Essays about: "Dependent clauses."
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1. Guns and Clauses : On the epidemic of American mass shootings
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The matter of mass shootings is a widely discussed topic all over the USA, and what is frequently given as a reason to the high number of mass shootings is the lack of background checks and the generally lax gun policies in the USA. But can mass shootings in the USA be impeded by controllaws and if so, how? What other possible ways of impeding mass shootings are there? What other possible ways to impede mass shootings are there? How does public opinion affect the possibility to adopt new gun restrictions in the USA? This thesis examines, using a path-dependent perspective, what role the American gun policy has in creating mass shootings, and whether creating stricter gunlaws could make a desired difference in decreasing the number of fatal mass shootings. READ MORE
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2. The long and the short of it : the translation of non-finite adverbial clauses and ly-adverbials
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This study investigates the translation of non-finite supplementive clauses and one-word adverbials with a suffix of -ly in an English non-fiction text of academic prose and its Swedish target text. The results show that the non-finite supplementive clauses often are translated into either a new main clause, a coordinated clause or a subordinate clause, where the latter in a majority of cases involves the use of explicitation. READ MORE
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3. Gender differences in syntactic complexity amongst Swedish L2 learners of English
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Internationally, female L2 learners of English are believed to outperform males in all areas including writing. However, in the context of Sweden, the gender gap has been reducing in recent decades. READ MORE
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4. Subordination, subject-verb agreement and the CEFR: An analysis of linguistic complexity and accuracy in written L2 English and L3 French in relation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This investigation concerns written output produced by Swedish learners of English as a second language (L2) and French as a third language (L3). The analysed texts were rated according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which is a widespread and language-independent document commonly used to assess communicative competence based on six main proficiency levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2). READ MORE
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5. From left to right and back again : The distribution of dependent clauses in the Hindukush
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : In complex clause constructions, the dependent clause can either precede or succeed the main clause. In a study on a selection of Indo-Aryan languages spoken on the Indian subcontinent (Hook 1987), a gradual transition between pre- and postposing languages was found, when moving from the southeast to the northwest in the area. READ MORE
