Sökning: "The noun phrase"

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  1. 21. On the Translation of Adjectival Pre-Modifiers : A Study of English-Swedish Translation Shifts

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Roberto Draganic; [2018]
    Nyckelord :translation studies; Swedish; English; adjectives; pre-modification; translation shift; category shift;

    Sammanfattning : This study examined the translation of adjectival pre-modifiers (i.e. pre-modifying adjectives and pre-modifying participles) from English into Swedish. LÄS MER

  3. 22. A Corpus Study of Signalling Nouns in L2 English Essays by Swedish Students

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Författare :Jannina Korhonen; [2018]
    Nyckelord :noun phrase; syntax; noun phrase complexity; corpus; second language acquisition;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about the structure of the noun phrases used with with signalling nouns, which are abstract nouns that are hard to understand without a context. The inspiration for the study comes from work by John Flowerdew. LÄS MER

  4. 23. The Brand Naming of Japanese Sake. A Linguistic Analysis of 200 Varieties

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :André Andersson; [2017-01-26]
    Nyckelord :japanska; Sake; Product name; Brand name; Branding in Japan; Nominal compound;

    Sammanfattning : This paper reports on a study conducted on the brand names of the 200-top ranked Japanese rice wines in Japan in the year of 2016. The brand names are content analyzed using the same framework as was used for the Chinese brand names in the two studies by Chan & Huang (2001) and Chan & Huang (1997). LÄS MER

  5. 24. The Rest of the Family Is or Are? : A quantitative analysis of collective nouns that are pre-modified by quantifying noun expressions in British and American English

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Petros Kairis; [2017]
    Nyckelord :collective nouns; quantifying noun expressions; concord preferences of collectives; singular; plural; British English; American English;

    Sammanfattning : Collective nouns are a category of nouns that refer to a group of people or things. This group of nouns has the special characteristic that when in singular form, they can be followed by either a singular or a plural verb. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Selected topics in the grammar of Français Tirailleur : A corpus study

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Författare :Anton Harry Norden; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Français Tirailleur; pidgin; contact language; noun phrase; même chose; circumlocution; Français Tirailleur; pidgin; kontaktspråk; nominalfras; même chose; cirkumlokution;

    Sammanfattning : This corpus-based study describes some grammatical and lexical features of Français Tirailleur (FT), a pidgin spoken in the French colonial army from the mid-1800’s to the 1950’s. By examining the largest corpus available of the language, this study aims to (1) discern hitherto undescribed or strengthen previous claims about grammatical and lexical features of FT, (2) compare these features with its lexifier language and (3) identify changes over time. LÄS MER