Essays about: "language change in english"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 88 essays containing the words language change in english.

1. 16. The Linguistic Representation of the Taliban in the Afghani Newspaper, Comparison Between Before and After the Power Change

   University essay from

   Author : Ahmad Albonia; [2022]
   Keywords : Political discourse analysis- Critical discourse analysis- Corpus linguistics- Qualitative thimatic research-Fairclough;

   Abstract : Bearing in mind the big role media plays in shaping public opinion and the importance of understanding how ideologies can be conveyed to the public through language, this study uses qualitative analysis to investigate the discursive representation changes around the existence of the Taliban or what they call themselves now, the Islamic Emirate, in the Afghan media before and after the power shift. In specific, it illustrates how linguistic devices are used to transmit the discourse changes through the used language in the Afghani newspaper to legitimize or delegitimize having the Taliban in Afghanistan. READ MORE

3. 17. WANNA BE ON TOP? The Hyperparameter Search for Semantic Change's Next Top Model

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Author : Kate Viloria; [2021-09-22]
   Keywords : semantic change; language change; diachronic word embeddings;

   Abstract : Lexical semantic change (LSC) detection through the use of diachronic corpora and computational methods continues to be a prevalent research area in language change (Tahmasebi et al., 2018). READ MORE

4. 18. The Impact of Extramural English on Students and Teachers : A systematic literature review

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Oscar Glader; [2021]
   Keywords : English as an additional language EAL ; Extramural English; Out-of-school English; Teacher Agency;

   Abstract : Sweden is seen as a successful adopter of English as an additional language (EAL) and the country is a frontrunner in the globalization of the English language. Much of the success could be attributed to the large presence of English in Swedish society. READ MORE

5. 19. Analysing Journalists Written English on Twitter : A comparative study of language used in news coverage on Twitter and conventional news sites

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Douglas Askman; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The English language is in constant transition, it always has been and always will be. Historically the change has been caused by colonisation and migration. Today, however, the change is initiated by a much more powerful instrument: the Internet. READ MORE

6. 20. Cactuses or Cacti? : A corpus-based study on the use of Latin nominal inflection in American English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Bengtsson; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : As a result of language contact and influence, the English language contains a significant amount of lexical items borrowed from other languages. Whilst the borrowing of inflectional morphology is not very common, English does use several Latin plurals in their original form. READ MORE