Essays about: "Diana Frederiksen"

Found 2 essays containing the words Diana Frederiksen.

  1. 1. Risk-taking behavior in monolingual vs. bilingual children: an experiment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Diana Frederiksen; [2015]
    Keywords : Risk preference; risk taking; behavioral economics; bilingualism; children; gender; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The effect of language on economic behavior is an area of research recently brought to public attention. Previous studies have touched upon the effect of language on risk attitudes, though this behavior in children has been studied to a lesser extent. READ MORE

  3. 2. BELF in the workplace: a linguistic ethnographic study : An observation of English as a lingua franca used by employees at a Swedish company

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Diana Frederiksen; [2014]
    Keywords : English as a lingua franca ELF ; Business English as a lingua franca BELF ; linguistic ethnography; social talk; international business communication; Engelska som lingua franca; affärsengelska; lingvistisk etnografi; internationell affärskommunikation;

    Abstract : This paper was aimed at researching the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in a business context by the use of linguistic ethnography (LE). Previous research has been primarily either survey- or interview-based or strictly qualitative in its investigation. READ MORE