Essays about: "reporting verbs"

Found 5 essays containing the words reporting verbs.

1. 1. Reporting Trends in Sustainability and Climate Change Discourse : A corpus study about reporting verbs in global news

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Corpus; Linguistics; Reporting Verbs; Media; Metonymy; Quantitative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis.;

   Abstract : In news reports, journalists often make references to what spokespersons from public organizations have announced. While doing so, reporting verbs are not an uncommon occurrence (Li, Zhao & Lou, 2023: 2). READ MORE

3. 2. Measuring possible indicators of successful academic writing among EFL teaching undergraduate students

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Gustav Wibell-Kähr; Filip Nilsson Ek; [2022]
   Keywords : academic writing; information literacy; source criticism; reporting verbs; academic vocabulary; EFL;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate several potential indicators of successful academic writing and their connection to assignment grades as a possible path toward better teaching of academic writing at the upper secondary level in Sweden. These indicators are referencing (REF), academic vocabulary (AV), and reporting verbs (RV). READ MORE

4. 3. These women’s verbs : A combined corpus and discourse analysis on reporting verbs about women and men in Czech media 1989–2015

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Slaviska språk

   Author : Irene Elmerot; [2017]
   Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; corpus linguistics; media language; Czech; reporting verbs; gender differentiation; Kritisk diskursanalys; korpuslingvistik; mediaspråk; tjeckiska; anföringsverb; könsdifferentiering;

   Abstract : This study aims at analyzing how women and men in five different professions are portrayed and represented through reporting verbs in Czech media over a period of 25 years (end of 1989 to the beginning of 2015). The empirical data consist of entire newspapers and magazines in the source material, a subcorpus from the Czech National Corpus. READ MORE

5. 4. Using the F-measure to test formality in sports reporting : A comparison of the language used in soccer and horse polo articles in two British newspapers

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Daniel Eriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : register; f-measure; formality; soccer; horse polo; register; f-measure; formalitet; fotboll; hästpolo;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the formality level of the language used in twenty articles from two sports that seem to cater to different social classes (soccer and horse polo). The articles that serve as the data were published in two different types of British newspapers, one broadsheet (The Daily Telegraph) and one tabloid (The Daily Express) from September 2010 through November 2017. READ MORE

6. 5. Essay on the Linguistic Features in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Åsa Nygren; [2006]
   Keywords : : Harry Potter; linguistic features; reporting verbs; adverbs of manner; hero; villain; depiction of characters; portrayal; language;

   Abstract : The literature on J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter is prolific. People have written on various topics dealing with issues such as translation, etymology and diverse areas concerning the language. READ MORE