Essays about: "negative adjectives"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words negative adjectives.

  1. 11. Are Loanwords Trendier? : A Qualitative Corpus Analysis on Adjective Collocations of English Loanword Nouns and their Native or Sino Japanese Pairs in the Japanese Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Erik Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese; loanwords; loanword pairs; gairaigo; kango; wago; emotive adjectives; collocation analysis; corpus; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : To analyse the behaviour of English loanwords in the Japanese language using corpus analysis is a relatively new field of research. The aim of this thesis is to add to this emergent field by attempting to discover if there are any differences in how English loanword nouns and their native Japanese/Sino-Japanese near synonym pairs are used in contemporary written Japanese. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Use of Adjectives in Contemporary Fashion Magazines : A Gender Based Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Alexandra Morelius; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This essay investigates how adjectives are used in fashion magazines in order to determine if the use differs regarding the targeted gender of the magazines, regarding the gender of the author of the article and regarding the gender of the person featured in the article. The aim is to determine if different types of adjectives are used, and if the frequency of the use of adjectives differs. READ MORE

  4. 13. Prudes versus sluts : An analysis of how attitudes are expressed through colloquial terminology

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emely Blixt; [2018]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; corpus linguistics; historical sociolinguistics; attributive features;

    Abstract : This paper performs a corpus-based critical discourse analysis on the terms“vamp”, “slut”, “prude” and “spinster” and how they are used in context fromthe 1920s to the 2000s. They were categorized according to what attitudeswere connected to them, positive, neutral and negative. READ MORE

  5. 14. All is well : An analysis of positivity through adjectives in two contemporary New Age self-help books

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Sonja Diar Fares; [2018]
    Keywords : adjectives; connotation; denotation; semantic prosody; associative meaning; self-help; New Age language; positivity; positive psychology; Abraham Hicks; Eckart Tolle; Adjektiv; semantik; konnotation; denotation; New Age språk; själv-hjälp; personlig utveckling; positiv psykologi;

    Abstract : Self-help counselling is an important industry that not only influences its immediate users’ behavior but also society and social behaviors more generally. Since New Ageis a main branch of self-help, and since positivity is a dominant concept in (New Age) self-help discourse, it is worth analyzing how positivity might be achieved in terms of language use. READ MORE

  6. 15. Word Frequency as a Predictor of Word Intensity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Rebeca Padilla López; [2017]
    Keywords : word frequency; intensity; sentiment analysis;

    Abstract : In this thesis we explore the intensity of adjectives and how it can be predicted by different word features. We investigate how to accurately determine intensity between synonymous adjectives. For this, we look at features such as word frequency, number of senses and syllable length. READ MORE