Essays about: "Speech-act"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 essays containing the word Speech-act.

1. 6. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power

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

   Author : Marianne Vifell Waters; [2023]
   Keywords : Early Modern English; Shakespeare; King Lear; social rank; gender; power; possession; Semantic and Pragmatic theories.;

   Abstract : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. READ MORE

3. 7. The Swedish media representation of China : A frame analysis of the securitization of China in Swedish print media during 2012-2022

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Sonia Ruyter; [2023]
   Keywords : China threat; securitization; framing; print media; Sweden;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore the presence of ”China threat” and the securitization of China in Swedish print media. The key objective is to measure the portrayal of China as a threat and if/how that representation has changed during the time period 2012-2022. READ MORE

4. 8. Do we even care about politeness anymore? : A mixed-methods study of societal perceptions on pragmatic competence in English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Nellie Lindqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Cross-cultural pragmatics; ELF; speech-act theory; politeness theory; sociopragmatic competence; sociolinguistics;

   Abstract : Politeness is viewed as an admirable trait by most people, yet what it means to be polite is arguably a controversial issue when it comes to using English, as people of different ages, education levels, and proficiency levels use English daily, and may have different views on politeness. These observations raise questions about whether there are certain universal pragmatic rules, or if pragmatic rules are primarily language- and/or culture-specific. READ MORE

5. 9. From election to insurrection : A Speech Act Theory study of Donald Trump’s tweets in the wake of the 2020 election.

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Pedagogik, språk och ämnesdidaktik

   Author : Paraskevi Karapostoli; [2022]
   Keywords : speech act theory; Donald Trump; tweets; twitter; directive speech acts;

   Abstract : This essay utilizes Speech Act Theory to assess Donald Trump’s role in inciting the riot that took place in Washington D.C. on the 6th of January, 2021 and culminated with the attack on the Capitol building. For the purposes of the study a corpus was created with tweets collected from the Trump Twitter Archive. READ MORE

6. 10. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2022]
   Keywords : Southern Nambikwara; subjectivity; epistemic marking; egophoricity; co-distributions;

   Abstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE