Essays about: "verb tense"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words verb tense.

1. 1. VERBAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE GARISSA DIALECT OF SOMALI

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Abdirahman Mohamud; [2023-06-21]
   Keywords : Somali; Dialect; Garissa; Verb; Morphology;

   Abstract : The essay investigates Garissa dialect, aiming to examine how far it is different from, or similar to, the standard Somali when it comes to verbal morphology. There are only very general studies of Somali dialects, and no study has ever focused specifically on this particular topic due to security reason among other things. READ MORE

3. 2. An Errors Analysis of Grammatical Errors in The Written Productions of Swedish Students in a Vocational High School

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

   Author : Maryam Nezamabadi; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : Error analysis; Verb errors; Common grammatical errors; English written productions; Grammar teaching; Second language learning; Errors based on word class categories;

   Abstract : As an approach to spotting and analyzing students' errors, error analysis provides information that gives us a better understanding of students' knowledge of second language grammar, so we can offer them more effective teaching. This study is an error analysis that investigates the most common grammatical errors focusing on verbs, prepositions, articles, and pronouns in English writings produced by first-year high-school students at a vocational school in southern Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Reader Address and its Translation in a Gardening Guide : Pronouns, Modals and Imperatives

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Micaela Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Reader address; modal verb; imperative verb; pronoun you; second person pronoun; generic pronoun; translation;

   Abstract : This study examines the translation of three forms of reader address from English to Swedish in a gardening guidebook – the pronoun you as a second person reference and generic reference, modal verbs, and imperatives. The translation was made by the author of this study. READ MORE

5. 4. Subject-Verb Agreement Errors in Young Norwegian EFL Learners

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Julia Vejby; [2023]
   Keywords : Error Analysis; SLA; Subject-Verb Agreement; EFL;

   Abstract : The present study investigates changes in subject-verb agreement (SVA) errors in young Norwegian EFL learners’ written production from 8th to 10th grade. The study aimed to see if the frequency and type of SVA errors changed as the learners became more proficient. READ MORE

6. 5. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2022]
   Keywords : Southern Nambikwara; subjectivity; epistemic marking; egophoricity; co-distributions;

   Abstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE