Essays about: "Pronouns"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 104 essays containing the word Pronouns.

  1. 26. Personal Deixis in the 2020 United States Presidential Election : An Analysis of Joe Biden’s and Donald Trump’s Political Speeches

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Monika Wisniewska; [2020]
    Keywords : personal pronouns; deixis; political discourse; presidential election; speeches;

    Abstract : The present study aims to explore how deictic personal pronouns are used in political speeches by the two American presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, during the 2020 United States presidential election. Donald Trump’s usage of the personal pronouns I, you, he/she, we and they is analysed and compared to Joe Biden’s usage of the same personal pronouns. READ MORE

  3. 27. He or She or They : Generic pronoun use among Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Oona Ahokas; [2020]
    Keywords : cross-linguistic transfer; epicene pronouns; non-native speakers; language attitudes;

    Abstract : The use of pronouns by native Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English was tested in order to discover a possible cross-linguistic transfer. The participants were tasked to refer to gender-ambiguous antecedents in both oral and written form as well as report their attitudes towards issues regarding gendered language and gender in society. READ MORE

  4. 28. Marking the specific direct object in restrictive relative clauses in spoken Farsi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Jamie Rinder; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Persian has a case system whereby specific direct objects are marked with the enclitic را =rā. However, the spoken language presents a greater degree of flexibility with regard to =rā marking, especially in complex clauses such as restrictive relative clauses where a head noun can fulfil more than one syntactic function. READ MORE

  5. 29. The language of non-commercial advertising: A pragmatic approach

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

    Author : Anna Rath Foley; [2020]
    Keywords : Advertising; Attention-seeking function; Informing function; Non-commercial advertising; Persuading function; Pragmatics; Relevance Theory;

    Abstract : The current study has explored the language of 30 non-commercial advertisements, both quantitatively and qualitatively, within the framework of pragmatics. The main incentive was to conduct an investigation into how the advertiser working with such a philanthropic genre employs attention-seeking, informing and persuading functions when she communicates with her audience. READ MORE

  6. 30. Foreign character language : A case study on Kagura from Gin Tama

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Nillen Kanon; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Role language in Japanese is a term defined in 2000 by Satoshi Kinsui. Role language usesdifferent pronouns, copula and sentence-ending particles to depict a certain type of characterusing language. READ MORE