Essays about: "semantic essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words semantic essay.

  1. 1. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

    University essay from

    Author : Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power

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

    Author : Marianne Vifell Waters; [2023]
    Keywords : Early Modern English; Shakespeare; King Lear; social rank; gender; power; possession; Semantic and Pragmatic theories.;

    Abstract : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Study of Semantic Change in the Word viral

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Author : Eldar Jusovic; [2022]
    Keywords : Semantics; Semantic change; Diachronic change; Corpus; Collocation; Context analysis; viral; WWW; dictionaries;

    Abstract : With diachronic corpus over the time periods, I selected a word that might be suitable for this type of study for detecting if potential semantic changes have occurred. In this study, I explored the lexical semantics of the word viral to see if the World Wide Web (WWW) has influenced the word. READ MORE

  5. 4. Phasal Polarity in Swahili

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Aron Zahran; [2021-09-01]
    Keywords : Swahili; Bantu languages; phasal polarity; tense; aspect; grammaticalization;

    Abstract : This scope of this essay is to investigate and systematically describe a set of linguistic items in Swahili expressing Phasal Polarity (PhP), i.e. the notions of ‘NOT YET’, ‘ALREADY, ‘STILL’, and ‘NO LONGER’. READ MORE

  6. 5. On the Propositionality of Signs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : philosophy of language; sign; icon; symbol; proposition; semantics; translatability;

    Abstract : There has been much philosophical debate about whether the meaning of pictures can be analysed using theoretical frameworks normally employed within philosophy of language. A specific question within this debate is the question of whether pictures can express propositions. READ MORE