Essays about: "declaratives"

Found 3 essays containing the word declaratives.

  1. 1. Persuasion in social media : A study of Instagram influencers' usage of persuasive speech acts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Alissa de Aquino Carlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : persuasive speech acts; John Searle; online marketing; Instagram influencers;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how different fitness Instagram influencers use persuasive speech acts in their marketing posts. Another aim is to look at the similarities and differences between the influencers’ use of linguistic strategies and speech acts. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Perception of Intonation in Japanese Sentence Types by Swedish Speakers : Wh-Questions, Yes/No-Questions and Declaratives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Jenny Lam; [2017]
    Keywords : Wh-questions; yes no-questions; declaratives; sentence-final intonation; Swedish; Japanese; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study is concerned with the topic of sentence-final intonation in wh-questions, yes/no- questions and declaratives. The aim of the study is to investigate whether native speakers of Swedish can recognize these sentence types in standard Japanese by listening to the intonation alone. READ MORE

  4. 3. Should it move or should it stay? How speakers of two Basque dialects organize meaningful elements in transitive clauses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Anne Goergens; [2015]
    Keywords : free word order; Basque; Navarrese-Lapurdian; Gipuzkoan; focus; information structure; structural priming; economy; Galdegaia; in situ; pied-piping; markedness; complexity; syntactic movement; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates word order patterns in spoken Basque for two dialects, Navarrese-Lapurdian and Gipuzkoan. The data for the analysis was elicited with stimuli pictures in an experiment in dialogue form. The 26 participants were from Hazparne (Lapurdi), Donostia, and Andoain (both Gipuzkoa). READ MORE