Essays about: "word-class"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word word-class.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. A Study in Describing Complex Words Using Wikipedia's Categorisation System : Adding Descriptive Terms to Increase the Comprehension of Swedish Texts

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Sebastian Ragnarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : epithet; wikipedia; nlp; complex words; prototype theori;

    Abstract : This thesis offers new input in the field of generating epithets to aid the comprehension of Swedish texts. For whatever reason, a reader might find certain words in a text difficult to understand. READ MORE

  3. 3. Swedish Learners of English and Their Use of Linguistic Metaphor

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Angelica Ahlin; [2022]
    Keywords : metaphor; MIPVU; second language learning; word class;

    Abstract : This study investigates linguistic metaphors used by Swedish learners of English in upper secondary school. The aim is to provide a measure of the amount and distribution of metaphor in learner English, with the secondary aim of evaluating the method. READ MORE

  4. 4. What Goes Where? : Swedish learners of English and the issue of English prepositions

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Oscar Söderman; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper examines 37 Swedish EFL students’ usage and knowledge of the English prepositions to, in, at, of and for by the use of a fill-in-the-gaps questionnaire. The students studied the course English 5 at a Swedish high school. READ MORE

  5. 5. “Be-heš gofte ke da’fe-ye dige fuska koni bebin če kāret mikonam.” : Code-switching among Persian-speaking Youths in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Nadia Sahlin; [2021]
    Keywords : Code-switching; bilinguals; bilingualism; minority and majority language;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to investigate code-switching at a structural level among youths in Sweden speaking Persian. According to the theoretical framework of this essay code-switching occurs at certain places in sentences and follow certain grammatical rules. READ MORE