Essays about: "Idiom comprehension"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Idiom comprehension.

  1. 1. Reading between the lines : A quantitative study of Swedish upper secondary students’ idiom familiarity in English

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Viktoria Rösler; [2023]
    Keywords : idiom; familiarity; comprehension; Sweden; Upper secondary school; EnglisH;

    Abstract : This study investigates Swedish upper secondary students’ familiarity with English idioms, and whether or not there are differences depending on what level of proficiency the students are at. The participating students took an idiom familiarity test adapted from Nippold & Rudzinski (1993) which aimed at measuring students’ familiarity with a number of English idioms. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on students’ comprehension of idiomatic expressions in English as a second language

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Fridur Rún Dungal; [2021]
    Keywords : Age; Context; Extra-curricular activity; Frequency; Idiom comprehension; SLA; Transparency;

    Abstract : In the present investigation, 99 compulsory school students in Sweden were asked to define nine English idioms chosen for their variation in inherent transparency and frequency. The participants were divided into two groups, where Group 2 was provided with context of varying degrees of support, while Group 1 was not. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beating about the bush: written production and comprehension of L2 idioms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Lina Palm; [2019]
    Keywords : figurative meaning; idiom; keystroke logging; language transfer; literal meaning; phraseology; second language acquisition; second language learning; translation; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : A study on the online process of producing idioms in writing and how second language learners manage the production and comprehension of idioms may provide a useful and comprehensive investigation of the production, comprehension and acquisition of language. The study in this paper investigated how Swedish (L1) second language learners of English (L2) produce and comprehend written idioms in the L2. READ MORE

  5. 4. This paper sure is a brass ring!  : A quantitative study on the effect of context for non-native students’ interpretation of English idioms.

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Angelica Halling; [2018]
    Keywords : idiom; interpretation; non-native students; context; Sweden; figurative meaning; familiarity; transparency;

    Abstract : Idioms are a big part of languages but can cause trouble for communication, especially for non-native speakers of a language. Interpreting idioms correctly means that one must derive a figurative meaning from words that individually mean something else. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cognitively Motivated Meanings for Idioms : The Metaphorical and Metonymical Structures of two Semantically Equivalent but Structurally Different Idioms in English and Swedish

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Björn Book; [2016]
    Keywords : cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; conceptual metonymy; motivation; embodiment;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the similarities and differences of the cognitive structures of the English-Swedish idiom pair to step into someone’s shoes and att axla någons mantel (to shoulder someone’s mantle [lit.]) in order to investigate possible conceptual or embodied motivations for their meanings. READ MORE