Essays about: "Pronouns"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 104 essays containing the word Pronouns.

1. 31. Linguistic sexism in a digitally native news outlet : A study on linguistic sexism at lexical and discourse levels in Buzzfeed News

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Johanna Hammarqvist Kristensen; [2019]
   Keywords : Sexism; digitally native; newspaper language; Buzzfeed; feminist stylistics; Sexism; digitalt inhemsk; digitally native; tidningsspråk; Buzzfeed; feministisk stilistik;

   Abstract : In 2018, most news articles are consumed online from a digitally native news outlet and it is therefore appropriate to examine the presence of linguistic sexism in the digitally native news site Buzzfeed News. The material is made up of 159 articles collected from Buzzfeed News. READ MORE

3. 32. Anaphoric demonstratives in student academic writing : A cross-disciplinary study of (un)attended this and these

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2019]
   Keywords : cohesion; demonstratives; anaphoric reference; disciplinary variation; student writing;

   Abstract : Cohesive devices such as anaphoric reference play an important role in written discourse. This thesis investigates the extent to which the anaphoric demonstratives this and these are used as determiners (‘attended’) or pronouns (‘unattended’) by first-year undergraduate students from four different academic disciplines. READ MORE

4. 33. English Translation of Thai Pronouns : How Two Translators Have Dealt with Thai Personal Pronouns in Four Reigns

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Camille Nampetch; [2019]
   Keywords : Thai personal pronouns; Pramoj; Four Reigns; translation techniques; Tulachandra; Barang;

   Abstract : This study has looked into what translation techniques Tulachandra and Barang have used in their English translation of Thai personal pronouns in Pramoj’s novel Four Reigns. Thai uses different personal pronouns to different people to signify social status, gender and intimacy, which may be challenging for the English translations to achieve. READ MORE

5. 34. A comparative analysis of word use in popular science and research articles in the natural sciences: A corpus linguistic investigation

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Fredrik Nilsson; [2019]
   Keywords : corpus linguistics; popular science; popularization; research articles; word frequency; concordance; keyword-in-context; word clusters; part-of-speech;

   Abstract : Within the realm of the natural sciences there are different written genres for interested readers to explore. Popular science articles aim to explain advanced scientific research to a non-expert audience while research articles target the science experts themselves. READ MORE

6. 35. ORE WA BOKU JA NAI. Second Language Identities: Swedish exchange student’s usage of first person pronouns in Japanese

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Madeleine Finck Björgen; [2018-06-13]
   Keywords : japanska; SLA; identity; Japanese; first person pronouns; gendered language;

   Abstract : This study aims to further investigate how expression of gender identity in Japanese takes form, with focus on the grammatical category 1S pronouns, such as watashi (私), watakushi (私), ore (俺) and boku (僕). This study includes both a quantitative and qualitative approach towards usage of Japanese’s 1S pronouns. READ MORE