Essays about: "Germanic"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the word Germanic.

1. 21. SFI...why not EFI? : A study of the teaching practices applied when teaching English to immigrants in Sweden

   University essay from HLK, Ämnesforskning

   Author : Elaine Draper; [2010]
   Keywords : Swedish for Immigrants; SFI; Second language acquisition; SLA; Cross Linguistic Influence; CLI; Teaching English; English as a second language; ESL.; Svenska för Invandrare;

   Abstract : My aim with this study is to investigate the teaching strategies applied in teaching English to students with another mother tongue than Swedish. According to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory, factors such as age, language competence and mother tongue influence can affect language acquisition. READ MORE

3. 22. Förloppslandskap : ett sätt att betrakta landskap

   University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

   Author : Hanne Nilsson; [2010]
   Keywords : förloppslandskap; landskapsbegrepp; Torsten Hägerstrand; landskapsprocesser; landskapsdynamik; europeiska landskapskonventionen;

   Abstract : Begreppet landskap kan betyda både utsiktslandskap, så som det används på engelska , och område, region, som är grundbetydelsen i de germanska språken. Torsten Hägerstrand introducerade i början på 1990-talet begreppet förloppslandskap, som vänder sig mot ett statiskt betraktande av landskap och istället tar fasta på landskapets processer. READ MORE

4. 23. From to-infinitives to gerunds : - an essay on the translation of non-finite clauses

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Sanna Evaldsson; [2009]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract Title: From To-infinitives to Gerunds – an Essay on the Translation of Non-finite Clauses Author: Sanna Evaldsson The aim of this study is to find out how non-finite clauses are translated into Swedish and what translation strategies are applied in the process of translation. Non-finite clauses are very effective stylistic devises providing condensed and concise language, which is useful in academic texts. READ MORE

5. 24. The Perception of Lexical Similarities Between L2 English and L3 Swedish

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Darja Utgof; [2008]
   Keywords : master; master s programme; master s programme in language and culture; language; culture; general linguistics; linguistics; foreign language acquisition; similarity; formal similarity; semantic similarity; functional similarity; transfer; transfer of learning; language acquisition; form; form-based research; crosslinguistic infuence; one-year master; english; swedish; lexical similarities; false friends; cognates; deceptive cognates; origin; words of the same origin; proto-germanic; proto-indo-european; competence; performance; comprehension; corpus; corpus-based data; corpus-based research; levenshtein distance; objective similarity; perceived similarity; frequency; prototype; prototypicality; proficiency; context; informed guess; simchecker; word recognition; tachitoscopic experiments; semantic correspondence; similarity judgements; eurocom; surface transfer; deep transfer; lateral transfer;

   Abstract : The present study investigates lexical similarity perceptions by students of Swedish as a foreign language (L3) with a good yet non-native proficiency in English (L2). The general theoretical framework is provided by studies in transfer of learning and its specific instance, transfer in language acquisition. READ MORE

6. 25. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Louise Eriksson; [2005]
   Keywords : near-synonymy; collocations; verbs of Germanic and Romance origin;

   Abstract : This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. READ MORE