Essays about: "sports essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words sports essay.

  1. 1. “Not my MVP!” : Analysing impoliteness in Twitter comments towards award-winning basketballers in the NBA and WNBA leagues

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Rosén; [2023]
    Keywords : Impoliteness; gender; positive impoliteness; bald on-record impoliteness; NBA; WNBA; Twitter;

    Abstract : This essay investigates impoliteness in the context of Twitter-based comments on award announcing tweets for the Most Valuable Player-award (MVP) in the National Basketball League (NBA) and the Women´s National Basketball League (WNBA). A comparison was made between how impoliteness is realized in the male NBA and the female WNBA,allowing for a comparison of received impoliteness based on gender. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rehabilitering inom djuromvårdnad : vad gör djursjukskötaren?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Lowa Åström; Linnea Lagergren; [2021]
    Keywords : arbetsuppgifter; djursjukskötare; kunskap; lagstiftning; rehabilitering;

    Abstract : Rehabilitering är ett relativt nytt område inom djursjukvården som har expanderat de senaste åren. På djurkliniker och djursjukhus arbetas det dagligen med rehabilitering där många professioner är inblandade, bland annat djursjukskötare. READ MORE

  4. 3. Högstadieelevers användande av skolans gestaltade utemiljö : en studie av två skolgårdar i Mellansverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Susanna Palmqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : högstadieelever; skolgård; gestaltning; landskapsarkitektur; barnperspektiv; ungdomars beteende;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen undersöker vilka ytor högstadieungdomar använder i skolans utemiljö. Tidigare forskning har definierat vilka typer av platser ungdomar värderar i sin vardagsmiljö. Dessa är ytor för sportutövande, ofta bollsport, mötesplatser för socialt umgänge och ytor för återhämtning. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is there an economic value for elite sports? : The case of Swedish Hockey League

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Erik Åström; [2017]
    Keywords : Sports economics; Sweden; SHL; Ice Hockey; difference in difference; municipality; grp; unemployment; population growth;

    Abstract : The economic value of sport has long been an interesting subject to study. Proponents arguing there is big monetary return for a region hosting a professional sports team. However, majority of studies done on the subject point in the same direction where it seems economic return are negligible. READ MORE

  6. 5. Fighting for the Podium : Translating metaphors and metonymies in Formula 1 Racing

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Maria Görl; [2017]
    Keywords : Translation; metaphors; metonymy; structural metaphors; Formula 1; sports language; English; Swedish.;

    Abstract : This essay researches metaphors and metonymy in motorsports language, mainly investigating strategies for translating the structural metaphors RACING is WAR and RACE POSITIONS are RESOURCES and analyzing the results through both a quantitative and qualitative approach. The material for the research was selected parts of former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber’s autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey (2016). READ MORE