Essays about: "BNC"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word BNC.

  1. 6. Vocabulary in English Textbooks for Swedish Secondary School : A Study about the Frequency of Vocabulary in Textbook Wordlists and the Selected Vocabulary Exercises

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Taner Tanriverdi; [2020]
    Keywords : Vocabulary; Frequency; EFL; Textbook; Exercise; Lemma; BNC;

    Abstract : This study examines the level of frequency of wordlists, and the selected vocabulary exercise type in two English textbooks aimed at first year (English 5) and third year (English 7) Swedish secondary school students. A quantitative analysis was conducted by inserting the wordlists into an online tool, which generated a frequency list based on lemmas in accordance with the BNC corpus. READ MORE

  3. 7. The embodied meanings of towards and against Two English prepositions from a cognitive and contrastive linguistics perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Forsmann; [2014-02-19]
    Keywords : english; polysemy; cognitive linguistics; spatial scene; trajector; contrastive linguistics; corpus; equivalent;

    Abstract : This is a study of semantic differences in the use of the English prepositions towards and against analysed in terms of cognitive linguistics. The data for this analysis is provided by a selection of 120 sentence examples from the British National Corpus, BNC. READ MORE

  4. 8. Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
    Keywords : Snap; crack; pop; onomatopoeia; semantics; sound symbolism; mimes; style; ideophones; register; non arbitrariness;

    Abstract : The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. READ MORE

  5. 9. Gender difference and similarities in the use of negative concord for the regional dialects of England in the BNC.

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora; Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Roy Stone; [2009]
    Keywords : Negative Concord; Double Negation;

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  6. 10. Investigating British and American English : Dictionary research and corpus investigation

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Malcolm Golmann; [2009]
    Keywords : Americanism; Briticism; dictionary dating; corpus investigation; corpus evidence; lexical borrowing; lexical classification; lexical items; etymology; word formation.;

    Abstract : The aim of this Magister Degree Project has been to investigate if can corpora be used to investigate patterns of lexical distribution and/or borrowing from one variety to another. Another aim has been to investigate how well classification of lexical items as either “British” or “American” supported by evidence from corpora of English. READ MORE