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1. 1. Adjectives expressing sadness in Swedish and English : A contrastive lexical analysis

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Sandra Magni; [2023]
   Keywords : sadness; lexical typology; predicative; attributive; experiencer; stimulus; edsenhet; lexikal typologi; predikativ; attributiv; upplevare; stimulus;

   Abstract : This study examines how Swedish and English adjectives relating to the semantic domain of SADNESS are used and what some of their semantic and syntactic characteristics are. The primary objectives of this study are to determine whether the adjectives in question are used more often attributively or predicatively, whether they are used more frequently along with the semantic role of stimulus or experiencer and whether there are any syntactic, semantic or lexical disparities in how Swedish and English encode the domain of SADNESS. READ MORE

3. 2. It does not rain more in the UK : A corpus analysis comparing the optimism variable in Swedish and UK-based listed companies’ sustainability reports

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Lina de Neergaard; [2023]
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   Abstract : Abstract This thesis sets out to compare the level of optimism, quantified as the optimism variable, in UK and Swedish-based corporate Environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) disclosures published in English. The comparison is conducted by creating two corpora, one UK-based and one Swedish-based. READ MORE

4. 3. A Study of Semantic Change in the Word viral

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

   Author : Eldar Jusovic; [2022]
   Keywords : Semantics; Semantic change; Diachronic change; Corpus; Collocation; Context analysis; viral; WWW; dictionaries;

   Abstract : With diachronic corpus over the time periods, I selected a word that might be suitable for this type of study for detecting if potential semantic changes have occurred. In this study, I explored the lexical semantics of the word viral to see if the World Wide Web (WWW) has influenced the word. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring Cross-lingual Sublanguage Classification with Multi-lingual Word Embeddings

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

   Author : Min-Chun Shih; [2020]
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   Abstract : Cross-lingual text classification is an important task due to the globalization and the increased availability of multilingual data. This thesis explores the method of implementing cross-lingual classification on Swedish and English medical corpora. READ MORE

6. 5. How well do textbooks cover collocations? An evaluation of Blueprint B 3.0

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

   Author : Carl Wiström; [2020]
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   Abstract : Collocations receive considerable interest in the second language acquisition literature, with a growing interest in the way they are covered in English as a foreign language (EFL) textbooks. Despite this, corresponding studies in the Swedish context are sparse. READ MORE