Essays about: "written and spoken English"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words written and spoken English.

  1. 21. Code-switching online - A case study of Swedish-English code-switching in the blog Charlotta Flinkenberg

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ingrid Falk; [2014-02-13]
    Keywords : Code-switching; fashion; blog; Swedish popular culture;

    Abstract : This study investigates the form and function of Swedish-English code-switching within Swedish pop culture online through a case study of the fashion blog Charlotta Flinkenberg. Code-switching can be found in a multitude of written data; however, research has primarily focused on code-switching in spoken language. READ MORE

  3. 22. Language practices in the workplace : Ethnographic insights from two multilingual companies in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Rönnlöf; [2014]
    Keywords : Multilingual workplaces; Language practices; Language choice; Ethnographic interviews; Language policy;

    Abstract : Today’s globalised world calls for a multilingual workplace, with employees who can communicate effectively and efficiently with colleagues and clients around the world. Communication, both in the sense of actual language use and of language management, is an important but often forgotten part of productivity and performance in multinational corporations. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Linguistic Analysis of the Written Production of Second Language Learners : The Variation of Article Usage by Adult Chinese Learners of English

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Junyu Wu; [2014]
    Keywords : second language acquisition; corpus linguistics; keyword analysis;

    Abstract : This study aims to test Robertson’s lexical transfer principle, which posits that Chinese learners use demonstratives (particularly this) and the numeral one as markers of definiteness and indefiniteness. This is tested by analysing Chinese learners’ written production collected from the Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners 2. READ MORE

  5. 24. The influence of educational level and occupational status on the spoken language production of persons with agrammatic aphasia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Baran Johansson; [2013-06-04]
    Keywords : agrammatic aphasia; spoken language production; speech production; syntactic; morphological; semantic; phonological; lexical;

    Abstract : Can educational background and occupational status have an influence on the spoken language production of persons with agrammatic aphasia? This study is an attempt to answer this question based on the investigation of speech production of three American high school and three American university educated persons with agrammatic aphasia. Syntactic, morphological, semantic, phonological and lexical analyses have been performed on the data. READ MORE

  6. 25. Marking Definiteness in Farsi and English by Farsi Speaking EFL Learners

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Parichehr Afzali; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Differences in marking definiteness among various languages have been considered one of the most confusing areas for speakers of different languages. As a teacher of EFL to Farsi speakers, I have frequently noticed that the students face problems when it comes to marking a definite or indefinite noun in English. READ MORE