Essays about: "blending word"

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  1. 1. LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Tove Nilsson; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : English; blending; clipping; compounding; coronavirus corpus; Covid-19; English word-formation; neologisms; semantics; vocabulary;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus pandemic has led to many new words and expressions and it is thus of interest to examine how often such neologisms are used, as well as what they might communicate semantically. READ MORE

  3. 2. Blending Words or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blendguage : A computational study of lexical blending in Swedish

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för datorlingvistik

    Author : Adam Ek; [2018]
    Keywords : Lexical blends; regression; word formation; feature ablation; ranking;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates Swedish lexical blends. A lexical blend is defined as the concatenation of two words, where at least one word has been reduced. Lexical blends are approached from two perspectives. First, the thesis investigates lexical blends as they appear in the Swedish language. READ MORE

  4. 3. OLD TO BECOME AS GOOD AS NEW : Pretreatment for gentle shredding

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Catherine Namuga; [2017]
    Keywords : recycling; mechanical recycling; shredding; interfibre friction; fibre length;

    Abstract : In today’s World, sustainability is not just a buzz word but should be the new quality. In order to live in a pollution free environment, there is an urgent need to move towards a circular economy. The rapidly increasing demand of textiles results in high amount of textile waste leading to pollution. READ MORE

  5. 4. New Chinese Words in 2014 – A Study of Word-formation Processes

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

    Author : Peter Warell; [2016]
    Keywords : Words; new words; word-formation processes; contemporary Chinese; part of speech; syllables; blending; abbreviation; borrowing; blending; analogy; derivation; compounds; language change; quasi-affixes.;

    Abstract : 随着社会的发展，尤其是互联网的发展，很多语言每年都涌现出了不少新词汇。词语是每个语言最基本也是最重要的组成部分，因此分析这些新词汇的结构特点以及构词法是很有意义的。这篇文章分析了2014年出现在中文里的新词汇和它们的构词方式，论文的目的是为了更好地了解中文词汇的发展和特点。本文以《2014汉语新词语》中公布的2014年出现的新词汇作为语料进行分析，发现了以下两个主要特点：第一，合成法，派生法，缩略法是2014年产生的新词汇的主要构词方式；第二， 百分之七十二的新词汇是多音节词（包含三个或者三个以上音节），而百分之八十的是名词。这些特点说明中文词汇现阶段的特点和发展趋势，跟传统的中文词汇有不同之处。 .. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beauty and the Blend : Implications of Cognitive Constraints and Word Class Distribution in Lexical Blending

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Kjellander; [2015]
    Keywords : Blending; wordplay; word formation; morphology.;

    Abstract : This master thesis investigates underlying principles and usage-based aspects of lexical blending. In a corpus study examining the lexical items, or matrix words, republican, liberal, and vegetarian it was found that there were three cognitive constraints influencing their potential to form blends. READ MORE