Essays about: "english prepositions"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words english prepositions.

1. 21. The embodied meanings of towards and against Two English prepositions from a cognitive and contrastive linguistics perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Maria Forsmann; [2014-02-19]
   Keywords : english; polysemy; cognitive linguistics; spatial scene; trajector; contrastive linguistics; corpus; equivalent;

   Abstract : This is a study of semantic differences in the use of the English prepositions towards and against analysed in terms of cognitive linguistics. The data for this analysis is provided by a selection of 120 sentence examples from the British National Corpus, BNC. READ MORE

3. 22. Preposition Selection in EFL by Swedish EFL Learners : An exploratory study investigating language transfer and the impact of implicit and explicit knowledge in EFL

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Victoria Ström; [2014]
   Keywords : Language transfer; EFL; prepositions; psycholinguistics;

   Abstract : This study investigates how learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) whose first language (L1) is Swedish select prepositions in the English language. The study involves two groups, the participants and their respective controls. READ MORE

4. 23. “People believes on ghosts” - an Error Analysis of Swedish Junior and Senior High School students´ written compositions

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Lucas Strömblad; [2013]
   Keywords : Linguistics; Grammar; Error Analysis; Composition;

   Abstract : This paper investigates errors in compositions written by junior and senior high school students. Two types of errors are specifically targeted, one relating to grammar in subject-verb agreement and another relating to the word class of prepositions. READ MORE

5. 24. A Corpus Based Study in Morpheme Acquisition Order of Young Learners of English : A comparison of Swedish students in grade 6 and grade 7

   University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Su Yin Khor; [2013]
   Keywords : morpheme acquisition order; natural order hypothesis; second language acquisition; Swedish learners; first language influence and transfer; corpus; morphological congruency;

   Abstract : This study investigated the morpheme acquisition order of Swedish students in grades 6 and 7, utilizing corpus texts drawn from the Uppsala Learner English Corpus (ULEC). It is an extension of Khor (2012) that focused on students in grades 9 and 12. READ MORE

6. 25. Space and time in Mmen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Signe Nilsson; [2013]
   Keywords : semantics; temporal relations; prepositions; spatial relations; bantu languages; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis provides an analysis of the linguistic expression of spatial and temporal relations in Mmen, a Niger-Congo language spoken in Bafumen, in the North West Region of Cameroon. Linguistic means of expressing spatial relations are surveyed in usage and in grammatical structure, and categorized according to the patterns found. READ MORE