Essays about: "Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis.

1. 1.  “What you NEED to know”,  “Was man wissen muss” and “Vad man behöver veta” : A contrastive corpus study of  NEED to and its German and Swedish correspondences in non-fiction

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hanna Julin; [2020]
   Keywords : democratization; the Linnaeus University English–German–Swedish Corpus LEGS ; NEED to; obligation; parallel corpus; semi-modal; translation;

   Abstract : This study investigates how the semi-modal need to is translated into German/Swedish and which German/Swedish correspondences are translated into need to. To this end, the Linnaeus University English–German–Swedish Corpus (LEGS) is used. READ MORE

3. 2. L2 intonation by Swedish learners of Japanese:Analysis of pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Natsumi Goto; [2020]
   Keywords : L2 Japanese intonation; Swedish learners of Japanese; L2 errors at the phrasal and sentence levels; pitch accent.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the L2 intonation of Swedish learners of Japanese with a focus on pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors. Previous studies have attempted to predict L2 learners’ difficulties and errors, such as Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) by Lado (1957) and Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) by Eckman (1977; 1985). READ MORE

4. 3. Can you pronunce January? : A comparative study of Swedish students learning English in an at-home environment and a study-abroad environment

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Evelina Green; [2017]
   Keywords : study abroad programs; phonology; second language learning; contrastive analysis hypothesis; utbytesstudier; fonologi; andraspråksinlärning; contrastive analysis hypothesis kontastiv-analys-hypotes ;

   Abstract : The aim of the study was to investigate whether there is a difference between Swedish learners of English in an at-home environment compared to Swedish learners of English who studied English abroad for a year, in their ability to distinguish between certain English phoneme. The method used to investigate was through a questionnaire where the informants had to identify words containing the sounds /z/, /θ/, /ð/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/ and /w/. READ MORE

5. 4. Charlie likes sherry and chips, Shirley likes cherries and ships : New sounds in a new language

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Cecilia Jevring; [2015]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition; second language phonology; Speech Learning Model; Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis; phoneme; English; Swedish; Phonology;

   Abstract : This study aims at investigating the suitability of the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and the Speech Learning Model in describing young Swedish learners’ L2 phonology difficulties. It also explores what L1 sounds they replace L2 sounds with, and whether spelling has any influence on pronunciation. READ MORE

6. 5. The Mind or the Mother Tongue? : A study of grammatical errors among L1 Swedish learners in Year 9

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Mikaela Englund; [2015]
   Keywords : L2 acusition; contrastive analysis hypothesis; errors; mistakes;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyse errors written by Year 9 and examine whether the errors derive from the pupils´ mother tongue (Swedish) or not. 20 essays collected from a school in southern Sweden were examined for this study. READ MORE