Essays about: "pre-modifying adjectives"

Found 2 essays containing the words pre-modifying adjectives.

  1. 1. Gender differences in the usage of mild versus strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives : An analysis of findings in the BNC2014

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Katerina Swensson Doschoris; [2022]
    Keywords : Swearing; gender differences; pre-modifying adjectives; British National Corpus; sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on mild and strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives when describing a person, based on findings from the BNC2014. Previous research implies that men and women use different types of swearwords, suggesting that men tend to use stronger language than women. READ MORE

  3. 2. On the Translation of Adjectival Pre-Modifiers : A Study of English-Swedish Translation Shifts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Roberto Draganic; [2018]
    Keywords : translation studies; Swedish; English; adjectives; pre-modification; translation shift; category shift;

    Abstract : This study examined the translation of adjectival pre-modifiers (i.e. pre-modifying adjectives and pre-modifying participles) from English into Swedish. READ MORE