Essays about: "english dictionary"

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  1. 21. The Transfer of Phenomenological Diction in "The Other Side of Silence" by Craig Irvine

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Mattias Lindström; [2011]
    Keywords : phenomenology; Levinas; experimental translation; the same; the other.;

    Abstract : Abstract This paper investigates the difficulties to translate a text containing phenomenological diction from English to Swedish. The source text comes from a journal that deals with medical motifs from a literary perspective called Literature and Medicine. READ MORE

  3. 22. Metaphors in Minangali and English : A comparative study

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    Author : MariAnne Cederholm; [2011]
    Keywords : metaphor;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study of metaphors in two diverse languages in different parts of the world. The two languages are English and Minangali, the latter a language spoken in the northern part of the Philippines. READ MORE

  4. 23. Semi-Automatic Translation of Medical Terms from English to Swedish : SNOMED CT in Translation

    University essay from Medicinsk informatik

    Author : Anna Lindgren; [2011]
    Keywords : computational linguistics; medical terminology; statistical translation; translation memory; direct translation; English; Swedish; datalingvistik; medicinsk terminologi; statistisk översättning; översättningsminne; direktöversättning; engelska; svenska;

    Abstract : The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has been overseeing translations of the international clinical terminology SNOMED CT from English to Swedish. This study was performed to find whether semi-automatic methods of translation could produce a satisfactory translation while requiring fewer resources than manual translation. READ MORE

  5. 24. Learning how to Learn : a study of English vocabulary learning strategies among English major students at a Chinese university

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Ningjue Zhou; [2011]
    Keywords : vocabulary learning strategies; English majors; individual differences correlations;

    Abstract : This paper reports on the study of the strategy use of Chinese English majors in vocabulary learning; the individual differences between effective and less effective learners in employing vocabulary learning strategies and the relationship between their strategies and their outcome in English learning. In this research, 118 junior English majors inChineseUniversitywere investigated. READ MORE

  6. 25. Metaphor in writing : A study on metaphor usage in the online sports sections of two British newspapers

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Jens Andersson; [2011]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study seeks to investigate the use of metaphors in the sports section of two British newspapers; a broadsheet, The Telegraph, and a tabloid, The Mirror, and locate whether there are any differences between them in terms of metaphor usage. To accomplish this, a total number of twenty sports articles written by four different journalists – two from each newspaper – were analyzed for both conventional and novel metaphors. READ MORE