Essays about: "Relative Clauses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Relative Clauses.

1. 1. LinguaMapping: The New Frontier in Language Processing : A New Online Tool for Measuring Swedish L1 Transfer in English Embedded Relative Clauses

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

   Author : Henrik Salomonsson; [2023]
   Keywords : L1 transfer; English embedded relative clauses; language processing; eye-tracking; self-paced reading; LinguaMapping;

   Abstract : The structure of embedded relative clauses in English may involve several grammatical elements, generating different grammatical rules with respect to word order. Studying the impact of first language (L1) transfer in the production of English embedded relative clauses is important to reveal valuable information about specific challenges in second language acquisition (SLA). READ MORE

3. 2. An online study of L2 relative clause processing: Evidence from self-paced reading in Persian learners of English

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

   Author : Abdolnoor Khaleghi; [2022]
   Keywords : relative clause; online L2 processing; second language comprehension; attachment preference; self-paced reading; heuristic processing; good-enough approach; working memory span.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study examines relative clause (RC) processing in Persian learners of English and native speakers of English to explore whether or how different task demands, referential context information with three potential RC antecedents along with the variables noun type (definite, indefinite), RC length (short, long) and RC type (extraposed, non-extraposed) affect their processing, using both an online non-cumulative self-paced reading task and an offline questionnaire. In the self-paced reading task, the online processing of RC attachment resolution was examined when participants read temporarily ambiguous sentences with RCs preceded by one clause or two clauses containing three NPs followed by comprehension questions to explore L2 RC attachment preferences. READ MORE

4. 3. Mandatory Retirement’s Effect on Mutual Agreement Severance Pay : Evidence from a Swedish Reform

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Henning Ottmer; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : With a novel approach, I study the utility of mandatory retirement clauses in labor contracts, by using severance payment deals to measure employers’ willingness to pay to get rid of olderworkers. I compile a data set covering 5,363 incidences of severance payments from a sampleof Swedish public employers. READ MORE

5. 4. Adverbial clauses in translation  : Translation of finite and non-finite (-ing, -ed and to-infinitive) adverbial clauses from English to Swedish in popular science

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Caroline Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : adverbial clauses; translation; explicitation;

   Abstract : This study investigates adverbial clauses in a translation of a popular science text from English to Swedish. The clauses investigated are both finite and non-finite adverbial clauses. The non-finite adverbial clauses are ing-clauses (present participle), ed-clauses (past participle) and to-infinitive clauses. READ MORE

6. 5. 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