Essays about: "polysemy]"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word polysemy].

1. 1. The Good Guy vs. The Bad Guy : An analysis of how American presidential inaugurations are described in British newspapers

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Pedagogik, språk och ämnesdidaktik

   Author : Nadia Sahlin; [2021]
   Keywords : American president inaugurations; British newspapers; linguistic tools; linguistic features; analyse of articles;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay was to demonstrate whether the descriptions of Donald Trump’s inauguration 2017 differed from Joe Biden’s inauguration 2021 in three of the biggest British newspapers: The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph. One article from each newspaper concerning the inaugurations 2017 and 2021 was investigated. READ MORE

3. 2. Smart Search Engine : A Design and Test of Intelligent Search of News with Classification

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

   Author : Chaoyang Li; Ke Liu; [2021]
   Keywords : Smart search; precision; recall rate; NLTK; inverted index; BM25;

   Abstract : Background Google, Bing, and Baidu are the most commonly used search engines in the world. They also have some problems. For example, when searching for Jaguar, most of the search  results are cars, not animals. This is the problem of polysemy. READ MORE

4. 3. "Pun Intended" : The Possible Implementation of Puns to Teach Swedish Upper Secondary School Learners about Meanings of Polysemous Words in the L2 English Classroom

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Filippa Söderström; Jakob Thorén; [2021]
   Keywords : Puns; Polysemy; Humor; Language Education; Vocabulary acquisition; SLA;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate to what extent Swedish upper secondary school learners of L2 English understand the meanings of polysemous words and whether puns can be used to teach such words. A test and two questionnaires were constructed to retrieve data from both students and teachers. READ MORE

5. 4. Metaphors and their Making: Bodily, conventionally and contextually motivated metaphors in inter- and intra-generational conversations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Björn Torstensson; [2019]
   Keywords : cognitive semiotics; iconicity; Motivation and Sedimentation Model; conventionality; embodiment; metaphor identification; signs; polysemy; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis examines and compares spontaneous metaphor usage in conversations within and between generations. It investigates to what extent they can be seen as motivated by bodily, conventional and situated factors with the help of the Motivation and Sedimentation Model (MSM), which operates with these three levels of meaning. READ MORE

6. 5. No Laughing Matter : A study of the use of comedy in public service announcements

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Josefin Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : Public service announcements; Advertisements; Advertising; Semantics; Pragmatics; Ambiguity; The United Kingdom; The United States; Australia;

   Abstract : This essay is a study which is intended to explore how public service announcements in broadcast media use humour as a method of conveying their core messages in a manner which is both memorable and persuasive; to consider why humour is chosen as a strategy; and to identify the similarities and differences in the use of humour in PSAs and commercial broadcast advertising. Six video commercials were analysed in total: three PSAs and three advertisements. READ MORE