Essays about: "British vs American English"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words British vs American English.

1. 1. Irregular English verbs with regular variants in the past tense and/or the past participle : A corpus-based study of light, speed, and prove

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Tore Haglund; [2019]
   Keywords : Verb; morphology; regular; irregular; past; tense; participle; corpus; English;

   Abstract : About fifty out of approximately 250 irregular English verbs have regular alternatives in the past tense and/or the past participle. There are often marked preferences for using the irregular or the regular form of the verbs, influenced by several factors. READ MORE

3. 2. Which vs. that: a corpus study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Carl-Staffan Svenbro; [2017]
   Keywords : subject gap; queries; query; British English; American English; corpora; corpus; restrictive; object gap; relevance index; frequency index; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Based on corpora and earlier studies, this paper mainly attempts to answer the question how constructions of restrictive [i]which[/i] and [i]that[/i] have developed in comparison to one another in American and British English news until today. Corpus queries are designed to match patterns of particular object and subject gap constructions, such as [i]I like the ball that/which is green[/i] with subject gap and [i]It is the toy that/which I prefer[/i], which has object gap. READ MORE

4. 3. The Americanised British English Classroom: A case study on the linguistic nature of the input in Swedish EFL teaching

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Anna Eriksson Schaper; [2014-01-15]
   Keywords : input; EFL; Englishes; Linguistic nature; Americans vs British; Americanisation;

   Abstract : Input is everything a learner is exposed to within the target subject, yet it is a relatively scarcely researched area within EFL and SLA - especially the linguistic nature of the input that Swedish EFL learners have access to. This case study has therefore been aimed at investigating the input used by 18 English teachers in the greater Gothenburg area. READ MORE

5. 4. British vs. American pronunciation? : A real-time study of change and consistency in Swedish TV interviews 1970-2009

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Annie Kangasniemi; [2013]
   Keywords : English accents; RP; GA; media exposure; Americanization;

   Abstract : This magister degree project is a quantitative, real-time study concerning Swedes’ pronunciation of English, their choice of English accent and the degree of mixing of accents by individual speakers. The informants of the study are Swedish television journalists who speak English on television, in various interview situations. READ MORE

6. 5. EFL vs. ELF

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emma Karlsson; [2012-04-27]
   Keywords : teaching; English as a lingua franca ELF ; English as a foreign language;

   Abstract : The study explores whether or not the Swedish syllabus of English would allow the teaching of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Furthermore, the study investigates the attitudes towards the teaching of ELF among Swedish teachers of English. READ MORE