Essays about: "words of the same origin"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words words of the same origin.

  1. 6. Onomatopoeia and iconicity : A comparative study of English and Swedish animal sound

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Elin Dofs; [2008]
    Keywords : Iconicity; onomatopoeia; arbitrariness; sound symbolism;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine whether language is iconic or arbitrary in the issue of onomatopoeia, i.e. whether animal sounds are represented in the same way in different languages. READ MORE

  3. 7. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Louise Eriksson; [2005]
    Keywords : near-synonymy; collocations; verbs of Germanic and Romance origin;

    Abstract : This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. READ MORE

  4. 8. Separated children seeking asylum - with focus on the evidentiary assessment within Swedish refugee law.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Stina Lempert; [2003]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Separated children are children under 18, who are outside their country of origin and have been separated from their parents, or other previous legal/customary primary caregiver. Although the reasons for these children's separation from their primary caregiver may vary, the phenomenon is not a recent occurrence. READ MORE