Essays about: "gerund"
Found 4 essays containing the word gerund.
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1. “I love using the gerund!”: An Empirical Study on the Complementation of Emotive Verbs in English
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This essay concerns the complementation of the English emotive verbs like, love, hate and prefer. In English, gerund-participial and infinitival complements often receive semi-synonymous semantic interpretations when complementing emotive verbs. READ MORE
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2. Translating a cookbook : What happens to non-finite clauses when translating into Swedish?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This paper focuses on English non-finite clauses and their equivalences in a Swedish translation. The aim of the paper is to analyze non-finite clauses in an English cookbook and the methods that can be used for translating them into Swedish. READ MORE
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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)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
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4. From to-infinitives to gerunds : - an essay on the translation of non-finite clauses
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : Abstract Title: From To-infinitives to Gerunds – an Essay on the Translation of Non-finite Clauses Author: Sanna Evaldsson The aim of this study is to find out how non-finite clauses are translated into Swedish and what translation strategies are applied in the process of translation. Non-finite clauses are very effective stylistic devises providing condensed and concise language, which is useful in academic texts. READ MORE
