Essays about: "english influence on german language"

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  1. 1. WHO’S AFRAID OF COMPLEXITY? An Exploration of the Influence of Native Language Complexity on L2 Complexity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Nadina Mariana Suditu; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : complexity; SLA; TTR; entropy; kolmogorov; linear regression;

    Abstract : The matter of linguistic complexity has been widely scrutinised in the last few decades, within theoretical linguistics, as well as in second language acquisition studies. A concept introduced in the last half of the previous century, it continues to be a matter of debate in the linguistic field, as it eludes a clear-cut definition and interpretation. READ MORE

  3. 2. SENSE OF BELONGING AND CONNECTEDNESS IN THE ONLINE ESPERANTO COMMUNITIES

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

    Author : Parashkevova Iliyana; [2018]
    Keywords : sense of belonging; connectedness; online communities; fandom;

    Abstract : The thesis is focused on researching the recent phenomena of the emerging virtual Esperanto communities. The aim is to understand how feeling of belonging and connectedness are generated online. The theoretical framework that the study follows is Sense of Community theory by McMillan and Chavis (1986). READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘Neutral, native-like or authentic’ : Investigating attitudes and beliefs of expanding circle speakers of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Bianca Melchien; [2016]
    Keywords : accent; expanding circle; language attitude; varieties of English; sociolinguistics; ELF; language ideology; identity; Germany;

    Abstract : The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. However, in the past 16 years, research has tried to emphasize the fact that the English spoken in international contact situations and between people with other first languages than English has different needs than the English spoken locally amongst native speakers, resulting in the emergence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a scholarly field. READ MORE

  5. 4. A graphotactic language metric

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Inst.)

    Author : Joar Bagge; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this bachelor’s thesis, we try to classify and identify written human languages by studying the ordering of letters in text. Automatic language identification is of interest in areas such as text indexing, machine translation and natural language parsing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linguistic Landscape and Language Policies: A Comparative Study of Linköping University and ETH Zürich

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Sonia Yavari; [2012]
    Keywords : Linguistic landscape; language policy;

    Abstract : Examining the languages in the public space i.e. the linguistic landscape is an emerging field of sociolinguistics, and research focused on the relationship between the linguistic landscape (LL) and language policy has recently garnered particular interest. READ MORE