Essays about: "negative adjectives"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words negative adjectives.
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1. Mood and Verbals in North Common Tulu
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : In the Dravidian language Tulu, spoken in the south of present day India, in the states of Karnataka and Kerala, several verb forms exist which have hitherto been poorly described in the scientific literature. A set of these code different modal distinctions, and are thus labeled moods. READ MORE
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2. Benrina Yatsu: A Quantitative Corpus Study of the Usage of the Japanese Nominaliser Yatsu Together with Adjectives
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : Yatsu has both been described as an ‘abusive’ version of the nominaliser mono, as well having properties not shared with mono. In this paper, the Japanese nominaliser yatsu was examined using the written corpus Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese (BCCWJ) created by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL). READ MORE
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3. How do we value others’ personality traits? : A Quantitative Study on Rating of Personality Traits Related to Introversion and Extraversion and How It Associates with Our Own Personality
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknikAbstract : This study was based on The Big Five theoretical framework with focus on the extraversion factor, and its purpose was to assess how we value introverted and extraverted personality traits. A hypothesis was that ratings of extraversion-related adjectives would be higher than ratings of introversion-related adjectives. READ MORE
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4. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality : A Quantitative Study of Evaluative Adjectives in Digital Newspaper Articles
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : In this study, societal attitudes toward sexual minorities are investigated through analyzing journalists’ use of evaluative adjectives in newspaper articles regarding famous homosexual couples compared to famous heterosexual couples. In this study, differences in attitudes between male and female journalists are also investigated. READ MORE
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5. Gender differences in the usage of mild versus strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives : An analysis of findings in the BNC2014
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on mild and strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives when describing a person, based on findings from the BNC2014. Previous research implies that men and women use different types of swearwords, suggesting that men tend to use stronger language than women. READ MORE