Essays about: "English Newspapers"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 57 essays containing the words English Newspapers.

  1. 31. Exploring a recent grammatical change : A corpus-based investigation of the core modals will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to in newspapers and blogs written by Swedes

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Felix Fernebring; [2014]
    Keywords : Auxiliary verbs; BE going to; corpora; grammaticalization; modality; semi-modal; shall; variation; will;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how the modal auxiliaries will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to are used to express futurity by individuals whose first language is Swedish. The study is corpus based, and the corpora used in this study consist of Swedish newspapers in English (SWENC) and material from blogs which are written in English by Swedes (BESC). READ MORE

  3. 32. Collective nouns in English used in Sweden : A corpus-based study on number concord with collective nouns

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Petra Örlegård; [2014]
    Keywords : agreement; American English; British English; collective nouns; concord; corpus; news genre; plurality; singularity; Sweden;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how Swedes writing in English construct number concord with collective nouns. This was done by studying three primary corpora: the Swedish English Newspaper Corpus (SWENC) and the press sections of Frown (American English) and F-LOB (British English). READ MORE

  4. 33. Gender Representation in Contemporary American English Newspapers and Magazines. : A Study on Collocating Adjectives of ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’.

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Roza Bicer; [2014]
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  5. 34. The Battlefield of the Human Body Revisited – Metaphors and Cancer : A Comparison between Genres

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Maria Zetterström; [2013]
    Keywords : Metaphors; cancer; discourse analysis; genre analysis; corpus analysis; semantic roles.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine metaphors in cancer contexts, and in particular war and military metaphors. A four step approach was performed for the examination. READ MORE

  6. 35. Teaching Methods of Foreign Languages : Teaching and learning of Spanish language in Kabul

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Freshta Zahir; [2013]
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    Abstract : Second languages which are also called foreign languages are learnt beside native spoken languages and they are learnt in a systematic way (Hinkel, 2005). Spanish and English are widely spoken around the globe and they have improved a lot in Afghanistan, especially SPanish after Spanish military existence in teh country as part of ISAF after 2001 to Afghanistan and after the establishment of some private schools where Spanish is a part of curriculum. READ MORE