Essays about: "linguistics essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words linguistics essay.

1. 1. Mother Tongue Influence when Learning a Second Language : A Contrastive Analysis of Swedish Gymnasium Students

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

   Author : Ebba Müller; Stephanie Dahlquist; [2023]
   Keywords : Linguistics; contrastive analysis; mother tongue; influence; interference; errors;

   Abstract : The intended purpose of this essay was to examine student essays to find out if there are any first language interferences in Swedish students’ written English. First language interference has been researched before, which will be presented in the essay, amongst other terms such as translanguaging, acquisition and language transfer, all explained in the theoretical concepts section. READ MORE

3. 2. The Power of Words : How the use of words reflects societal opinion

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : David Brodin; [2023]
   Keywords : Gay; Queer; Corpus Linguistics;

   Abstract : This essay examines the ways that the underlying meaning of the keywords queer and gay had changed between, and during, the periods of 1989-1991, 1999-2001 and 2009-2011 within the medium of written American English as collected by the Corpus of Historical American English across multiple written genres. The examination of the two chosen keywords was conducted by sorting the list-results of respective COHA queries into each period, and then conducted by a systematic sorting of the query results into one out of four categories depending on how the keywords were primed, framed and used. READ MORE

4. 3. Directness and indirectness in the pursuit of love : A qualitative study on manifestations of directness and indirectness in the reality TV show Love on the Spectrum

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Malin Ringqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Directness; indirectness; implicature; entertainment;

   Abstract : When it comes to human communication, there are several possible ways of expressing the same idea. This is often explained in terms of direct and indirect speech acts. READ MORE

5. 4. A Case for Generative Linguistics in New Testament Exegesis : Surveying the Current Theoretical Landscape and Possible Applicability to Biblical Studies

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologi

   Author : Per Kristiansson; [2022]
   Keywords : Koine Greek; biblical Greek; syntax; generative linguistics; generative grammar; functional grammar; dependency grammar; transformational grammar; lingual hallmark; modern linguistics; parsing; compilation; minimalist program; New Testament text;

   Abstract : This essay surveys the current theoretical landscape of modern linguistics, asking whethe generative and possibly transformational linguistics can be applied to syntactic analysis of New Testament texts written in Koine Greek to find lingual hallmarks in the form of personal usage of syntactic rules that uniquely identify the authors of the texts. The conclusion is that there seems to be evidence that an application of a minimalist approach could make the detection of such lingual hallmarks possible. READ MORE

6. 5. Gender differences in usage of bitch and cunt across time : An analysis of findings in the BNC1994 and the BNC2014

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Josefina Siikavaara; [2021]
   Keywords : swearing; taboo language; bitch; cunt; gender differences; age differences; British National Corpus; linguistics;

   Abstract : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on swearing and taboo language, based on findings from the BNC1994 and the BNC2014. Bitch and cunt are two words that are linked to the female gender, but previous research has shown that they are used differently by men and women. READ MORE