Essays about: "semantics and linguistics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words semantics and linguistics.

  1. 16. Universals in the usage of and attitudes to onomatopoeia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2016]
    Keywords : usage; semantics; linguistics; Japanese; English; mimetics; sound symbolism; onomatopoeia; attitudes; meaning; metaphors; register; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study compares the usage of- and attitudes towards sound imitating expressions, onomatopoeia, in English and Japanese. It looks at previous research on onomatopoeia conducted on English and Japanese to establish a working definition for onomatopoeia and a categorization of the types of meanings each expression can have. READ MORE

  3. 17. Ongoing Semantic Change in Seven Swedish Words : A questionnaire-based study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Elena Luzhkova; [2015]
    Keywords : sociolinguistics; semantics; semantic change; Swedish; questionnaire; age; sociolingvistik; semantik; semantisk förändring; svenska; frågeformulär; ålder;

    Abstract : The lexical semantics of a language is an area of linguistics that has many important implications for the life of modern society. It is important to understand how language change works and why this change occurs. READ MORE

  4. 18. The expression of non-actual motion in Swedish sign language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Ekström; [2015]
    Keywords : Swedish sign language; fictive motion; non-actual motion; linguistic conventions; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The use of motion expressions to describe objects that are actually static (e.g. “The train tracks curves through the mountain”) has been of interest within the fields of linguistics and cognitive science for at least three decades (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 19. Kicking Ass with Style: Linguistic Humor Strategies in Three High-Grossing Action Movie Franchises

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Henrik Valis; [2014-02-11]
    Keywords : engelska; humor studies; action movies; linguistics; semantics; pragmatics; sarcasm; puns;

    Abstract : Since the 1980s, the American action hero has become increasingly humor-conscious as he disarms the villains through superior strength but also through superior wit. It is the aim of this study to, from a linguistics perspective, investigate the action hero's use of humor in so-called action blockbusters, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 20. A thorn in the side and its equivalents in French and Swedish : One sense realized as three different idioms

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Jasmine Andersson; [2014]
    Keywords : idioms; cognitive linguistics; concepts; conceptual metaphors; conceptual correspondences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyse how three idioms, in English, French and Swedish, despite different lexical compositions are capable of conveying the same meaning. The idioms in question are a thorn in the side, une épine au pied/dans le pied and en nagel i ögat. READ MORE