Essays about: "Marcus Midefelt"

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  1. 1. Sailors and Tentative Talk-a-lots. - A study of folk linguistic notions of gendered language in action films

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Marcus Midefelt; [2013-11-15]
    Keywords : Folk linguistic notion; Popular Culture; Feminism; Content Analysis; Gender; Film; Action; Genre; Protagonist; Swear; Tag question; Intonation question;

    Abstract : The relationship between reality and the media is a complex one; some say that media is the most important symbolic world for the shaping of our perception of reality while others argue that expecting the media to be representative of the real world may be potentially harmful for our understanding of this relationship. This study investigates this relationship by measuring the frequency of three folk linguistic notions of gendered language in action films. READ MORE