguistics; accents; dialects; gender; jargon; slang; colloquialisms; sports;

   Abstract : This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloquial forms of English, and other linguistic features are incorporated in the commentaries of the sports and how it affects the information expressed by the commentators. READ MORE

6. 10. Rembong-Wangka : Its position among the Manggaraic languages, some formative elements and adnominal possession

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Leif Asplund; [2020]
   Keywords : Rembong-Wangka; Manggaraic; Flores; enclitics; possession; etymology; rembong-wangka; manggaraiska; Flores; enklitikor; ägande; etymologi;

   Abstract : Rembong-Wangka is an Austronesian language, which together with other little described languages, belongs to the Manggaraic subgroup of Austronesian. One aim is to present information about them, as well as other languages in the area, drawn from not readily accessible sources, including archival material, and information collected by the author in Flores. READ MORE