Essays about: "English collocation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words English collocation.

  1. 1. A quantitative study of Swedish high school L2 learners' receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Louise Frifelt; [2024]
    Keywords : Collocations; Multi-word units; Formulaic language; Second language acquisition; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper investigates receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations among Swedish high school students. The study tests the claim that L2 (second language) learners of English have a low level of collocational competence and tend to recognise high-frequent collocations more than low-frequent since the former have been encountered more. READ MORE

  3. 2. COLLOCATION COMPETENCY AMONG IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-10-03]
    Keywords : English; positive lexical transfer; negative lexical transfer; lexical collocations; English language proficiency; collocation competency;

    Abstract : In the current study, a quantitative approach was taken to explore the impact of the first language on the transfer of lexical collocations, highlighting both positive and negative transfer effects. It explored the correlation between English language proficiency and collocation competency, along with the influence of gender on collocation competency. READ MORE

  4. 3. 'In the moment' : A cross-linguistic exploration of the lexical concept [MOMENT]

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Arthur Mannheimer; [2023]
    Keywords : moment; lexical typology; lexical concept; cognitive model; semantic shift; now;

    Abstract : Lexical typological studies examine how various languages express similar concepts. Previous research has discussed how the concept of moment is encoded lexically in English, Ancient Greek, and Ancient Egyptian. However, there are no cross-linguistic studies to date that collect data on the lexical expressions associated with the concept of moment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 5. LAUGHTER PREDICTION IN TEXT BASED DIALOGUES Predicting Laughter using Transformer-Based Models

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Hemanth Kumar Battula; [2022-06-20]
    Keywords : Transformer; BERT; Laughter; Sliding Window;

    Abstract : In this paper we will attempt to predict and assess the performance of predicting laughter using a BERT model (Devlin et al., 2019), and a BERT model finetuned on the Open subtitles dataset with and without considering dialogue-acts classes as well as sliding window of dialogues. READ MORE