Essays about: "english stylistics"

Found 5 essays containing the words english stylistics.

1. 1. “THE QUEEN’S FUCKIN ENGLISH, KEN?” An analysis of the language of Trainspotting

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Samuel Grip; [2018-06-13]
   Keywords : engelska; Trainspotting; Irvine Welsh; corpus stylistics; code switching; Standard English; Scots;

   Abstract : The novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh is a work that has been acknowledged and appreciated for its use of non-standard language since its publication. This essay seeks to find out if this non-standard language is simply Scottish English, or if it is Scots, a language different from English that is sometimes regarded as a dialect of the same. READ MORE

3. 2. Aesthetics of Defiance : Queer Subjectivity in the Films of Xavier Dolan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Sebastian Malmquist; [2017]
   Keywords : film; Xavier Dolan; style; queer; subjectivity; non-normative; narrative; auteur; marginaized; Pasolini; Deleuze; Bonitzer; Foucault; I Killed My Mother; Heartbeats; Laurence Anyways; Tom at the Farm; Mommy;

   Abstract : This master's thesis is an investigation into Xavier Dolan's depictions of queer and non-normative characters. Through close analyses of the director's first five films, this study identifies Dolan's recurring stylistics and narrative techniques, and how they relate to his cinematic representation of individuals who do not conform to society's norms. READ MORE

4. 3. Where the Water Goes : Translation of the Gerund-Participle, Metaphors and Similes in a Scientific Report about Ocean Science

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Mia Bonn; [2014]
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   Abstract : The aim of this study is to discuss which strategies may be used in translation from English to Swedish of a scientific text on oceanography. Focus is on how to deal with translation of the gerund-participle form, metaphors and similes. READ MORE

5. 4. Translating a Guidebook : - How to Deal with Idioms and Metaphors, Temporal Deictic Expressions and References to Culture-specific Phenomena

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Eva Petersson; [2011]
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   Abstract : The purpose of the present study was to examine what methods might be employed in translation from English to Swedish of a guidebook on a foreign culture. Vinay and Darbelnet's model for translation strategies, as presented in Comparative Stylistics of French and English. READ MORE

6. 5. Translating Political Text : Cultural and Stylistic Aspects of Translating the American Republican Party's 2004 Political Platform

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Per Boberg; [2008]
   Keywords : culture; political text; stylistics; system theory; translation study; translation theory;

   Abstract : The present paper discusses the cultural and stylistic issues in the translation of a part of the 2004 Republican Party Platform. Political text in American English and Swedish is in focus, and translation examples are accounted for and categorised according to Vinay & Darbelnet’s (1995) system theory of translation procedures. READ MORE