Essays about: "concord"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word concord.

  1. 6. The Byronic Heroine of North and South

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

    Author : Stina Lisnäs; [2015]
    Keywords : Byroic hero; Elizabeth Gaskell; North and South; female stereotype;

    Abstract : This essay argues that the protagonist of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1855), Margaret Hale, is a Byronic heroine. The counter argument that any such comparison is impossible because of her sex is refuted and examples are given of how Margaret is not portrayed like the other young women of the novel. READ MORE

  3. 7. Collective nouns in English used in Sweden : A corpus-based study on number concord with collective nouns

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Petra Örlegård; [2014]
    Keywords : agreement; American English; British English; collective nouns; concord; corpus; news genre; plurality; singularity; Sweden;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how Swedes writing in English construct number concord with collective nouns. This was done by studying three primary corpora: the Swedish English Newspaper Corpus (SWENC) and the press sections of Frown (American English) and F-LOB (British English). READ MORE

  4. 8. "I want to stay in Sweden whole my life..." A study and alalysis of errors in the written production of Swedish pupils in the 9th grade

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Katarina Krokström; [2012-08-20]
    Keywords : second language acquisition; error analysis; grammar; transfer; written production;

    Abstract : This essay investigates errors in written production by Swedish pupils in the ninth grade. A total of 36 essays were randomly selected from the National Assessment Programme in English in 2010. When analysing the corpus, all errors from six different categories were marked and counted. READ MORE

  5. 9. Concord errors in written production of Swedish learners of English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emelie1 Johansson; [2012-06-27]
    Keywords : subject; verb; predicate; concord agreement; error analysis; Swedish and English;

    Abstract : This study has examined and discussed previous research about subject-verb concord and also examined the phenomena with help of essays and assignments written by students and teachers from the University of Gothenburg. The study found that even though Sweden has an easy access to English and Swedes easily develop their command of English, Swedes have problems with subject-verb concord. READ MORE

  6. 10. Grammatical Errors in Written Production by Swedish Learners of English - A Quantitative Study of Concord Errors and Selected Verb Errors in 35 National Tests for the B-Course of English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ida Norlander; [2012-06-27]
    Keywords : grammatical errors; concord errors; verb errors of time and tense; Swedish learners of English; Upper Secondary school;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse the most frequent grammatical errors made by students of the B-course of English in Swedish Upper Secondary School. As primary material, 35 national tests of written production have been used. READ MORE