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1. Processing Predicate NPs: An EEG study
University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : Theories on discourse accessibility and givenness suggest that nominal discourse entities vary with regard to how likely they are to act as antecedents to anaphoric expressions. Many factors are thought to affect the accessibility of a nominal entity in the mental model, including its morphosyntactic form and grammatical role. READ MORE
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2. Keeping Mum: An Exploration of Contemporary Kinship Terminology in British, American and Swedish Cultures
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The aim of this paper is to briefly clarify the categorization and usage of kinship terms in American and British English in comparison with the Swedish kinship terms, both considering the vocative use and the referential function. There will also be a comparison with previous studies. READ MORE
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3. A TALE OF FOUR TOWNS AND ENGLISH The Role of English in the Linguistic Landscape of Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The purpose of this study is to expand the corpus of linguistic landscape (LL) in Sweden. However, unlike previous studies, which have typically focused on the main cities, this study explores the central parts of four different research locations in Sweden – Alingsås, Höllviken, Svedala, and Hönö – all of which are characterized by a relatively small and homogenous population (as compared to larger cities). READ MORE
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4. VISUAL STRATEGY: the accessibility of organizational core values by an advertisement’s visual and textual dimensions - a semiotic analysis of the European ‘denim & jeans’ market.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikationAbstract : Organizations are currently facing an image-centered culture, where people are overwhelmed by pictures. Due to the high level of intensity and constant exposition to such material more and more people are normalizing the images that they are exposed to. READ MORE
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5. Screaming yellow: An exploratory study of how speakers gesture and speak about colour and colour theory
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : The abstract subject of colour is a widely studied subject in spoken languages. However, very little is known about colour in relation to gesture. A substantial part of the literature on gesture and abstract content is concerned with referential gestures and especially metaphorical mapping. READ MORE