Essays about: "essay on words"

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1. 1. A quantitative study of Swedish high school L2 learners' receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Louise Frifelt; [2024]
   Keywords : Collocations; Multi-word units; Formulaic language; Second language acquisition; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This paper investigates receptive knowledge of English lexical collocations among Swedish high school students. The study tests the claim that L2 (second language) learners of English have a low level of collocational competence and tend to recognise high-frequent collocations more than low-frequent since the former have been encountered more. READ MORE

3. 2. INSERTIONS IN POPULAR HISTORY TEXTS - A contrastive study on translation from English to Swedish and from Swedish to English

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Gustav Landälv; [2023-02-27]
   Keywords : English; Swedish; readability; insertion; clause; phrase; syntactic position; popular history;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to compare the frequency of insertions in an English popular history text and a Swedish popular history text. Moreover, the purpose is to compare the English text with its Swedish translation and the Swedish text with its English translation as regards the status of the insertions as clauses, phrases or (in the translation) something else than a clause or a phrase. READ MORE

4. 3. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

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   Author : Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
   Keywords : Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. READ MORE

5. 4. Translation Strategies for Chinese Mythology in Video Games : Comparing Effectiveness of Different Strategies by Meaning and Theme

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Oscar Lindeborg; [2023]
   Keywords : Chinese translation; Chinese localization; Translation strategy; Chinese mythology; Chinese video games; Video games; Amazing Cultivation Simulator;

   Abstract : In this essay I will examine selected words from the video game Amazing Cultivation Simulator by GSQ Games. Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a video game developed in China and contains heavy themes of Chinese Fantasy. READ MORE

6. 5. AN EXPERIENCE BEYOND WORDS : Numinous vs Awe – a shared phenomenon 100 years apart?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Sara Granström Powiecki; [2023]
   Keywords : The Numinous; Mysterium Tremendum; Self-Transcendent Emotions; Awe; Default-self; Spirituality; Psychology of Religion;

   Abstract : Awe, an emerging topic within the field of modern psychology, has shown to have many benefits, including improved health for mind and body. This essay is trying to explore what links there are between the spiritual concept of the numinous established by the religious scholar Rudolf Otto and the definition of awe put forward by one of the most prominent and influential researchers in the field of Self-Transcendent Emotions, Dacher Keltner. READ MORE