Essays about: "premodifier"

Found 3 essays containing the word premodifier.

1. 1. A study of the translation of premodifiers in an academic text

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hanna Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Translation; noun phrase structure; premodifiers; modification;

   Abstract : The past century has brought with it many changes to the English language. One of these is the drastic increase in complex nominal phrases, particularly premodifiers. This implies difficulties for translators, whose target languages may not have evolved in the same way, and who must then find other solutions. READ MORE

3. 2. Women’s sports : A discourse analytic investigation into the representation of women in sports media

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Sara Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : Discourse; women; sports; representation; newspapers; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA;

   Abstract : Language is affected by the society in which it is used. Men and women have not had the same status in society, which means that the language used about them may potentially be different. A domain in society that was created for men is sports, yet, nowadays women also feature in sports. READ MORE

4. 3. Word by word, phrase by phrase, sentence by sentence : A corpus-based study of the N1 by N1 construction

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Per Boberg; [2009]
   Keywords : construction grammar; constructions; corpus linguistics; hyphenation; institutionalisation; lexicalisation; nominalisation; N1 P N1; N P N; premodifier;

   Abstract : The present paper examines the N1 by N1 construction using corpus linguistic methodology.The distribution of types of the construction that occur more than once either unhyphenated or hyphenated in any subcorpus of the British National Corpus accessed through the BrighamYoung University interface is examined. READ MORE