Essays about: "word formation processes"
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1. Compounds with verbal constituents in Turkish
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : Compounding, one of the word-formation processes, has been under the focus of many researchers. However, as Bisetto and Scalise (2005) claim, some compound types are neglected. In Turkish, compounds with verbal constituents are one of these neglected types. READ MORE
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2. LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus pandemic has led to many new words and expressions and it is thus of interest to examine how often such neologisms are used, as well as what they might communicate semantically. READ MORE
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3. English Word Formation Processes: The use of affixations and implications for second language learning : A Case Study of Swedish Secondary Schools Grades 7-9
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This work explains the types of affixation errors second language learners make when learning English word formation processes, especially derivational and inflectional affixations. The data for the study were collected as primary sources from two secondary schools in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Blending Words or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blendguage : A computational study of lexical blending in Swedish
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för datorlingvistikAbstract : This thesis investigates Swedish lexical blends. A lexical blend is defined as the concatenation of two words, where at least one word has been reduced. Lexical blends are approached from two perspectives. First, the thesis investigates lexical blends as they appear in the Swedish language. READ MORE
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5. Will social media make or break the acceptance in new technology? : A quantitative study of consumer acceptance in Cryptocurrency
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Problem: Parallels have been drawn between the rise of the internet in 1990s and the present rise of bitcoin (cryptocurrency) and underlying blockchain technology. This resulted in a widespread of media coverage due to extreme price fluctuations and increased supply and demand. Garcia et al. READ MORE