Essays about: "affix"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word affix.

  1. 1. 'In the moment' : A cross-linguistic exploration of the lexical concept [MOMENT]

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Arthur Mannheimer; [2023]
    Keywords : moment; lexical typology; lexical concept; cognitive model; semantic shift; now;

    Abstract : Lexical typological studies examine how various languages express similar concepts. Previous research has discussed how the concept of moment is encoded lexically in English, Ancient Greek, and Ancient Egyptian. However, there are no cross-linguistic studies to date that collect data on the lexical expressions associated with the concept of moment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Itô Diffusions on Level Sets

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Analys och partiella differentialekvationer; Uppsala universitet/Statistik, AI och data science

    Author : Coën Olofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Itô diffusions; level sets; stochastic differential geometry; numerical schemes;

    Abstract : Itô diffusions that move on level sets of functions in Rn, which we have called level processes, are an overlooked variant of the classical Itô processes. These processes find themselves nestled between the study of regular Itô diffusions in Rn and diffusions which are bound to smooth manifolds. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Selected topics in the grammar and lexicon of Matal

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Allahverdi Verdizade; [2018]
    Keywords : Matal; Chadic languages; verbal morphology; Afroasiatic languages; Cameroon; parallel text; under-documented langauges; Matal; tchadspråk; verbmorfologi; afroasiatiska språk; Kamerun; parallelltext; underdocumenterade språk;

    Abstract : This thesis describes basic grammatical features and lexicon of Matal, a Chadic language spoken by around 18 000 people in northern Cameroon. A translation of the New Testament is used as a parallel text for the purposes of this study. The identified language structures are compared with other Chadic languages. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Study of Acquiring L2 Vocabulary Through Using Word Part Strategy

    University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

    Author : XINJIE LIU; [2011]
    Keywords : word part strategy; vocabulary acquisition; affix knowledge;

    Abstract : Vocabulary learning strategy plays an important role in vocabulary acquisition; one of the major vocabulary strategies is word part strategy. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether word part strategy can help students to understand words and facilitate vocabulary acquisition. READ MORE