Essays about: "preposition of"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words preposition of.

  1. 1. What Goes Where? : Swedish learners of English and the issue of English prepositions

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Oscar Söderman; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper examines 37 Swedish EFL students’ usage and knowledge of the English prepositions to, in, at, of and for by the use of a fill-in-the-gaps questionnaire. The students studied the course English 5 at a Swedish high school. READ MORE

  3. 2. Structural and Functional Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Music Research Articles : A Corpus-Based Approach

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

    Author : Elena Novella Savelyeva; [2021]
    Keywords : formulaic language; lexical bundles; research articles; music; musicology; Corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : Applied linguistics has lately been seen in studies of formulaicity of language operating through recurrent word combinations. The present study deals with one type of word combinations, namely lexical bundles (LBs), which are defined as a sequence of three or more words that frequently co-occur in a particular register (Biber et al., 1999). READ MORE

  4. 3. From the midst of darkness to a nugget of hope : Post-nominal of-phrases in translation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Susanne Mickelsson Sparv; [2020]
    Keywords : Compound; genitive variation; noun phrase; of-phrase; post-modifier; prepositional phrase; translation;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze how post-nominal of-phrases are translated from English to Swedish in a non-fiction text about the musician Dave Grohl and his band Foo Fighters. The analysis is both quantitative and qualitative. READ MORE

  5. 4. The value of traditional travel agency in the digital age

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Rouya Liao; [2020]
    Keywords : traditional travel agency; value; digitalization; tourism.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In contemporary tourism, technology enables travelers to make travel arrangements in various ways, for example they can reserve tickets directly from airlines company’s website or purchase products from online travel agencies. Considering that travelers have many alternatives but insist in making transactions with traditional travel agencies, there must be something that makes traditional travel agency a valuable object. READ MORE

  6. 5. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Preposition Acquisition in an ESL Context with Arabic Learners

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Louie Al Emam; [2019]
    Keywords : : ESL; SLA; prepositions; cognitive linguistics; Arabic-speaking students; traditional approaches; spatial relations.;

    Abstract : Teaching prepositions in the context of English as a foreign language (ESL) can be particularly challenging. The present research explored the ability of Arabic-speaking students to understand and use prepositions and examined the efficacy of using cognitive linguistics to train them on the for and to prepositions. READ MORE