Essays about: "english is complicated"

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  1. 1. Ahtesham-Grunebaum-Stark’s The Tale of the Missing Man: a Dāstāṃ of a Bhopālī Lāpatā

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : S Tareq Khan; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Mazoor Ahtesham is a renowned writer in the modern Hindi literature. He is one of the fewMuslim voices in the modern Hindi literary canon.2 He gives a detailed picture of the Muslim society, which is undergoing a change within and, at the same time, is confronted by the change outside. READ MORE

  3. 2. Translating metaphors : an English to Swedish translation analysis based on conceptual metaphor theory

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emely Blixt; [2022]
    Keywords : Translation studies; conceptual metaphor; metonymy; translation process;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the author’s own translation of a metaphor dense non-fiction text and investigates how metaphors have been translated from English to Swedish. The analysis mainly draws on Schäffner’s 2004 study that views metaphors on two levels, micro and macro, and Newmark’s 1981 prescriptive framework. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Existential reading of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Fatimetou Dia; [2020]
    Keywords : Existentialism; Samuel Beckett; English; Literature;

    Abstract : The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has for a long time been considered one of his best works. Grasping the significance of key factors such as modernity, modernism and historical background is of great importance to situate and contextualise the play. READ MORE

  5. 4. Red English: Duality and Representation in Contemporary Native American Poetics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Jennifer Ellen Hall; [2019]
    Keywords : Native American; Poetry; Contemporary Poetry; Post-Colonialism; Tommy Pico; Layli Long Soldier; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores representations of duality across the work of contemporary Native American poets. Through the use of several analytic methods and postcolonial theories, this thesis will analyse representations of language, place, and identity, and argue that they are constructed in the border between Native American and American consciousness. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linguistic Landscaping in Singapore: The Local Linguistic Ecology and the Roles of English

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Hoa Tang; [2016]
    Keywords : linguistic landscape; the ecology of language; language ecology; linguistic dominance; niches; multilingual ism ; English imperialism; diffusion-of-English paradigm; language shift; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e. READ MORE