Essays about: "grammar"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 304 essays containing the word grammar.
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1. "Not your darlings – but their mother's!" : Interpretative Difficulties with "Love" in Euripides' Medea
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och retorikAbstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to achieve philosophical clarity on an interpretative problem I have been struggle with in Euripides’ Medea: That Medea murders her own children, while claimingto love them. Situated within the philosophical and literary tradition of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary language criticism, the thesis draws on ideas, theoretical discussions, and concepts from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toril Moi, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Niklas Forsberg – but also Søren Kierkegaard. READ MORE
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2. Spelling in the Digital Age: Spell- checkers’ Impact on Writing : A quantitative study on the effects of spell- checkers on English grammar
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : Due to the increased usage of technology and its indicated aid in writing acquisition, it is important to investigate the effects of spell-checkers on the English language. Thus, this essay has conducted a quantitative study to ascertain if there has been an improvement or regression in English spelling with the aim of gathering an indication of if and how spelling has evolved and changed with the development of spell-checkers. READ MORE
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3. A Grammar Sketch of Owininga
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Could this phrase be more constructional? : A Construction Grammar approach to the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase from the television show Friends
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase (CXBMY), well-known from the television show Friends, to argue for its qualification as a construction. By analyzing the phrase’s formal and functional features, as well as its frequency in the COCA corpus, this thesis compares the findings to the definition of constructions by Goldberg (2006, p. READ MORE
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5. The World is Your Stage – Consequences of Using Drama Activities for EFL/ESL Learners’ Literacy Development
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)Abstract : Drama activities in the classroom are highly encouraged in the teaching world. However, they are rarely implemented, from our experience, despite being a crucial aspect of students’ education as mentioned in the National Swedish curriculum. Therefore, we felt a need to direct our research on this topic. READ MORE