Essays about: "english dictionary"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 38 essays containing the words english dictionary.

  1. 11. Digitally speaking... : How secondary school English teachers perceive the use of digital translation tools in English language learning

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Shona Lidström; [2019]
    Keywords : thematic analysis; help tool; lack of confidence; regulating use; language production;

    Abstract : For today’s digital native students, digital translation tools appear to be the most favoured help tools in language classes. The day of the paper dictionary has gone and this is being followed closely by online dictionaries and thesauruses. READ MORE

  3. 12. Embodiment in Proverbs: Representation of the eye(s) in English, Swedish, and Japanese

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

    Author : Jessica Berggren; [2018]
    Keywords : Embodiment; Conceptual metaphor theory; Proverbs; Paremiology; Cross-linguistics;

    Abstract : This study will examine the representation and embodiment of the body part eye(s), in proverbs. The research is cross-linguistic as the proverbs analysed are in the languages English, Swedish, and Japanese. READ MORE

  4. 13. Kick the Bucket or Cash in One's Chips : An analysis of some English slang expressions for dying

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Heidi Orava Anderson; [2018]
    Keywords : Metaphor; metonymy; idioms; slang; dying;

    Abstract : This research analyses some of the slang expressions with the meaning ‘to die’ found in Dictionary of Modern Slang with regard to metaphor and metonymy and whether they have been active when creating the identified slang expressions. It further examines the frequency of these expressions in a large language corpus, and identifies the processes involved in the most frequent expressions. READ MORE

  5. 14. What makes an (audio)book popular?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

    Author : Arian Barakat; [2018]
    Keywords : Audiobooks; Bestsellers; Algorithmic Criticism; Large-scale Literary Analysis; Natural Language Processing; Gaussian Processes; Topic Modeling;

    Abstract : Audiobook reading has traditionally been used for educational purposes but has in recent times grown into a popular alternative to the more traditional means of consuming literature. In order to differentiate themselves from other players in the market, but also provide their users enjoyable literature, several audiobook companies have lately directed their efforts on producing own content. READ MORE

  6. 15. These women’s verbs : A combined corpus and discourse analysis on reporting verbs about women and men in Czech media 1989–2015

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Irene Elmerot; [2017]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; corpus linguistics; media language; Czech; reporting verbs; gender differentiation; Kritisk diskursanalys; korpuslingvistik; mediaspråk; tjeckiska; anföringsverb; könsdifferentiering;

    Abstract : This study aims at analyzing how women and men in five different professions are portrayed and represented through reporting verbs in Czech media over a period of 25 years (end of 1989 to the beginning of 2015). The empirical data consist of entire newspapers and magazines in the source material, a subcorpus from the Czech National Corpus. READ MORE