Essays about: "speech community"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 37 essays containing the words speech community.

  1. 31. Securitizing Libya: The securitizing aspects of UN:s and NATO:s justification of Operation Unified Protector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christian Norelius; [2014]
    Keywords : Securitization; Referent Object; Securitizing Actor; Securitizing Speech Act; Military Intervention; Libya; UNSC; NATO; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : One of the toughest challenges for the international community is to justify military interventions in sovereign states. Echoing in terms of post-colonialism, underlying interest and power domination, military interventions must be argued for and legitimized in order to gain support from both public and institutional opinion. READ MORE

  3. 32. Who Does the Talking? Gender differences regarding speaking time and tag questions in the "BBC Antiques Roadshow"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Margareta Wäpling; [2013-06-28]
    Keywords : gender differences; tag questions; speaking time; spoken interaction dominance; status; community of practice; speech community; poerless speech; same-gender and opposite-gender dyads;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse gender differences in speaking time and use of tag questions and how contextual factors, such as status, gender composition of the group and topic of the conversation, influence the result. The material used for this research was five episodes of the "BBC Antiques Roadshow", series 32. READ MORE

  4. 33. User, Form and Confrontation : - Awareness and Attitudinal Dynamics in Observance of Unconventional Features

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Andreas Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Unconventional Language; Slang; Attitudinal Dynamics; Sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : The present work is a sample study in which the investigator asks a number of randomly selected informants[1]to evaluate a number of items and to answer questions on their take on and understanding of, unconventional language. The focus of the investigation is on the relationship between the interviewees’ understanding and recognition of unconventional language and their particular attitudes towards the same as their ability to recognise slang is compared with their respective attitudes. READ MORE

  5. 34. Cross-Cultural study in Noun Constructions. Corpus-driven Cognitive Linguistics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Katarina Helgeman; [2011]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The close relationship between culture and language has been captivating humans since ancient times and various schools of thought have offered different approaches. Cognitive Linguistics holds the view that language is a socially constructed phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 35. Conceptual Construction through Contextual Modulation : A Case Study of Happiness and Happy

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Ali Golriz; [2010]
    Keywords : conceptualization of meaning; conceptual complexity;

    Abstract : This is a study of the emotion terms happy and happiness conducted in order to identify the possible grounds in which these notions are perceived by the British English speaking speech community and how people use these terms according to their conceptual frameworks. Basically, it is supposed that the terms happy and happiness are very close in their meanings and they imply more or less the same sense from different angles. READ MORE