Essays about: "on idiolect"

Found 3 essays containing the words on idiolect.

  1. 1. Contact Effects in Swedish Romani Phonology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Hannes Lindbäck; [2020]
    Keywords : linguistics; romani; swedish romani; contact linguistics; language contact;

    Abstract : This thesis examines possible contact effects in the segmental phonology in an idiolect of Swedish Romani. From data gathered from one speaker of Swedish Romani I describe the phonology on a segmental level and then compare this with the phonology of its progenitor, Proto-Northwestern Romani. READ MORE

  3. 2. Roald Dahl’s The BFG in Translation : The lexically creative idiolect of "the BFG" and its translation into Japanese

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Jennifer Nykänen; [2018]
    Keywords : Japanese; translation; challenges; strategies; neologism; allusion; wordplay; The BFG; Roald Dahl; idiolect; expressive language;

    Abstract : A translator works as a mediator between an original work that has been written in one language, a source text, and those who will be the audience of the translation, or, in other words, the target text. Translating a text is often a challenging task, as the translator must keep in mind both the source text and its author’s intentions with the text, and also its intended audience, but also keep in mind the target audience of the target text. READ MORE

  4. 3. “We need to ta det lugnt” : English-Swedish code-switching: A case study of TV personality Simon Davies’ idiolect

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Kajsa Urge; [2010]
    Keywords : bilingualism; conversation; English-Swedish code-switching; idiolect; Simon Davies; TV-show;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine why Swedish-English code-switching occurs, focusing on one person. The idiolect examined is Simon Davies, hosting the TV-show Design: Simon & Tomas where Simon Davies and his colleague Tomas Cederlund travel around Sweden helping Swedes with interior design. READ MORE