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Performing Poetry - A Linguistic Study of Benjamin Zephaniah’s "Propa Propaganda"
(2013-03-06)The aim of this study is to examine the extent and type of non-standard language use in Benjamin Zephaniah’s poetry collection Propa Propaganda. It also investigates variables such as identity, situation and style by ... -
Jeune, Français et Catalan ou Jeune, Français ou Catalan ? - Étude sur la coexistence des deux langues à Perpignan
(2013-03-06)Une langue n’est jamais simplement une langue car c’est aussi une façon de penser et de se comporter partagée par un ensemble. Le résultat de la combinaison de deux cultures différentes est quelque chose qui étonnera ... -
*Grammatic progress - a study of grammatical errors by Swedish students of English
(2013-03-06)Purpose: To examine the grammatical issues in the written production of students of different ages. Method: A quantitative study of errors in seven test sentences which students have translated from Swedish to English. ... -
EXPRESARSE SIN MIEDO A EQUIVOCARSE - Un estudio sobre el uso de los juegos de foro en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera
(2013-03-06)Målet med denna uppsats är att visa hur forumspel kan användas som ett pedagogiskt verktyg som förbättrar inlärningen av spanska studerat som ett utländskt språk. Många elever uttrycker rädsla inför att prata på de språk ... -
Palabras, palabras, tan sólo palabras - Un estudio sobre el aprendizaje de vocabulario en la página web glosor.eu
(2013-03-06)Objetivo: Syftet med studien är att ta reda på om internet som resurs i inlärningen många gånger saknar den teoretiska grunden som behövs i undervisningen. Om detta är fallet vill vi även undersöka om ordinlärningssidan ... -
Personajes femeninos en dos cuentos de Giovanna Rivero Santa Cruz
(2013-03-06)Syftet med denna uppsats är att utforska om de kvinnliga huvudpersonerna hos en kvinnlig boliviansk författare är påverkade eller inte av de patriarkala stereotyperna. För detta ändamål använder jag mig av dekonstruktionen ... -
Topics and language features in The Clash’s London Calling.
(2012-08-24)The aims in this study were to identify the topics and language features in The Clash’s London Calling to see how they reflect the society in the UK at the time, and how a study like this can be practiced in the English- ... -
"I want to stay in Sweden whole my life..." A study and alalysis of errors in the written production of Swedish pupils in the 9th grade
(2012-08-20)This essay investigates errors in written production by Swedish pupils in the ninth grade. A total of 36 essays were randomly selected from the National Assessment Programme in English in 2010. When analysing the corpus, ... -
Deux langues – une culture? Étude sur la traduction des référents culturels dans la traduction française d’un roman de Lars Kepler
(2012-06-30)Uppsatsen har som mål att analysera den franska översättningen av de kulturspecifika begrepp som förekommer i Lars Keplers roman "Hypnotisören". Begreppen har delats upp i olika semantiska grupper som jämförts med varandra ... -
Der geborene Ritter? - Eine Untersuchung zur Funktion der ritterlichen Geburt in „Wigalois“ und „Der arme Heinrich“
(2012-06-30)In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Funktion der Geburt des hochmittelalterichen Ritterideals aus einer diskurstheoretischen Perspektive diskutiert. Als Ausgangspunkt für die Diskussion dienen die zwei hochmittelalterlichen ... -
Men and Boys in Man and Boy - Gender Roles and the Relation Between Fathers and Sons in a novel by Tony Parsons
(2012-06-30)Extensive reading is beneficial in the language learning process. If students get the opportunity to read novels, they will not only increase their vocabulary and develop their language competence, but they will also learn ... -
Non-Standard English in Children’s Movies: A Gender Perspective
(2012-06-30)Sociolinguists have repeatedly demonstrated that men use more nonstandard forms of English than women do and that this gender-related variation develops in early childhood. The present study has investigated whether ... -
Teachers’ Reflections about Vocabulary Teaching
(2012-06-30)The aim of this study is to compare teachers‟ opinions about vocabulary teaching to methods described in research and to investigate if there is a correlation between the methods the teachers say they use and their work ... -
Gender-Related Features in the Use of the Hedge "You Know" - A Case Study of Conversations on the Radio Station, London’s Biggest Conversation 97.3FM
(2012-06-30)Aims: To examine gender-related features in conversations with the focus on the use of the hedge you know and compare the findings with previous studies. Method: A quantitative study of the use of you know in conversations ... -
Hedges and Boosters in Academic Writing - A Study of Gender Differences in Essays Written by Swedish Advanced Learners of English.
(2012-06-30)The primary aim of this study was to investigate the overall frequency in which Swedish advanced learners of English use epistemic modality to express doubt (hedges) and certainty (boosters) in their academic writing; and ... -
Teaching "The hunger games"; Read - Write - Speak - Listen
(2012-06-28)This essay explores how the best-seller The Hunger Games can be applied in the classroom. In the curriculum for the English courses in Upper Secondary School the students should develop an all-round communicative competence ... -
Colonising "The Coral Island": A Postcolonial Reading of R.M. Ballantyne's Children's "Classic"
(2012-06-28)Being written during the rise of the British Empire in the 1850sm R.M. Ballantyne's boys' adventure story "The Coral Island" is in many ways a product of its time, conveying imperial ideas and Victorian values to the young ... -
Who is Percival? Intertextuality, Monologism and Heteroglossia in Virginia Woolf’s "The Waves"
(2012-06-28)The essay “Who is Percival?” discusses the complex questions which arise from the obvious contradictions between the ideals of the hero Percival in Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves and the political opinions which Woolf ... -
What the Butler Recalled - Memory and Self-Deception in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day
(2012-06-28)This essay focuses on the main character, Mr Stevens, in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and his recollections of his forty years as a butler at Darlington Hall. The novel, in the form of a diary, describes a six-day ... -
Översättning till svenska av japansk onomatopoetikon i Manga
(2012-06-27)Målet med den här studien är att analysera hur japanska onomatopoetiska ord i manga översätts till den onomatopoetiskt fattiga svenskan. Över 600 exempel på onomatopoetiska ord och deras svenska översättningar har hämtats ...