Essays about: "linguistic conventions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words linguistic conventions.

1. 1. SLANG IN TRANSLATION A Case Study of the Swedish Subtitles in the Film Clueless.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Linnea Nyberg; [2020-09-08]
   Keywords : slang; subtitles;

   Abstract : This study investigates how English slang is translated in the Swedish subtitles in the film Clueless (1995) looking at how the meaning and message can be transferred. Subtitles are interesting to look at since they follow strict conventions, limiting the translator from being verbose or adding extra information. READ MORE

3. 2. Dizziness of Freedom: The influence of maladaptive anxiety on metaphorical meaning-making and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Kalina Moskaluk; [2020]
   Keywords : Anxiety; Cognitive semiotics; Metaphor; Metaphor identification; Metaphors in psychotherapy; Motivation Sedimentation Model; Phenomenology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates and compares metaphors used in the context of psychotherapy by people who experience various forms of maladaptive anxiety and anxiety disorders (anxiety sample, AS) and people who experience stress caused by various events in their lives (stress sample, SS). It is grounded in a cognitive-semiotic theory called the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM), which defines three levels of meaning-making. READ MORE

4. 3. Address and Referential Terms in Swedish and British Schools : A Sociolinguistic Perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Amanda Gabrielsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Honorifics; Address terms; referential terms;

   Abstract : Modes of address between speakers in Sweden and the U.K differ from each other, yet both countries are influenced by similar mass media and aspects of globalization that otherwise generally lean towards linguistic convergence. Survey data from students and teachers in UK and Sweden has revealed some noteworthy differences. READ MORE

5. 4. A corpus linguistic investigation into patterns of engagement in academic writing in Swedish and English higher education settings

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Håkan Almerfors; [2018]
   Keywords : engagement; metadiscourse; corpus study; academic student writing in English; Swedish learners of English; comparative linguistics;

   Abstract : Over the last few decades, the interpersonal dimensions of academic writing have received growing attention in the field of applied linguistics. As an important concept in academic writing, engagement has been a topic of interest to reveal how writers interact with readers to, for example, guide reasoning through arguments and to abide by conventions of politeness. READ MORE

6. 5. Translating a guidebook: addressing reader expectation : A small-scale corpus study of direct reader address in a Swedish-English translation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Carina Sjöberg-Hawke; [2018]
   Keywords : direct reader address; English; first-person; guidebooks; imperatives; interpersonal; personal pronouns; reader expectation; secondary reader; second-person; Swedish; target reader; text conventions; tourist text; translation; translator strategy;

   Abstract : This study analyses the comparative frequency of “direct reader address” in English and Swedish walking guidebook texts. Through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of specific linguistic features that constitute “direct reader address”, the study aims to highlight the importance of considering reader expectation of a text, i.e. READ MORE