Essays about: "Germanic"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the word Germanic.

  1. 16. Early Lyres in Context - A Comparative Contextual Study on Early Lyres and the Identity of Their Owner/User

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Julia Hillberg; [2015]
    Keywords : identity; grave; context; Scandinavian; continental; Anglo-Saxon; bridge; Germanic round-lyre; Music Archaeology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Prehistorical musical instruments have been explored in archaeology more systematically since the 1970s when music archaeology was established as a field of study. The new awareness initially led to studies centred on retrieving musical instruments that had been missed and were now lost in archives. New discoveries, too, are very object-oriented. READ MORE

  3. 17. “The impacts of country-of-origin and ethnocentrism on consumers’ product evaluations”

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Lena Brenner; [2013-09-20]
    Keywords : advertising communication strategies; country image; country-of-origin; consumer ethnocentrism; quality perception; price evaluation; product category; product country match; purchase intention;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to develop communication strategies based on country-of-origin effects evoking different consumer perceptions. To what extent consumer ethnocentrism influences the evaluation of goods produced in one’s home country, contrary to internationally manufactured products, illustrates another main purpose of this thesis. READ MORE

  4. 18. Germanic and French adjectives in The Canterbury Tales How are etymologically different adjectives used in the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sanne Eriksson; [2013-04-09]
    Keywords : French; Germanic; adjectives; etymology; General Prologue; The Canterbury Tales;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate how etymologically different adjectives are used in the General Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Are etymologically French adjectives used for people of higher society and are therefore the Germanic ones reserved for the people of a lower social class? In Order to find out, "The Canterbury Tales" was read in its original 14th century language and the adjectives were taken out and investigated. READ MORE

  5. 19. Two Millennia of Lexical and Typological Change in Western Europe - a quantitative approach

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

    Author : Filip Larsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Lexicology; typology; historical linguistics; Western Europe; Indo-European; Celtic; Germanic; Romance; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the lexical and typological change found in the Western European language families of Germanic, Romance and Celtic over the last two millennia. The method used was to create one lexical and one typological database and the data was analysed according to etic grids. READ MORE

  6. 20. Negation in Germanic languages : A micro-typological study on negation

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Carles Fuster Sansalvador; [2013]
    Keywords : Germanic; negation; word order; micro-typology; typology; Germanska språk; negation; ordföljd; typologi; mikrotypologi;

    Abstract : Traditionally, typological classifications have been done in a macro-typological perspective; that is,they have been based on balanced world-wide samples of languages, which often avoid includingclosely related languages, since these are supposed to act alike with respect to their typologicalfeatures and structures. However, attention has recently been drawn to the idea that even closelyrelated languages, as well as dialects within languages, may differ on their typological features. READ MORE