Essays about: "Diachronic Corpus Studies"
Found 3 essays containing the words Diachronic Corpus Studies.
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1. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE
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2. Aviation Discourses in News : The influence of the political climate on climate politics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Climate change must be considered one of the most critical issues of the coming decades that poten- tially poses foundational threats to human societies. Aviation has relatively little impact on green- house gas emissions globally, but this picture changes when focusing on emissions of rich industrial states. READ MORE
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3. Linguistic Politeness in Children’s Movies. : A quantitative corpus study of politeness expressions in The Movie Corpus
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This study aims to analyze explicit politeness markers such as please and thank you in children’s movies using The Movie Corpus. Differences in use over time as well as between children’s movies and other genres of film are investigated, by extracting a variety of frequencies from the corpus for further analysis. READ MORE
