Essays about: "collocate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the word collocate.

  1. 6. Language change and collocations : A study of collocation patterns and semantic prosody during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Ozelot Oderfält; [2021]
    Keywords : Language change; Collocation patterns; Semantic prosody; Coronavirus; Corpus.;

    Abstract : This essay is a corpus-based and quantitative study on language change that has occurred during global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Global events especially affect the English language since it is a global language. READ MORE

  3. 7. Neutral or not? : A study of gender (in)equality in the use of professional terms in English.

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Klara Östman; [2017]
    Keywords : language and gender; sociolinguistics; professional titles; corpus linguistics; collocate;

    Abstract : Jenny Cheshire, current editor in chief of Language in Society, stated that there is a bias of masculine terms and referents in the English language (1985, p. 22). This poses a problem, both linguistically and socially, and conscious language reforms need to be imposed in order for the bias to drastically be countered (1985, p. 22). READ MORE

  4. 8. Discursive representation of the migrant crisis in two UK broadsheets during the summer of 2015 : Approaching newspaper discourse from a corpus-based and critical discourse analytical perspective

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Geraldine Gourpil; [2017]
    Keywords : Van Leeuwen’s Social Actor Network; corpus-based approach; CDA; frequencies; collocates; concordance;

    Abstract : By linguistically examining 162 articles published during the summer of 2015 in two UK broadsheets: The Guardian (TG) and The Daily Telegraph (TDT), this essay aims to analyse the discursive representation of the ‘migrant crisis’. To do so, the representation of the social actors migrating (SAM) during the ‘crisis’ was focused on. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Female Protagonists in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair : A Corpus Linguistic Study of Keywords, Collocations, and Characterisation

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Tina Åhman Billing; [2016]
    Keywords : Corpus Linguistics; Corpus Stylistics; Characterisation; Thackeray; Vanity Fair;

    Abstract : This essay uses corpus linguistic methods to study aspects of the novel Vanity Fair by W M Thackeray. The aim is to study the way Thackeray chose to describe his two female protagonists, Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley. READ MORE

  6. 10. Load Balancing in a Distributed Storage System for Big and Small Data

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Lars Kroll; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Distributed storage services form the backbone of modern large-scale applications and data processing solutions. In this integral role they have to provide a scalable, reliable and performant service. READ MORE