Essays about: "Noun phrase complexity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Noun phrase complexity.

  1. 1. The complexity of linguistic complexity: a corpus-based study on development of phrasal complexity in written L2-Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Karin Rasmusson; [2023]
    Keywords : Second language development; Complexity; Accuracy; and Fluency; Linguistic complexity; Syntactic complexity; Phrasal complexity; Noun phrase complexity; Morphological complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to establish whether or not a development of the complexity of the noun phrase, i.e. an increase in noun phrase elaboration could be observed in written L2 Swedish over time. READ MORE

  3. 2. Translating between the lines : Decoding the syntactic condensation found in nominalisations and non-finite supplementive clauses

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Vivian Marshall; [2019]
    Keywords : congruence; explicitation; nominalisation; non-finite supplementive clauses; translation studies; transposition;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine how syntactically condensed structures are translated from English to Swedish in a non-fiction text. The analysis covers nominalisations and non-finite ing- and ed-clauses functioning as adverbials. READ MORE

  4. 3. On the Translation of Adjectival Pre-Modifiers : A Study of English-Swedish Translation Shifts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Roberto Draganic; [2018]
    Keywords : translation studies; Swedish; English; adjectives; pre-modification; translation shift; category shift;

    Abstract : This study examined the translation of adjectival pre-modifiers (i.e. pre-modifying adjectives and pre-modifying participles) from English into Swedish. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Corpus Study of Signalling Nouns in L2 English Essays by Swedish Students

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Jannina Korhonen; [2018]
    Keywords : noun phrase; syntax; noun phrase complexity; corpus; second language acquisition;

    Abstract : This study is about the structure of the noun phrases used with with signalling nouns, which are abstract nouns that are hard to understand without a context. The inspiration for the study comes from work by John Flowerdew. READ MORE

  6. 5. Naming A World of Things – An investigation of the development of noun phrases in written expository discourse, from adolescents to expert writers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Pia Gustafsson; [2016]
    Keywords : later syntactic development; writing expertise; noun phrase lexicality; noun phrase length; noun phrase complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : One component in writing development is a more efficient use of syntactic tools. Later syntactic development, specifically that of the noun phrase, is an understudied area, notably so for Swedish. READ MORE