Essays about: "pragmatic markers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words pragmatic markers.

  1. 1. Neural functional connections of pragmatics : A potential pragmatic network in development

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Ronja Forsgren Roll; [2023]
    Keywords : Pragmatics; development; adolescence; networks; functional connectivity; theory of mind; executive functions; Pragmatik; utveckling; ungdomar; nätverk; funktionell konnektivitet; theory of mind; exekutiva funktioner;

    Abstract : Pragmatic ability is crucial in everyday interactions. In populations of neurotypical individuals, pragmatic skill varies greatly. The neural mechanisms behind the variety, and the neural development of pragmatics remain to be explained. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pragmatic strategies in academic English as a lingua franca : A corpus-based analysis of the use of the discourse markers, yeah, okay, and so during academic consultations hours

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

    Author : Ida Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : English as a lingua franca; pragmatics; discourse markers; academic consultation hours; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : English is used as a lingua franca to communicate when interlocutors' do not share a first language (DeBartolo, 2014). This is prominent in academia, where teachers and students in international exchange programs communicate daily in English as a lingua franca (ELF). READ MORE

  4. 3. "Breaking the lawn chair, skinning the fish" : Categorization and Gender Differences in Slang Use in the TV Series Sex Education

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Michele Lopez; [2021]
    Keywords : slang; Sex Education; taboo words; proper slang; pragmatic markers; gender perspective;

    Abstract : This essay, entitled “Breaking the lawn chair, skinning the fish” - Categorization and Gender Differences in Slang Use in the TV Series Sex Education, claims that slang is part of our everyday language use and it can be found even on TV nowadays. In fact, contemporary TV series often portray a language use that includes informal language and slang expressions and words. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finding case through personal names in parallel texts

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Gustav Finnveden; [2019]
    Keywords : Case; Personal names; Parallel texts; Information entropy; Bible corpus; Indirect measurement; Kasus; Personnamn; Parallella texter; Informationsentropi; Bibelkorpus; Indirekta mått;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the ‘richness’ of the marking on personal names is an adequate indirect measure of a language’s case usage. The method uses parallel texts to identify, and group by lemma, names in over a thousand languages. READ MORE

  6. 5. Lost and gained in translation : Pragmatic markers in an English source text andits Swedish target text

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Cecilia Ek; [2017]
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    Abstract : This study analyses the translation of some pragmatic markers in an informal English non-fiction text and its Swedish target text. The pragmatic markers in focus are interjections, modal adverbs and question tags, and the sources of the Swedish modal particle ju are also analysed. READ MORE