Essays about: "preposition"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the word preposition.

  1. 11. Spatial Relations in Persian : An investigation on the locative use of prepositions with comparison to English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Niloofar Moltaji; [2016]
    Keywords : Ezāfe; compound preposition; preposition; primary preposition; secondary preposition; spatial relation;

    Abstract : This study is an investigation on the spatial span of Persian prepositions in colloquial speech, focusing on the locative use of prepositions. The results are compared with English prepositions as well. In order to show the functional span of various prepositions, the Typological Relations Picture Series known as TRPS or BowPed is used. READ MORE

  3. 12. Why you cannot go from and från the same place: a contrastive look at the prepositions from and från

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Elias Hermansson; [2016]
    Keywords : cognitive linguistics; från; from; prepositions; Contrastive analysis; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to describe the way the prepositions from and från work, both semantically and syntactically. However, the focus is on the translation from from into Swedish. READ MORE

  4. 13. The embodied meanings of towards and against Two English prepositions from a cognitive and contrastive linguistics perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Forsmann; [2014-02-19]
    Keywords : english; polysemy; cognitive linguistics; spatial scene; trajector; contrastive linguistics; corpus; equivalent;

    Abstract : This is a study of semantic differences in the use of the English prepositions towards and against analysed in terms of cognitive linguistics. The data for this analysis is provided by a selection of 120 sentence examples from the British National Corpus, BNC. READ MORE

  5. 14. Preposition Selection in EFL by Swedish EFL Learners : An exploratory study investigating language transfer and the impact of implicit and explicit knowledge in EFL

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Victoria Ström; [2014]
    Keywords : Language transfer; EFL; prepositions; psycholinguistics;

    Abstract : This study investigates how learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) whose first language (L1) is Swedish select prepositions in the English language. The study involves two groups, the participants and their respective controls. READ MORE

  6. 15. “People believes on ghosts” - an Error Analysis of Swedish Junior and Senior High School students´ written compositions

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Lucas Strömblad; [2013]
    Keywords : Linguistics; Grammar; Error Analysis; Composition;

    Abstract : This paper investigates errors in compositions written by junior and senior high school students. Two types of errors are specifically targeted, one relating to grammar in subject-verb agreement and another relating to the word class of prepositions. READ MORE