Essays about: "english dictionary"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 essays containing the words english dictionary.

  1. 16. An Escap-ee from French to English who will never return : A semantic and syntactic study of the -ee suffix in English

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Yiu Tong Wong; [2017]
    Keywords : Contextual anchoring; derivational morpheme; ergativity; semantic roles; Kontextförankring; derivationsmorfem; ergativitet; semantiska roller;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the semantic and syntactic properties of the -­ee suffix in English. The -­ee suffix was borrowed from the French ‑­é suffix during the late Middle Ages, when French started to exert its linguistic influence on English. READ MORE

  3. 17. Ongoing Semantic Change in Seven Swedish Words : A questionnaire-based study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Elena Luzhkova; [2015]
    Keywords : sociolinguistics; semantics; semantic change; Swedish; questionnaire; age; sociolingvistik; semantik; semantisk förändring; svenska; frågeformulär; ålder;

    Abstract : The lexical semantics of a language is an area of linguistics that has many important implications for the life of modern society. It is important to understand how language change works and why this change occurs. READ MORE

  4. 18. Bosses, spam, and griefers: a study of how old words adopt new meanings in online computer games

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Mikael Johannesson; [2014]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay investigates 20 gaming words generally present in the genres of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, Real Time Strategy, and First-Person Shooter. From each genre, one game was chosen as a representative for their respective genre, namely Guild Wars 2, StarCraft II, and Quake III Arena. READ MORE

  5. 19. "I chuckled. Rolig pun där" - A grammatical investigation of Swedish-English code-switching in two web discussion forums

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Johanna Rosenberg; [2014]
    Keywords : code-switching; web discussion forums; the use of English in Sweden; grammatical outcomes of code-switching; the Internet; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study examined grammatical features of written Swedish-English code-swtching found in two Swedish web discussion forums. More specifically, this study sought to show that the so-called insertion patter, as defined by Muysken (2000), is the the predominant patter of code-switching found in these two forums. READ MORE

  6. 20. Can a graded reader of authentic material be generated?

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Kent Danielsson; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates if a graded reader for English leveled to the CEFR levels by using the English Vocabulary Profile (EVP) dictionary can be generated from a corpus of authentic material. It was tested on Wikipedia and the ukWaC corpus. READ MORE