Essays about: "Explanation texts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Explanation texts.

  1. 1. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Magnus Boström; [2023]
    Keywords : punctuation; semicolon; linguistics; prescriptivism; grammar; syntax; prosody;

    Abstract : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. READ MORE

  3. 2. The complexity of linguistic complexity: a corpus-based study on development of phrasal complexity in written L2-Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Karin Rasmusson; [2023]
    Keywords : Second language development; Complexity; Accuracy; and Fluency; Linguistic complexity; Syntactic complexity; Phrasal complexity; Noun phrase complexity; Morphological complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to establish whether or not a development of the complexity of the noun phrase, i.e. an increase in noun phrase elaboration could be observed in written L2 Swedish over time. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Unking and Unpriest the Earth!” : Conspiracy Theory, the Illuminati and Revolutionary Freemasonry in the Writings of the abbé Barruel and Nicolas Bonneville

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Linnea Björnegren; [2022]
    Keywords : Augustin Barruel; Nicolas Bonneville; Illuminati; Freemasonry; Jesuits; French Revolution; Conspiracy theory; conspiracism; secret societies;

    Abstract : This thesis proposes an explanation for origin of conspiracy theories about the French Revolution. Despite being unfounded, the conspiracy theory blaming the Illuminati for the Revolution became widespread because it appeared to be supported by evidence. The primary source material consists of texts produced by two contemporaries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Coming to terms with cricket : A translation study of terminology in texts on cricket

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Christina Tengbom; [2021]
    Keywords : cricket terminology; cricket; English; Swedish; terminology; translation strategy;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the translation of terms in four texts on cricket. The first aim of the essay was to identify the most appropriate translation strategy for each term based on Niska and Frøili’s (1992:361) six translation strategies. READ MORE

  6. 5. Incorporating speaker’s role in classification of text-based dialogues

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Therese Stålhandske; [2020]
    Keywords : Natural Language Processing; Text classification; Binary Classification; Conversations; Speaker context; Hierarchical Attention Networks; Attention; Role Dependent Classification Model; Språkteknologi; klassificering av konversationer; textklassifisering; neurala nätverk;

    Abstract : Dialogues are an interesting type of document, as they contain a speaker role feature not found in other types of texts. Previous work has included incorporating a speaker role dependency in text-generation, but little has been done in the realm of text classification. READ MORE