Essays about: "Formulaic Language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Formulaic Language.

  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. Structural and Functional Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Music Research Articles : A Corpus-Based Approach

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Elena Novella Savelyeva; [2021]
    Keywords : formulaic language; lexical bundles; research articles; music; musicology; Corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : Applied linguistics has lately been seen in studies of formulaicity of language operating through recurrent word combinations. The present study deals with one type of word combinations, namely lexical bundles (LBs), which are defined as a sequence of three or more words that frequently co-occur in a particular register (Biber et al., 1999). READ MORE

  4. 3. What’s up with Swedish Students’ Responses to Question-Based Greetings? : A Study of How Second Language Learners of English Master the Formulaic Greetings “How are you?” and “What’s up?”

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Andreas Karlström; [2020]
    Keywords : english; greetings; pragmatics; sociopragmatics; pragmalinguistics; pragmatics of politeness; second language learning; how are you? ; what s up? ;

    Abstract : The extent to which Swedish learners of English master the formulaic language of greetings and their responses has not been well researched over the years. This study aims to fill the gap by examining how 66 Swedish senior high school students respond to two question-based English greetings: the formal “How are you?” and the informal “What’s up?”. READ MORE

  5. 4. Feeling Set Up by The Set-up : A Study on Swedish Junior High School Students’ Understanding of Phrasal Verbs

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Agnes Jonsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Phrasal verbs; SLA; L1; L2; idiomaticity; explicit teaching instruction; exposure; frequency; AmE; BrE.;

    Abstract : Existing research on phrasal verbs is ample due to their prevalent existence in the English language and the difficulties they bring out as a result of their lack of transparency (Liu, 2011, p. 661). However, more research is necessary to cover new generations of English learners who cross paths with phrasal verbs. READ MORE

  6. 5. Emblem use in parent-child interaction : A longitudinal study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Sofia Tahbaz; [2017]
    Keywords : Emblem use; language acquisition; formulaic gestures; parent-child interaction; productive vocabulary; Emblemanvändning; barns språkutveckling; fasta gester; förälder-barn interaktion; produktivt ordförråd;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates emblem use exploratory in parent-child interaction. Emblems are conventional gestures with a verbal equivalent. The aim of this study was to answer if emblem use facilitates language acquisition. Formulaic gestures – fixed gestures accompanying songs – were examined as a subgesture of emblems. READ MORE