Essays about: "Negative Concord"

Found 4 essays containing the words Negative Concord.

  1. 1. Slips or errors? : A study of the grammatical mistakes in Swedish pupils' written production of English

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Elina Jonsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition SLA ; grammar; mistakes; slips; errors; interlingual transfer; intralingual transfer; negative transfer; L1; L2; Contrastive Analysis; Error Analysis;

    Abstract : Grammar is an important aspect of language learning and is thus of concern in language teaching as well. This study sets out to investigate the kinds of grammatical mistakes Swedish secondary school pupils make in their written production of English and the possible causes behind these different mistakes. READ MORE

  3. 2. "I want to stay in Sweden whole my life..." A study and alalysis of errors in the written production of Swedish pupils in the 9th grade

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Katarina Krokström; [2012-08-20]
    Keywords : second language acquisition; error analysis; grammar; transfer; written production;

    Abstract : This essay investigates errors in written production by Swedish pupils in the ninth grade. A total of 36 essays were randomly selected from the National Assessment Programme in English in 2010. When analysing the corpus, all errors from six different categories were marked and counted. READ MORE

  4. 3. Concord errors in written production of Swedish learners of English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emelie1 Johansson; [2012-06-27]
    Keywords : subject; verb; predicate; concord agreement; error analysis; Swedish and English;

    Abstract : This study has examined and discussed previous research about subject-verb concord and also examined the phenomena with help of essays and assignments written by students and teachers from the University of Gothenburg. The study found that even though Sweden has an easy access to English and Swedes easily develop their command of English, Swedes have problems with subject-verb concord. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender difference and similarities in the use of negative concord for the regional dialects of England in the BNC.

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora; Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Roy Stone; [2009]
    Keywords : Negative Concord; Double Negation;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE