Essays about: "complex noun phrases"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words complex noun phrases.

1. 1. A study of the translation of premodifiers in an academic text

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hanna Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Translation; noun phrase structure; premodifiers; modification;

   Abstract : The past century has brought with it many changes to the English language. One of these is the drastic increase in complex nominal phrases, particularly premodifiers. This implies difficulties for translators, whose target languages may not have evolved in the same way, and who must then find other solutions. READ MORE

3. 2. A Micro-Typological Study of Shina : A Hindu Kush Language Cluster

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Nina Knobloch; [2019]
   Keywords : Micro-typology; Indo-Aryan languages; Greater Hindu Kush; Shina;

   Abstract : In this thesis, 9 Indo-Aryan languages which have previously been classified as Shina languages were analyzed. A cognate analysis of basic vocabulary was conducted, in order to explore the relatedness of the languages. READ MORE

4. 3. Ambiguity in Peace Agreements : Cognitive and Computational Models for Processing Syntactic Ambiguity in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements in English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Parastoo Asghari; [2018]
   Keywords : complex noun phrases; syntactic ambiguity; language processing; cognition; corpus linguistics; computational model;

   Abstract : Systems that attempt to process texts and acquire information from texts in English need to be particularly alert to noun phrases since they carry so much information. Systems, whether comprehensional or computational, may face particular difficulties when dealing with complex noun phrases. READ MORE

5. 4. A Corpus Study of Signalling Nouns in L2 English Essays by Swedish Students

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Jannina Korhonen; [2018]
   Keywords : noun phrase; syntax; noun phrase complexity; corpus; second language acquisition;

   Abstract : This study is about the structure of the noun phrases used with with signalling nouns, which are abstract nouns that are hard to understand without a context. The inspiration for the study comes from work by John Flowerdew. READ MORE

6. 5. The Rest of the Family Is or Are? : A quantitative analysis of collective nouns that are pre-modified by quantifying noun expressions in British and American English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Petros Kairis; [2017]
   Keywords : collective nouns; quantifying noun expressions; concord preferences of collectives; singular; plural; British English; American English;

   Abstract : Collective nouns are a category of nouns that refer to a group of people or things. This group of nouns has the special characteristic that when in singular form, they can be followed by either a singular or a plural verb. READ MORE