Essays about: "Adjective comparison"

Found 4 essays containing the words Adjective comparison.

  1. 1. Wicked Witches and Evil Queens? : A corpus-based study of the near-synonyms evil and wicked in contemporary American English

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Author : Mariam Barazeghi; [2023]
    Keywords : adjectives; collocations; corpus linguistics; dictionaries; gender studies; synonyms;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine what contemporary corpora can reveal about the use of the two adjectives evil and wicked. These two synonyms have been analysed using corpus linguistics in order to acquire results about the differences between them regarding frequency of use, as well as their collocating nouns. READ MORE

  3. 2. Accentual change in the lexical form of Japanese i-adjectives : Comparison over time with attention to rentaikei and shuushikei

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Thea Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese pitch accent; Adjective; Shuushikei; Rentaikei; Accentual change; Perceptual acceptability; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study investigates the seemingly increasing spread of accentedness within Japanese i-adjectives in lexical final form, shuushikei, and adnominal form, rentaikei, by conducting an online survey containing Likert scale questions. Once the data had been collected, the informants were separated into age groups and their results compared between each other. READ MORE

  4. 3. Qualitative differences in L3 learners' neurophysiological response to L1 versus L2 transfer

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Alejandra Keidel Fernández; [2016]
    Keywords : EEG; Language acquisition; Morphosyntax; TLA; grammar; P300;

    Abstract : In the present study, the influence of morphosyntactic aspects of L1 and L2 on L3 comprehension is investigated using ERP (Event-Related Brain Potentials). The study examines the processing of verb and gender agreement incongruences in Spanish by native Swedish speakers that are fluent in English and learning Spanish, in comparison to a control group of native Spanish speakers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Adjective Comparison in Contemporary British English : A Corpus Study of More than One Hundred Adjectives

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Fredrik Smeds; [2007]
    Keywords : Adjective comparison; Present-day British English; Language change; Corpus study;

    Abstract : There are mainly two ways of comparing adjectives in English: the analytic and the synthetic. The analytic way is to use more and most (for example difficult, more difficult, most difficult). The synthetic, or inflectional, way is to add the endings –er and –est (for instance fast, faster, fastest). READ MORE