Essays about: "british adjectives"

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  1. 1. Gender differences in the usage of mild versus strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives : An analysis of findings in the BNC2014

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Katerina Swensson Doschoris; [2022]
    Keywords : Swearing; gender differences; pre-modifying adjectives; British National Corpus; sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on mild and strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives when describing a person, based on findings from the BNC2014. Previous research implies that men and women use different types of swearwords, suggesting that men tend to use stronger language than women. READ MORE

  3. 2. Using the F-measure to test formality in sports reporting : A comparison of the language used in soccer and horse polo articles in two British newspapers

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Daniel Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : register; f-measure; formality; soccer; horse polo; register; f-measure; formalitet; fotboll; hästpolo;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the formality level of the language used in twenty articles from two sports that seem to cater to different social classes (soccer and horse polo). The articles that serve as the data were published in two different types of British newspapers, one broadsheet (The Daily Telegraph) and one tabloid (The Daily Express) from September 2010 through November 2017. READ MORE

  4. 3. Analysis of Japanese complex particles in L2 learners' compositions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Márton András Tóth; [2016-06-08]
    Keywords : japanska; japanese; complex particles; L2 learners;

    Abstract : While the research on so-called complex particles – or compound case particles – has flourished in the latest decades, there is no consensus regarding their classification and definition, and thus there is still need to further explore this field. The current research contributes to this by investigating the meaning and usage of five prominent complex particles derived from the dative case particle ”ni”, namely ”ni tsuite”, ”ni kanshite”, ”ni taishite”, ”ni totte” and ”ni yotte” in the Learner's Language Corpus of Japanese, consisting of compositions made by Japanese learners. READ MORE

  5. 4. Wicked Woman and Ready-money Gentlemen : Defining social roles in the British nineteenth-century courtroom

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Svensson; [2013]
    Keywords : Adjectives; corpus; courtroom discourse; social roles; tokens; types; witness;

    Abstract : The present study is a corpus-based study which examines social roles constructed in the British nineteenth-century courtroom. To discover the prevalent social roles in British nineteenth-century society the present study focuses on premodifying adjectives characterizing men and women. The method of classification is through semantic domains. READ MORE

  6. 5. Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
    Keywords : Snap; crack; pop; onomatopoeia; semantics; sound symbolism; mimes; style; ideophones; register; non arbitrariness;

    Abstract : The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. READ MORE