Essays about: "aggressive verb"

Found 2 essays containing the words aggressive verb.

1. 1. The Swedish absolute reflexive construction in a cross-linguistic perspective

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Alice Bondarenko; [2020]
   Keywords : absolute reflexive; reflexive verb; aggressive verb; antipassive; reciprocal; Swedish; grammaticalization; absolut reflexiv; reflexivt verb; aggressivt verb; antipassiv; reciproka verb; svenska; grammatikalisering;

   Abstract : Swedish has the absolute reflexive construction, where a reflexive marker appears to be usedas an antipassive marker. Similar constructions, with omitted objects and reflexive marking on the verb, are found in Slavic and Baltic languages and is only possible with a small set of verbs. READ MORE

3. 2. Internet language in user-generated comments : Linguistic analysis of data from four commenting groups

   University essay from Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Jenny Dahlström; [2013]
   Keywords : asynchronous CMC; internet language; netspeak; chatspeak; user-generated content; user-generated comments; reader responses; gender;

   Abstract : The present study examines typical features of internet language found in user-generated comments collected from commenting groups from four online magazines aimed at different readerships: (1) adult women (Working Mother and Mothering), (2) adult men (Esquire), (3) young women (Seventeen) and (4) young men (Gameinformer). Approximately 5,000 words from each commenting group were collected, creating a 21,087 word corpus which was analyzed with regard to typographic (emoticons, nonstandard typography of and, personal pronouns you and I) and orthographic features (abbreviations, acronyms) as well as syntactic and stylistic features resembling spoken language (contracted forms, ellipsis of subject and/or verb and commenting tone). READ MORE