Essays about: "relative clause"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words relative clause.

1. 1. The Perception and Impact of Cultural Differences in Cross-Border Acquisitions - An analysis of how cultural differences affect the post-acquisition performance of acquiring companies in cross-border acquisitions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Adam Lundquist; Sebastian Strömland; [2022-08-18]
   Keywords : Cross-border M A; Cross-border acquisitions; Cultural differences; Cultural distance; Hofstede 6D; M A performance; Cumulative Abnormal Return in M A;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between cultural differences and the post-acquisition performance of cross-border acquisitions. Cross-border transactions have increased substantially in the last decades which has led to an increase in studies interested in finding key drivers of performance in these transactions. READ MORE

3. 2. An online study of L2 relative clause processing: Evidence from self-paced reading in Persian learners of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Abdolnoor Khaleghi; [2022]
   Keywords : relative clause; online L2 processing; second language comprehension; attachment preference; self-paced reading; heuristic processing; good-enough approach; working memory span.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study examines relative clause (RC) processing in Persian learners of English and native speakers of English to explore whether or how different task demands, referential context information with three potential RC antecedents along with the variables noun type (definite, indefinite), RC length (short, long) and RC type (extraposed, non-extraposed) affect their processing, using both an online non-cumulative self-paced reading task and an offline questionnaire. In the self-paced reading task, the online processing of RC attachment resolution was examined when participants read temporarily ambiguous sentences with RCs preceded by one clause or two clauses containing three NPs followed by comprehension questions to explore L2 RC attachment preferences. READ MORE

4. 3. Adverbial clauses in translation  : Translation of finite and non-finite (-ing, -ed and to-infinitive) adverbial clauses from English to Swedish in popular science

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Caroline Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : adverbial clauses; translation; explicitation;

   Abstract : This study investigates adverbial clauses in a translation of a popular science text from English to Swedish. The clauses investigated are both finite and non-finite adverbial clauses. The non-finite adverbial clauses are ing-clauses (present participle), ed-clauses (past participle) and to-infinitive clauses. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. ANALYSIS OF PRENOMINAL MODIFICATION IN SARADA KINENBI

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Máté Sall Vesselényi; [2015-10-29]
   Keywords : japanska; modification; relative clause; tanka; Japanese;

   Abstract : Previous research on prenominal modification in tanka is scarce and has only taken partial aspects into consideration, namely, pronouns as modified elements and verbs as modifying elements, using only classical waka from the Man’yōshū as material. In light of this, the present study included all parts of speech that appear either as modifying elements or modified elements and analyzed prenominal modification in the renowned modern tanka collection Sarada Kinenbi. READ MORE