Essays about: "gender influence on language use"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words gender influence on language use.
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6. The influence of yakuwarigo and gendered language on character portrayals : A case study of the Japanese translation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : The book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, written by the prolific author J.K.Rowling, is a popular piece of fiction that has been adapted into a film as well as severalvideogames. The book has also been translated from its original English into dozens oflanguages, including Japanese. READ MORE
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7. A new evidential in Turkish? The online use and interpretation of –mışımdır and –ıyorumdur marked sentences
University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : The Turkish tense-aspect-modality system and its complexity has been the topic of many previous studies (Csato, 2000; Johanson, 2016; Slobin & Aksu, 1982) and there are many arguments on whether some of the tense-aspect-modality markers should be categorized as such in the first place, as well as what they express when used in combination with different grammatical markers. This thesis focuses on two sentence types; (i) those that have predicates marked by the primarily evidentiality marking –mış and (ii) those marked by the imperfective marking –ıyor. READ MORE
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8. ESL: Gender and Confidence : A Study Into Affective Factors Connected to Communication Competence in English Among Swedish Adults
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This paper is a study in the linguistic field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), with some overlap in the relation of language and gender. Focus is placed on adults' experiences and feelings towards using their learned language in different scenarios and whether there are any substantial differences related to the sex of the learner. READ MORE
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9. Erratic Mothers and Wild Animals: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Online Newspapers' Representations of Female and Male Opioid Users
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis critically investigates how female and male opioid users are represented in local newspapers in Ohio, one of the states which has been most severely affected by the ongoing ‘opioid crisis’ in the United States. Through an analysis of 20 articles from the The Plain Dealer and The Columbus Dispatch, the study aims to highlight how women and men who use opioids are portrayed, and what ideologies are hidden in the texts. READ MORE
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10. Does Gender Influence the Way People Provide and Receive Politeness? : A Research Study on the Differences or Similarities Between Gender and Linguistic Politeness
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay examines the relation between gender and adherence to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Principle. Women and men tend to use language for different purposes and for the purpose of achieving various goals. In order to examine this relation, a research study was conducted. READ MORE
