Essays about: "colloquialisms"
Found 1 essay containing the word colloquialisms.
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1. "Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloquial forms of English, and other linguistic features are incorporated in the commentaries of the sports and how it affects the information expressed by the commentators. READ MORE
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