Essays about: "corpus 2010"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words corpus 2010.
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1. It was or it was not in the old days, until it was : – A study of time, tense, and aspect in spoken Arabic narrative
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : This study is devoted to Arabic spoken narrative, specifically Syrian Arabic spoken narrative. The focus of this thesis is syntax and narrative. I aim to study how time reference is set in narrative, and what tense and aspect forms are used, as well as some other narrative devices in spoken narratives. READ MORE
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2. The Representation of Vegans and Veganism in the British Press : A Corpus Linguistics Analysis
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Through the use of corpus linguistics, this paper examines the representation of veganism in four of the British newspapers with higher circulation. The method used is Corpus linguistics analysis, which is a useful tool to isolate sentences in which specific words are mentioned and therefore facilitates further analysis and comparison of these. READ MORE
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3. Change in the Meaning of the Word Cool : A study comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : The aim of this thesis was to study change in the meaning of the word cool, comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s. Examples where the word cool was used were obtained from the Corpus of Historical American English, which is created by Mark Davies, and analyzed in terms of in which senses and text types they were used. READ MORE
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4. The complexity of linguistic complexity: a corpus-based study on development of phrasal complexity in written L2-Swedish
University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this study was to establish whether or not a development of the complexity of the noun phrase, i.e. an increase in noun phrase elaboration could be observed in written L2 Swedish over time. READ MORE
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5. Mining the imagery : A text mining and news media content analysis of the Swedish country image in the Guardian, 2010-2020
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : In the field of public diplomacy, it has increasingly become relevant to develop analytical operations in order to gain knowledge on the perceptions of foreign publics and their attitudes towards countries – a construct known as the country image. In recent time, research on public diplomacy has been increasingly occupied with the impact of media on country images due to the continuous expansion and fragmentation of the hybrid media landscape. READ MORE
