Essays about: "teenage language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words teenage language.

1. 1. Let’s go to the frukost : – A case study of a teenage influencer’s use of English in a Swedish-language YouTube channel.

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Veronica Gustafsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Code-switching; English; Swedish; adolescents;

   Abstract : From the perspective of an English teacher, the way students communicate in English is a point of interest. For the last half a century, the English language has had and continues to have, a major influence on our language. For teenagers, code-switching (CS) between the languages, for specific words or phrases, has become natural and effortless. READ MORE

3. 2. Metaphor and Metonymy Related to the Concept of Anger in the Television Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Marleen Hermansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Pictorial runes; visual metaphors; animated film; manga; multimodality;

   Abstract : This study explores uses of metaphor and metonymy related to the concept of anger in the American television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2012. The theoretical framework of the study is Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The data consists of metaphors and metonymies in the verbal and the pictorial mode. READ MORE

4. 3. Holden Caulfield´s Narcissism Revisited : A Psychoanalytical Study of the Protagonist in J.D. Salinger´s The Catcher in the Rye

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Sara Hayward; [2018]
   Keywords : The Catcher in the Rye; J. D. Salinger; Freud; psychoanalytical literary criticism; narcissism;

   Abstract : Jerome David Salinger´s Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, is seen through the lens of psychoanalytical literary criticism. He is a complex character, who is torn between his dreams and emotions. READ MORE

5. 4. Representations of British teenage slang in the TV-series "Misfits" - A communicative approach to teenage slang

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emilia Zotevska; [2014-01-15]
   Keywords : slang; teenagers; adolescence; Misfits; convergence; communication; goal; accomodation; sociolinguistics; communication accomodation theory; identity; group togetherness; solidarity; scripted speech; fictional speech; in-group; out-group;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the functions of British teenage slang vocabulary from a communicative perspective and to analyse it in the social situations that occur in the TV-series Misfits. The language in Misfits can be considered a representation of the slang usage of British teenagers in general. READ MORE

6. 5. Hacking Education with Virtual Microworlds

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Pascal Chatterjee; [2014]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Contrary to popular belief, scientists working in their laboratories are not the members of society who learn the most in their daily lives. The members of society who do by far the most learning in their daily lives are children. READ MORE