Essays about: "differences in british"

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  1. 26. New Right's Position on Globalization after the 2008 Financial Crisis : Britain and the United States: A Comparative Study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Mohamad Turkman; [2019]
    Keywords : New Right; globalization; British Conservative Party; Trump; 2008 financial crisis; neoliberalism; neoconservatism;

    Abstract : This essay is an analytical study that examines the ideological features of the New Right, that has governed Britain and the United States after the 2008 financial crisis, regarding globalization. The purpose of the essay is to identify the most prominent similarities and differences in the positions of the New Right on globalization in both countries after 2008. READ MORE

  3. 27. Anaphoric demonstratives in student academic writing : A cross-disciplinary study of (un)attended this and these

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2019]
    Keywords : cohesion; demonstratives; anaphoric reference; disciplinary variation; student writing;

    Abstract : Cohesive devices such as anaphoric reference play an important role in written discourse. This thesis investigates the extent to which the anaphoric demonstratives this and these are used as determiners (‘attended’) or pronouns (‘unattended’) by first-year undergraduate students from four different academic disciplines. READ MORE

  4. 28. Where’s Waddan? Missing Maps and cross-cultural voluntary engagement in ICT4D initiatives

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Joanna Keenan; [2019]
    Keywords : Communications; Development; ICT4D; Volunteering; Slacktivism; crowdsourcing; data; humanitarian; mapping;

    Abstract : In the wake of the Haiti earthquake response in 2010, crowdsourced humanitarian mapping has taken off, and today is considered an essential tool by many humanitarian agencies providing assistance in disaster-affected and under-resourced countries and contexts. But what happens when there is no information on a map to help agencies decide how to respond? If they cannot find roads to take to get there? If they do not know how many houses are in a village? What if the map is – missing?In response to this all-too-common problem, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), American Red Cross, British Red Cross and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) created and launched Missing Maps in 2014. READ MORE

  5. 29. Brexit's effect on UK ADRs

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Amanda Hellström; Felicia Nordin; [2019]
    Keywords : American Depositary Receipts; Brexit; Abnormal returns; Event study; Difference-in-differences;

    Abstract : On June 23rd 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union, resulting in what is often referred to as Brexit. The day after the vote, the British pound (GBP) declined to the lowest level against the US dollar in 30 years and the FTSE 100 lost around GBP 85 billion. READ MORE

  6. 30. On the Use of the General Extenders in British English Discourses

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Muntasir Essa; [2019]
    Keywords : general extenders; brittisk engelska; ideella och interpersonella funktioner; språkbrukares ålder och kön;

    Abstract : General extenders are examined in a collection of spoken data drawn from the two sub-corpora Business and Leisure of the British National Corpus. This study investigates the use of the 110 instances of or something, and everything, and and stuff in native speakers’ discourses. The speakers are males and females aged 15-59 years. READ MORE