Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för språk och litteraturer: Recent submissions
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La representación de la mujer prostituta en la obra cinematográfica de Pedro Almodóvar
(2015-06-17)The main objective of this study is to provide information about how the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar represents the character of the prostitute in his filmography. The goal is to analyze how he characterizes prostitutes ... -
English at Universeum. A Needs Analysis of Communication in English at the Science Center Universeum in Gothenburg
(2015-06-17)The purpose of this study is to investigate how English is used at Universeum, the largest science center in Scandinavia, and also to identify any needs for improving the communication in English. To do this, a needs ... -
Expert or non-expertreaders? A study on company reports and personnel attitudes from a language consultancy viewpoint.
(2015-06-17)This study’s aim is to examine a marine survey company’s report writing to find possible proficiency needs among the reporting department personnel and consequently for the readability of the reports. Also, to examine what ... -
Poetic imagery and symbolism in Nizār Qabbānī's elegy Balqῑs
(2015-06-16)This study investigates the poetical images, and Arabism, in Nizār Qabbānī's poem Balqῑs. Nizār Qabbānī was able to create a poem that is a mixture of elegy, praise, and satire. Studying this poem enables us to see his ... -
Karlsson på taket. Svenska neologismer i rysk översättning
(2015-06-16)Neologismerna har i en del fall översatts genom översättningslån eller genom transposition, men framför allt har de förtydligats i de ryska översättningarna. Ryska neologismer har i princip inte använts för att översätta ... -
Kent en español. Un análisis de la traducción del sueco al español de tres letras de la banda Kent, con el enfoque en fenómenos culturales
(2015-06-15)I föreliggande uppsats kommer jag att analysera översättningarna från svenska till spanska av tre av rockbandet Kents låttexter. Översättningarna är utförda av en anonym person som lägger ut sina översättningar på webplatsen ... -
EXILE 2.0. An analysis of Afrah Nasser’s blog authorship
(2015-06-09)The thesis analyses how blogging in the Arabic blogosphere conditions political authorship in exile and how new digital media technologies create novel forms of presence at a distance. This purpose is fulfilled by an ... -
Didactic considerations of vocabulary breadth and depth in EFL/ESL contexts - a literature review
(2015-04-27)This literature review analyzes and synthesizes current studies on the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension in the context of English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL). It concludes ... -
The Performance of Gender Ambiguity in Patti Smith´s Just Kids
(2015-04-20)Abstract: Gender is considered fixed by society and women are confined to their defined roles; however, gender is not black and white. Patti Smith opposed these traditional roles. This essay will argue that Patti Smith, ... -
Implications of corrective feedback on grammar in writing in EFL
(2015-04-20)Corrective feedback has been widely discussed and both praised and rejected, in this review recent research on the topic is collected, presenting an overview of what kind of feedback is most beneficial to language learners ... -
The effects of ICT on affective factors and teaching practices in the EFL and ESL classroom
(2015-04-17)The 21st century EFL/ESL teachers have the possibility of using information and communication technologies in their teaching. Increased accessibility to online tools for students’ and better equipped facilities makes it ... -
Comprehensive or Selective Feedback, that is the Question. A Literature Review Focusing on Writing Strategies in an EFL/ESL Classroom
(2015-04-17)This literature review illustrates what research indicate is more preferable, comprehensive or selective written feedback in English classrooms. This is not an easy question to answer because there are some researchers who ... -
Großschreibung. Eine Studie über Verstöße gegen die Großschreibung der Deutschlerner an der schwedischen Grundschule
(2015-04-09)I det tyska språket skriver man inte bara stor begynnelsebokstav när man börjar en ny menig och vid namn. Samtliga substantiv skrivs också med stor bokstav och trots att det finns utförliga regler för detta gör både ... -
Heteronormativity in EFL textbooks
(2015-04-09)Gender is a binary construction reinforced by language, and reinforcing heterosexuality. When learning a foreign language, one has the ability to reconstruct one’s norms and therefore acquire strategies for avoiding ... -
Le thème de l’adultère dans Une vie et Bel-ami de Guy de Maupassant
(2015-03-27)Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka otroheten i två romaner av Maupassant, Une vie och Bel-ami. För att genomföra studien ställdes två frågor. Dessa utgick ifrån att finna motiven och konsekvenserna av otrohet för ... -
An Interdisciplinary Study of Allusive Character Names and Implied Meaning in The Hunger Games
(2015-03-24)This is an interdisciplinary essay discussing the allusive character names with classical sources of origin in Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games. This study shows that knowledge of these references is important in ... -
Keigo som stiligt och Katakana som blomstrande. En analys av språkanvändningen på japanska språkskolors hemsidor
(2015-03-11)I Japan är språkskolor som säljer det engelska språket ofta förekommande. De använder sig av websidor som kunden enkelt ska kunna besöka och köpa deras tjänster ifrån. Uppsatsen analyserar sex japanska språkskolors hemsidor ... -
Song images and linguistic components in Japanese: analysis of the lyrics in AKB48 songs
(2015-03-11)This thesis is about the song image and linguistic components of the popular female Japanese idol group AKB48. As a first step, six typical AKB48 songs that can be classed either as SOFT and HARD images according to the ... -
Doko ga omoroi nen! Analys av Manzai diskurs på japanska
(2015-03-11)Manzai (漫才) is a Japanese comedy style similar to stand-up comedy but done by two people in the form of a dialogue. One is the Boke “Funny man” and the other the Tsukkomi “Straight man”. This work examines how manzai ... -
The use of the dative case particle ‘ni’ in Japanese literature – a comparison of Kawabata and Ōe
(2015-03-10)This thesis investigates the usage of the Japanese dative particle ni in two famous, Nobel-prize winner Japanese authors' novels: Yasunari Kawabata's Yukiguni and Kenzaburō Ōe's Kojinteki Na Taiken, with the classification ...