Essays about: "dimensional adjectives"

Found 2 essays containing the words dimensional adjectives.

1. 1. Cross-linguistic influence in the description of dimensional adjectives : Measuring the linguistic performance of l2 spanish in high-school students

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Sophie Charlotte Ugarte Bern; [2022]
   Keywords : Cross-linguistic influence; grammatical accuracy; placement of adjectives; semantic markers; dimensional adjectives; learner language; second language acquisition; experimental elicitation; performance analysis.;

   Abstract : In the present study, the linguistic performance of 11 Swedish high-school students of Spanish as second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) of 3 different levels, between 16-18 years old, has been measured through analysis of experimental elicited speech samples from a picture description task, designed to elicit placement of adjectives and dimensional adjectives in Spanish. The task provided 3 images with phrases in the source language and the participants were asked to translate it into the target language (TL). READ MORE

3. 2. The encoding of bad and evil : A cross-linguistic study using a parallel Bible corpus

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Nina Knobloch; [2021]
   Keywords : bad; evil; negative adjectives; lexical typology; semantic maps; negation; broad evil; narrow evil; dålig; ond; negativa adjektiv; lexikal typologi; semantiska kartor; negation; broad evil; narrow evil;

   Abstract : This study investigates the cross-linguistic encoding of bad and evil expressions. Using parallel data from the Bible corpus consisting of translations of the New Testament into 30 languages, probabilistic semantic maps have been created using Multi-Dimensional scaling. READ MORE