Essays about: "negative adjectives"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the words negative adjectives.

  1. 6. 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 humaniora

    Author : Katerina Swensson Doschoris; [2022]
    Keywords : Swearing; gender differences; pre-modifying adjectives; British National Corpus; sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 7. Investigating Professional Film Critics’ Stance towards Commercial and Art House Cinema: : A Corpus-Based Comparative Study on the Use of Evaluative Axiological Adjectives and Engagement Devices in Professional Film Reviews of Two Film Types

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Hariklia Triantafillou; [2021]
    Keywords : evaluation; axiological adjectives; epistemic devices; appraisal model; film criticism; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Evaluative stances are common in narrative and realized at all levels of linguistic structure. In film reviews, evaluation has been recognized as one of the most important stages alongside description (Taboada, 2011). READ MORE

  4. 8. The encoding of bad and evil : A cross-linguistic study using a parallel Bible corpus

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Nina Knobloch; [2021]
    Keywords : bad; evil; negative adjectives; lexical typology; semantic maps; negation; broad evil; narrow evil; dålig; ond; negativa adjektiv; lexikal typologi; semantiska kartor; negation; broad evil; narrow evil;

    Abstract : This study investigates the cross-linguistic encoding of bad and evil expressions. Using parallel data from the Bible corpus consisting of translations of the New Testament into 30 languages, probabilistic semantic maps have been created using Multi-Dimensional scaling. READ MORE

  5. 9. A Terrific Paper: A Corpus Study of Amelioration and Pejoration in Adjectives Related to Fear

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ilse de Wit; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The paper looks into the differences and similarities in amelioration and pejoration of adjectives related to the concept of fear. It specifically investigates awesome, awful, and terrific with the aim to find possible patterns and factors which influence change. READ MORE

  6. 10. Problematic Prepositions for Swedish Students of English

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Leonard Lindahl; [2020]
    Keywords : Prepositions; Swedish-English; transfer; SLA;

    Abstract : This study investigates prepositional errors that Swedish 16-year-old students of English produce. The study attempts to understand why English L2 students in Sweden struggle with prepositions by looking at research within the SLA field regarding transfer, interlanguage transfer, implicit and explicit learning. READ MORE