Essays about: "Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis.
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6. Modality in Spiritual Literature : A Corpus Aided Discourse Study on Sadhguru and Eckhart Tolle
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This study investigates and discusses how two spiritual teachers from different parts of the world interact with their devotees, what the probable impacts of their interaction are, and whether they speak similarly or differently based on the use of modal auxiliary verbs and pronouns. Linguistically speaking, the mystics mostly have to address their audience/readers in a particular manner with expressions which represent certainty, possibility, obligation and so on; thus, a study of such is necessary and modal auxiliary verbs represent such expressions. READ MORE
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7. Mining the imagery : A text mining and news media content analysis of the Swedish country image in the Guardian, 2010-2020
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : In the field of public diplomacy, it has increasingly become relevant to develop analytical operations in order to gain knowledge on the perceptions of foreign publics and their attitudes towards countries – a construct known as the country image. In recent time, research on public diplomacy has been increasingly occupied with the impact of media on country images due to the continuous expansion and fragmentation of the hybrid media landscape. READ MORE
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8. Australia Day or Invasion Day? : A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the framing of Australia's national day in Australian newspapers
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : The national day of Australia, officially referred to as Australia Day, can be seen as a celebration of Australian culture or as a symbol of colonialism. Previous research shows that how newspapers frame events can impact the readers’ understanding of how reality is represented (Baker et al., 2013). READ MORE
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9. A Beautiful Wife Makes a Happy Husband : A CADS-based study on collocates to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ throughout times in both movies and contemporary culture
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the differences between what collocations are used for ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in films and contemporary culture. The comparison spans through different decades and the decades will also be compared and analysed. READ MORE
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10. Cooperation or Aid? A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Finland’s Development Policy
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The current Finnish development policy, published in 2016, follows the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 sustainable development goals. With the help of a few tools from corpus linguistics, this study conducts a critical discourse analysis of the policy, using Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional method for CDA as its methodologicalframework and post-development theory as its main theoretical background. READ MORE
