Essays about: "linguistic features of old english"

Found 3 essays containing the words linguistic features of old english.

  1. 1. English Place-Names from a Scandinavian Perspective : A study on place-names in Herefordshire, Cumbria and the areas reachable by Viking ship through the Humber

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Martin Kahnberg; [2021]
    Keywords : place-names; Trent; Ouse; Ure; Swale; Humber; Cumbria; Herefordshire; derivations; Scandinavian; Old Norse; ortnamn; Trent; Ouse; Swale; Humber; Cumbria; Herefordshire; betydelser; skandinaviska; nordiska; fornnordiska;

    Abstract : In an attempt to discern the prevalence of British place-names with a Scandinavian origin this paper is a small linguistic study on place-names in Herefordshire, Cumbria and the areas along rivers Trent and Ouse. Based on modern maps place-names were included in the study. READ MORE

  3. 2. POWER IN TRANSLATION. Bringing Japan to the West

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Theo Gillberg; [2016-09-02]
    Keywords : Japanska; SIK; Japanese; Murakami; Venuti; foreignisation; domestication; translation studies; cultural dominance; hegemony;

    Abstract : Studying the Japanese language in translation is highly interesting, given its many unique linguistic features and the distinctive cultural setting in which it is primarily used. Adopting Japanese works into Western languages like Swedish or English is therefore very challenging, as there is no shared syntax, language family or cultural background. READ MORE

  4. 3. Relative Clauses in Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies : a quantitative study

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Malcolm Golmann; [2008]
    Keywords : Old English; antecedent; relative clause; boundary marking strategy; case marking strategy; combination strategy; the indeclinable particle þe; demonstrative pronoun; contingency table; statistically significant; Ælfric; Catholic homilies.;

    Abstract : The aim of this degree project has been to examine, analyze and describe which intra-linguistic factors influence how relative clauses are formed in Old English. The key to successfully performing the task of identifying which factors influences the relative causes is to examine how these factors are distributed among the relative clauses in the text. READ MORE