Essays about: "discourse markers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words discourse markers.

  1. 1. Decolonizing Aid: A Comparative Analysis of USAID and Sida's gender equality strategies in Guatemala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alejandra Perez Towns; [2023]
    Keywords : Decolonizing aid; discourse; colonial markers; USAID; Sida; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The development aid field has been subject to increased questioning regarding power relations between donors and recipients; some studies shed light on the fact that development aid is an extension of colonial practices. Currently, there have been efforts to ‘decolonize aid’. READ MORE

  3. 2. On indirectivity in Azeri : A discourse-analytical study of the functions of {-mỊš}/{-(y)ỊB-DỊ(r)} and {Ị-mỊš} in South Azeri varieties

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Frida Larsson Taghizadeh; [2023]
    Keywords : Turkic languages; Azeri; evidentiality; indirectivity; discourse types;

    Abstract : Johanson (2003: 274) refers to the grammatical categories of evidentiality found in Turkiclanguages as indirectivity, characterised “by reference to its reception by a conscious subject”.The East Old Turkic post-terminal verbal item in -miš and copula particle in ermiš are theoldest known markers of indirectivity in Turkic and have been morphologically preserved inthe West Oghuz languages. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Decolonizing Aid: A Comparative Analysis of USAID and Sida's gender equality strategies in Guatemala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alejandra Perez Towns; [2023]
    Keywords : Decolonizing aid; discourse; colonial markers; USAID; Sida; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The development aid field has been subject to increased questioning regarding power relations between donors and recipients; some studies shed light on the fact that development aid is an extension of colonial practices. Currently, there have been efforts to ‘decolonize aid’. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Portrayal of the Other : A Postcolonial Perspective on ThreeESL Textbooks in Swedish Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Lovisa Sädbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Textbook analysis; Postcolonial studies; Cultural studies; ELT materials; Representation;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate three English as a second language (ESL) textbooks used for English 6 in Swedish upper secondary school from a postcolonial perspective, answering the following research question: Who is the implied reader, based on assumptions of the expected experiences and culture, and what and who is constructed as deviant or Other? To examine these questions, the study employs critical discourse analysis and implements strategies from multimodal analysis. The analysis is concerned with matters such as what is constructed as familiar or unfamiliar to the student, what images are chosen, and what those images convey. READ MORE