Essays about: "why people study english"

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1. 6. AUTOMATED GENDER CLASSIFICATION IN WIKIPEDIA BIOGRAPHIESa cross-lingual comparison

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Sasha Weijand; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The written word plays an important role in the reinforcement of gender stereotypes, especially in texts of a more formal character. Wikipedia biographies have a lot of information about famous people, but do they describe men and women with different kinds of words? This thesis aims to evaluate and explore a method for gender classification of text. READ MORE

3. 7. The Poet as Hero : A Study of the Clash Between the Hero and the First World War in British Trench Poetry, and Its Use in the Swedish School System Within the Subject of English.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Carl Olsson; [2018]
   Keywords : The Great War; The First World War; First World War Poetry; The hero in the First World War; Siegfried Sassoon; Wilfred Owen; Rupert Brooke; Trench Poetry; Poetry; First World War poetry in the Swedish education system; Heroes; Heroism; The hero in poetry; The hero as weapon; New Historicism; Critical Literature Pedagogy.;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the clash between the hero and the First World War in the works of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. It explores the impact on their poetry and attitude towards the concept of the hero as it applied to them as people and poets. READ MORE

4. 8. Impact of Competitive Foods in Public Schools on Child Nutrition: Effects on Adolescent Obesity in The United States An Integrative Systematic Literature Review

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Kirsten Sildén; [2017]
   Keywords : school OR schools united states OR U.S. OR US OR united states of America food OR food preferences OR food habits OR health behavior OR feeding behavior OR child nutrition weight gain OR overweight OR BMI OR Body Mass Index OR Body Composition OR Obesity OR Adolescent Obesity OR Pediatric Obesity OR body weight nutrition policy OR health promotion OR health policy OR school health policy food services OR competitive food OR competitive foods OR commercial food OR beverages OR carbonated beverages OR sugar-sweetened beverages OR vending machines OR food dispensers OR food dispensers; automatic OR foods of minimal nutritional value OR FMNV ; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract Objective: To identify and analyse literature on the effects of competitive foods in public schools on adolescent weight (BMI), and possible impacts they may have on adolescent obesity in the United States. Methods: An integrative systematic review of literature was conducted. READ MORE

5. 9. How crossing one's fingers and holding one's thumbs manages to convey a similar semantic meaning. : The cognitive motivations behind the understanding of three Swedish and English idiom pairs, with different words for body parts.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Hanna Lindblom; [2017]
   Keywords : Metaphor; metonymy; embodied motivation; idioms; body parts; comparative.;

   Abstract : Three idiom pairs were analysed in order to identify which conceptual motivation, in the form of metaphors, metonymies, embodied motivations and conventional knowledge, were present. Each pair had one Swedish- and one English idiom. READ MORE

6. 10. Polystyrene nanoparticles interactions with Calbindin D9k and Monellin

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

   Author : Martin Lindunger; [2017]
   Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

   Abstract : Nanomedicine and the use of nanoparticles (NPs) are growing like never before. It is therefore important to investigate the interactions in the nano world and the possible hazards. Proteins in organisms can adsorb to NPs and change the proteins structure and therefore their functions. READ MORE