Essays about: "linguistics English"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 135 essays containing the words linguistics English.

  1. 21. English profanities in Nordic-language tweets : A comparative quantitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Johannes Widegren; [2022]
    Keywords : Profanity; swearing; swear words; bad language; pragmatic borrowing; loanwords; contact linguistics; Nordic languages; Twitter; geo-tagging; Nordic Tweet Stream; adaptation; Fula ord; svärord; pragmatiska lån; lånord; kontaktlingvistik; nordiska språk; Twitter; geo-taggar; Nordic Tweet Stream; anpassning;

    Abstract : English profanities (i.e. potentially offensive words, including swear words) have been in use for decades in the Nordic languages – Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish – and offer a multitude of opportunities for linguistic expression, along with the domestic, heritage profanities in each language. READ MORE

  3. 22. 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

  4. 23. ENGLISH IN THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE OF GOTHENBURG

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Zozan Ucar; [2021-12-29]
    Keywords : English; Linguistic landscape; top-down; bottom-up; signs; Gothenburg; commerce;

    Abstract : Linguistic landscape is a discipline that studies signage in a landscape. It is a growing field within linguistics and numerous studies have been made worldwide on the prevalence of signs. Both the language used on signs and the actors behind the signs are of interest for the study of linguistic landscape. READ MORE

  5. 24. This shit gonna get real heavy - A quantitative study on the use of African-American Vernacular English in The Wire and The Princess and the Frog. : This shit gonna get real heavy - En kvantitativ studie om hur afroamerikansk engelska används i The Wire och Prinsessan och grodan.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Viktor Everstam; [2021]
    Keywords : African-American Vernacular English; AAVE; English; entertainment; linguistics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how the spoken variety African-American VernacularEnglish (AAVE) is used in entertainment. This is performed by comparing the spoken language oftwo fictional characters from two different sources of entertainment who are depicted as AAVEspeakers. READ MORE

  6. 25. Grammar "bores the crap out of me!": A mixed-method study on the XTYOFZ construction and its usage by ESL and ENL speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Nok Chin Lydia Chan; [2021]
    Keywords : Construction Grammar; constructions; corpus linguistics; ESL; processing; priming; Jabberwocky sentences.;

    Abstract : Different from Generative Grammar which sees grammar as a formal system of how words are put together to form sentences, Construction Grammar suggests that grammar is more than just rules and surface forms; instead, grammar includes many form-and-meaning pairings which are called constructions. For years, Construction Grammarians have been investigating constructions with various approaches, including corpus-linguistics, pedagogical, second language acquisition and so on, yet there is still room for exploration. READ MORE