Essays about: "Linguistics in English"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 134 essays containing the words Linguistics in English.

1. 11. Seamster, Sewer And Sewist : The Titles For Those Who Sew From 1470 To 2022

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Tora Tendal; [2023]
   Keywords : English Linguistics; Etymology; Sewing; Seamster; Tailor; Sewer; Seamstress; Dressmaker; Sewist; Work title; Professional; Hobby;

   Abstract : This corpus study has focused on the titles used by those who sew as a hobby, primarily on the six most frequently used ones. The corpora used are Early English Books Online, Google Books Ngram Viewer and a corpus compiled in SketchEngine. The research also looked at the etymology and how their meanings might have changed from 1470 to 2022. READ MORE

3. 12. Pragmatic strategies in academic English as a lingua franca : A corpus-based analysis of the use of the discourse markers, yeah, okay, and so during academic consultations hours

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

   Author : Ida Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : English as a lingua franca; pragmatics; discourse markers; academic consultation hours; corpus linguistics;

   Abstract : English is used as a lingua franca to communicate when interlocutors' do not share a first language (DeBartolo, 2014). This is prominent in academia, where teachers and students in international exchange programs communicate daily in English as a lingua franca (ELF). READ MORE

4. 13. The Alt-Right and Agenda Setting Theory : A study of online news outlets and magazines

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Luka Wetzelaer; [2023]
   Keywords : Alt-Right movement; Agenda Setting theory; Corpus linguistics;

   Abstract : The Alt-Right is a movement that became very mainstream and this article’s research is about how often the Alt-Right movement has been mentioned in online news articles and magazines. Previous articles have researched how the Alt-Right has spread its presence on online forums and social media pages, what is written on these online forums where the Alt-Right has a presence and what their main ideas and ideology is. READ MORE

5. 14. The Power of Words : How the use of words reflects societal opinion

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : David Brodin; [2023]
   Keywords : Gay; Queer; Corpus Linguistics;

   Abstract : This essay examines the ways that the underlying meaning of the keywords queer and gay had changed between, and during, the periods of 1989-1991, 1999-2001 and 2009-2011 within the medium of written American English as collected by the Corpus of Historical American English across multiple written genres. The examination of the two chosen keywords was conducted by sorting the list-results of respective COHA queries into each period, and then conducted by a systematic sorting of the query results into one out of four categories depending on how the keywords were primed, framed and used. READ MORE

6. 15. What essentially might be almost certain about climate change : The translation of hedges in popular science

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sofia Hamberg; [2022]
   Keywords : covert translation; hedging; lexical hedges; modal strength; modification; omission; popular science; retained translation; strategic hedges;

   Abstract : This study investigates how hedges are used in an American popular science text about the effects of climate change and to what extent their translation to Swedish is retained or modified concerning modal strength. Furthermore, the study seeks to explain the reasons behind translation choices, which affect the level of modal strength and or linguistics alterations in the target text. READ MORE