Essays about: "sociolinguistic variation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words sociolinguistic variation.

  1. 1. En or ett, un or una? A comparative study on the assignment of grammatical gender to borrowings in Swedish and Spanish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik

    Author : Victor Åstrand; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; grammatical gender; Swedish; Spanish; borrowings; loanwords; sociolinguistics; questionnaire; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In recent years, experimental studies on gender assignment to borrowings in languages such as German and Dutch have observed variation in gender assignment in relation to dialectal areas, among other factors. However, many issues related to gender assignment have yet to be fully understood, and the sociolinguistic variation has not been properly investigated. READ MORE

  3. 2. A study of bai and tai : A sociolinguistic variation study of the sentence-final particles bai and tai used in the Fukuoka dialect.

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Gabriel Levander; [2020]
    Keywords : Japan; dialect; particles;

    Abstract : This paper investigated the difference of usage of the sentence-final particles of bai and tai that are used in the Fukuoka dialect from a sociolinguistic variation study perspective. Social factors such as age, gender and social network were gathered through a survey, in which the results were analyzed, and patterns identified. READ MORE

  4. 3. Native English-Swedish Bilinguals in Sweden : Across the borders of the three circles of English

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Nicholas O'Neill; [2019]
    Keywords : global English; expanding circle; self-perception of sociolinguistic variation; national identity;

    Abstract : With nearly two billion speakers across the world, English has come to exist in all shapes and colors. Many functions and contexts in which English is found in the world are accounted for in the massive scientific effort to document the language’s global development. READ MORE

  5. 4. The House of Stewart as Agent of Language Change : A Historical Sociolinguistic Corpus Analysis of Register Variation and Language Change in the Stewart Letters (1504-1669)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Niclas Vikström; [2016]
    Keywords : Historical sociolinguistics; corpus linguistics; the Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence PCEEC ; Late Middle and Early Modern English; the house of Stewart.;

    Abstract : The present project set out to explore whether or not the members of one of the most powerful families in history functioned as agents of language change. Using the Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence (PCEEC), the present project examines and discusses linguistic conservatism and innovation in relation to the historical movement towards a Standard English. READ MORE

  6. 5. Constructing identity: phonetic variation of the variable (ing) by Swedish L2 speakers of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Idamaria Holm; [2015]
    Keywords : Sociolinguistics; English in Sweden; ing variable; EFL;

    Abstract : This study investigates the use of the (ing) variable in the speech of Swedish L2 speakers of English. Developments in recent years have led to a shift in the language environment in Sweden, and the position of English has arguably evolved from a foreign language to a second language. READ MORE