Essays about: "lexical choice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words lexical choice.

  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. Extramural English and Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in China : On the Effects of Extramural Written English Language Media Consumption Among 2nd Year Chinese University Students

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Johan Hammarlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Vocabulary Acquisition; Extramural English; English as a Foreign Language; China;

    Abstract : The present study concerns itself with incidental acquisition of vocabulary through the consumption of English language media in an extramural setting by Chinese L1 speakers. The design of the study carried the intent to mimic an incidental acquisition through reading scenario so as to give insight into to what extent extramural English could benefit a demographic whose exposure to English outside of the classroom is low. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Iru vs Irassharu, and other lexical substitutions in Japanese : focusing on second language acquisition by Swedish learners

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Joakim Wikman; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese; Lexical substitutions; Keigo; Second language acquisition; Honorifics; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the difference between Swedish learners of Japanese and Japanese native speakers when they use lexical substitutions. The hypotheses made for this thesis was that second language learners would find it difficult to apply humble lexical substitutions to themselves and their social group. READ MORE

  6. 5. Variation in Assessment : A Coh-Metrix Analysis of Evaluation of Written English in the Swedish Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hugo Simion Malmcrona; [2020]
    Keywords : Writing assessment; lexical sophistication; cohesion; Coh-Metrix; L2 writing;

    Abstract : Reliable evaluation is an important part of language education. However, reliable evaluation of student writing is notoriously difficult to achieve nationally. READ MORE