Essays about: "Linguistics in English"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 134 essays containing the words Linguistics in English.

1. 6. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
   Keywords : semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

   Abstract : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. READ MORE

3. 7. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Magnus Boström; [2023]
   Keywords : punctuation; semicolon; linguistics; prescriptivism; grammar; syntax; prosody;

   Abstract : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. READ MORE

4. 8. Wicked Witches and Evil Queens? : A corpus-based study of the near-synonyms evil and wicked in contemporary American English

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

   Author : Mariam Barazeghi; [2023]
   Keywords : adjectives; collocations; corpus linguistics; dictionaries; gender studies; synonyms;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine what contemporary corpora can reveal about the use of the two adjectives evil and wicked. These two synonyms have been analysed using corpus linguistics in order to acquire results about the differences between them regarding frequency of use, as well as their collocating nouns. READ MORE

5. 9. Mother Tongue Influence when Learning a Second Language : A Contrastive Analysis of Swedish Gymnasium Students

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

   Author : Ebba Müller; Stephanie Dahlquist; [2023]
   Keywords : Linguistics; contrastive analysis; mother tongue; influence; interference; errors;

   Abstract : The intended purpose of this essay was to examine student essays to find out if there are any first language interferences in Swedish students’ written English. First language interference has been researched before, which will be presented in the essay, amongst other terms such as translanguaging, acquisition and language transfer, all explained in the theoretical concepts section. READ MORE

6. 10. Generating Wikipedia Articles with Grammatical Framework : A Case Study

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Keivan Matinzadeh; [2023]
   Keywords : Grammatical Framework; Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Generation; Computer Science; Grammatical Framework; Beräkningslingvistik; Textgenerering; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Natural language generation is a method used to produce understandable texts in human languages from data [1]. Grammatical Framework is a grammar formalism and a functional programming language using a nonstatistical approach to build natural language applications. READ MORE