Essays about: "Carrie Leung"

Found 2 essays containing the words Carrie Leung.

1. 1. Codeswitching in print advertisements in Hong Kong and Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Carrie Leung; [2006]
   Keywords : Sociolinguistics; Codeswitching; Advertising; Bilingualism; Hong Kong; Cantonese - kantonesiska; Swedish - svenska; Kodväxling; Tvåspråkighet; Reklamspråk; Språkbyte; Applied linguistics; foreign languages teaching; sociolinguistics; Tillämpad lingvistik; undervisning i främmande språk; sociolingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present study focuses on the codeswitching phenomenon in Hong Kong and Swedish print newspaper advertisements. With a contrastive analysis of code-switched advertisements from Hong Kong and Sweden, this paper will also describe the patterns and structures of Cantonese-English and Swedish-English codeswitchings, what are mixed and the reasons why people code-switch. READ MORE

3. 2. A comparison of the use of major English conjunctions by American and Hong Kong university students (Using the HKUST corpus, HKBU corpus and the ICLE corpus of American English)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Carrie Leung; [2005]
   Keywords : Engelska språket; Grammatik; Samordnande konjunktioner; Språkpragmatik; Syntax; Hong Kong-engelska; Amerikanska; English; Engelska; Applied linguistics; foreign languages teaching; sociolinguistics; Tillämpad lingvistik; undervisning i främmande språk; sociolingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to compare the use of three major conjunctions ?and?, ?or? and ?but? by Chinese (Hong Kong) and American university students. The study is also concerned with the position and functions of major conjunctions. READ MORE