Essays about: "corpus-based research"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words corpus-based research.

  1. 1. Pragmatic strategies in academic English as a lingua franca : A corpus-based analysis of the use of the discourse markers, yeah, okay, and so during academic consultations hours

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

    Author : Ida Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : English as a lingua franca; pragmatics; discourse markers; academic consultation hours; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : English is used as a lingua franca to communicate when interlocutors' do not share a first language (DeBartolo, 2014). This is prominent in academia, where teachers and students in international exchange programs communicate daily in English as a lingua franca (ELF). READ MORE

  3. 2. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
    Keywords : cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. READ MORE

  4. 3. A corpus-based analysis of phrasal verbs with the particle out in two contemporary English novels used in Swedish secondary schools

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Carola Henriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and the figurative meaning senses of out-PVs in two contemporary novels read in Swedish secondary schools. The study was delimited to PVs with the particle out. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Exposed Gender : The representation of trans gender in Czech media 2017-2020, a corpus-based discourse analysis

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Jonas Thál; [2022]
    Keywords : Corpus; discourse; gender; transgender; Czech; media; Facebook; news; sentiment analysis; representation; hate speech; quantitative analysis; Korpuslingvistik; diskursanalys; genus; transgender; tjeckiska; media; Facebook; sentimentanalys; representation; hatspråk; kvantitativ analys;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the representation of transgender individuals in online Czech discourses. The study utilizes corpus linguistics to analyze news media and Facebook in order to understand the attitudes towards transgender individuals in these discourses. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Image of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigrants and Migrants in the British Media after the Refugee Crisis of 2015

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Tatsiana Samuseva; [2022]
    Keywords : refugees; asylum seekers; immigrants; migrants; collocates;

    Abstract : This essay examines the discursive construction of the image of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants in a 1,472-million word corpus of UK press online articles published between January 2015 and December 2021. A corpus-based approach revealed the most frequent collocates of the four query terms, i.e. READ MORE