Essays about: "Diachronic"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 65 essays containing the word Diachronic.

  1. 6. Gender-neutrality in Written Discourse : A newspaper-based diachronic comparisonstudy of gender-neutral vocabulary

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Yuchen Zeng; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-neutral vocabulary; Diachronic; Gender Asymmetry; Sexist language; Gender- inclusive Language.;

    Abstract : This paper investigated the use of sexist language in English vocabulary by examininggender asymmetry and sexism in contemporary written discourse. The traditional sexistlanguage often reinforces gender stereotypes and inequalities. In English, the masculineterms are considered the unmarked form (the norm) while the feminine terms are marked. READ MORE

  3. 7. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Thomas Hans Sune Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Humayun; Mughal; esotericism; Arabic Hermeticism; Sufism; syncretism; occultism in Islam; magic;

    Abstract : Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun (1508-1556), simply known as Humayun, was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is often known with a discredited image in history even though recent investigations show a new, different, and regenerated perspective about him. READ MORE

  4. 8. From Clonas to Limenius : A diachronic investigation of the prosodion-genre

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Jonathan Söderlund; [2023]
    Keywords : prosodia; genres; style; categorization; Limenius; prosodia; genrer; stil; kategorisering; Limenios;

    Abstract : This study aims to define stylistic aspects of the prosodion-genre from the 7th–2nd century BCE, as well as the dominant features in terms of the genre’s categorization, and to determine howand why these changed over time and the role Hellenistic scholars played in this development. The study incorporates material from the genre’s origins until the performance of Limenius’ Paean and Prosodion, as well as relevant scholia. READ MORE

  5. 9. Aviation Discourses in News : The influence of the political climate on climate politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Jonathan Rahn; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Change Communication; Critical Discourse Studies; Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis; Diachronic Corpus Studies; Media Studies;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 10. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Andreas Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

    Abstract : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. READ MORE