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  1. 1. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE

  3. 2. Processing Predicate NPs: An EEG study

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

    Author : Ann Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : pronoun resolution; agreement attraction; nominal predicates; EEG; ERPs; P600; anterior negativity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Theories on discourse accessibility and givenness suggest that nominal discourse entities vary with regard to how likely they are to act as antecedents to anaphoric expressions. Many factors are thought to affect the accessibility of a nominal entity in the mental model, including its morphosyntactic form and grammatical role. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Pronoun translation between English and Icelandic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Jakobsson Odd; [2018]
    Keywords : Pronoun; Machine Translation; Icelandic;

    Abstract : A problem in machine translation is how to handle pronouns since languages use these differently, for example, in anaphoric reference. This essay examines what happens to the English third person pronouns he, she, and it when translated into Icelandic. READ MORE

  6. 5. Noun Phrase Anaphora and Referential Behaviour in Child-Directed Speech During the Child’s First Year

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : David Pagmar; [2015]
    Keywords : anaphora; anaphoric pronouns; child-directed speech; referential behaviour;

    Abstract : “Anaphora” is a label used for a referential expression that connects one entity (e.g. a pronoun) to another previously established entity (e.g. READ MORE