Essays about: "modern linguistics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 26 essays containing the words modern linguistics.

  1. 21. An Auteur Study of Kira Muratova Focusing on the Films Two in One and Melody for a Street Organ

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Helena Tomasson; [2012]
    Keywords : Soviet cinema; post-modern cinema; semiotics; meaning; text; heteroglossia; film study; film analysis; Kira Muratova; auteur study; dialogism; violence; grotesque in film; Ukrainian cinema; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to the cinema art of Kira Muratova with the focus on the theme of grotesque. Kira Muratova shot films of different genres; mixing styles, creating a new reality of cinema, mixing audio-visualization of people with animals, classical literature with slang, including photography and pornography, installation, performance, opera and ballet. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Final Particle wa in Japanese - Stereotypes vs. Reality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Alexander Petersson; [2010]
    Keywords : Japanese; linguistics; sentence-final; particle; wa; dialect; gender; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The sentence-final particle wa is something that has predominately been taught as a female particle in the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language. However, from the information presented in this thesis it is demonstrated that the sentence-final wa is in fact two separate elements, one kind used by women and the other by men. READ MORE

  4. 23. Reversing Language Shift in Galicia : A Present-Day Perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Ekaterina Skobel; [2010]
    Keywords : language; linguistics; bilingualism; Spain; Galicia; Galician; reversing language shift; minority languages;

    Abstract : The present thesis is about the current linguistic situation in the Spanish province of Galicia and about the prospects of the Galician language in modern times. The situation is analyzed through applying Joshua Fishman's model of reversing language shift (RLS). .. READ MORE

  5. 24. Corpus-driven Cognitive Linguistics. The Conceptualisation of Body Shape

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Emma Goddard; [2010]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The issues of body shape and living up to an ideal is a topic not only commonly discussed in the media but also a subject occupying many peoples’ minds on an everyday basis. Eating disorders are common and obesity is an increasing topic for discussion. READ MORE

  6. 25. THOU, THEE, THY, THINE, YE, YOU, YOUR, YOURS : SECOND PERSON PRONOUNS IN TWO BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

    University essay from Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Eila Hedvall; [2008]
    Keywords : Second person pronouns; The King James Bible; The New King James Bible Version; linguistics; language change;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine, Ye, You, Your, Yours: Second Person Pronouns in Two Bible Translations In the King James Version from 1611 there are eight different forms of personal pronouns for second person: the singular forms thou, thee, thy, thine and the corresponding plural forms ye, you, your and yours. Because of linguistic changes in the English language the number of the second person pronouns has declined during the centuries. READ MORE