Essays about: "endearment"
Found 2 essays containing the word endearment.
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1. Terms of endearment in American Soap Operas : A corpus study of honey, sweetheart and darling
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOLAbstract : This thesis investigates three terms of endearment in soap operas, namely honey, sweetheart and darling. The purpose is to determine how these terms are used and in what context. 200 tokens were taken from the Corpus of American Soap Operas which contains 10 different soaps. READ MORE
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2. Terms of endearment : An observational study on how strangers are addressed in Northern Ireland and Ireland
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : Abstract Titel: Terms of endearment: A study on how strangers are addressed in Northern Ireland and Ireland Författare: Kristina SkagerströmEngelska C, 2009 Antal sidor: 16 Abstract: The aim of this study was to find out whether terms of endearment are used by native speakers of English while addressing strangers and if so, what are the reasons? Another aspect is if they use familiar body language while addressing a stranger. This study was carried out based on a number of observations in Northern Ireland and Ireland. READ MORE