Essays about: "compound verb"

Found 5 essays containing the words compound verb.

  1. 1. A corpus-based study on the syntactic compound verb -kiru in Japanese : How the prepositional verb affects the semantic meaning in the verb-kiru construc

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Axel Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Corpus study; linguistics; syntactic compound verb; semantics; auxiliary verbs;

    Abstract : This corpus-based study investigates the most frequent occurring prepositional verbs collocated with the Japanese syntactic compound verb -kiru and aims to establish how the prepositional verb affects the semantic meaning of the verb-kiru construct. The study uses sketchengine’s online database, “Japanese Web2011”, which contains around 8 billion Japanese terms collected from the internet from various online sources from 2011 and onwards. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Be-heš gofte ke da’fe-ye dige fuska koni bebin če kāret mikonam.” : Code-switching among Persian-speaking Youths in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Nadia Sahlin; [2021]
    Keywords : Code-switching; bilinguals; bilingualism; minority and majority language;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to investigate code-switching at a structural level among youths in Sweden speaking Persian. According to the theoretical framework of this essay code-switching occurs at certain places in sentences and follow certain grammatical rules. READ MORE

  4. 3. On the Translation of Adjectival Pre-Modifiers : A Study of English-Swedish Translation Shifts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Roberto Draganic; [2018]
    Keywords : translation studies; Swedish; English; adjectives; pre-modification; translation shift; category shift;

    Abstract : This study examined the translation of adjectival pre-modifiers (i.e. pre-modifying adjectives and pre-modifying participles) from English into Swedish. READ MORE

  5. 4. Japanese compound verbs : compounded elements as suffixes?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Pontus Andersson; [2010]
    Keywords : sammansatta verb; japanska; compound verb; Japanese; verb suffix; syntax; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The previous classifications of Japanese verb-verb compounds – both syntactic and lexical – are described and their validity is tested in regard to syntax, semantics and lexicon though grammatical tests. Some comment on the possibilities of teaching Japanese compound verbs as suffixes is offered. READ MORE

  6. 5. The translation of hedging, adjectives and non-finite ing-participles in Horses Talking by Margrit Coates

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Marie Karlsson; [2006]
    Keywords : translation strategies; hedging; adjectives; non-finite ing-participles;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to translate a number of selected pages from the book Horses Talking by Margrit Coates into Swedish. An analysis of the source text and the translation was carried out with the focus on three aspects: hedging, adjectives and non-finite ing-participles. READ MORE