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  1. 1. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
    Nyckelord :ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

    Sammanfattning : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Dawn of Euro-English : Student and Teacher’s Knowledge and Opinion on Euro-English and the English Standards in Swedish Upper-Secondary School

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Irmelie Sundfors; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Upper-secondary school; American standard English; British standard English; Euro-English; upper-secondary school teachers; English teaching; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout the 1900s, the English subject has gone through massive change in the Swedish school system. The main focus has always been on the British standard, with the United Kingdom as the model for all who study English or educate students. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Alva Liljegren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Language attitudes; Verbal guise; ELF; ELT; World Englishes; Sweden.;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Beyond the Norm of Standard English : A Content Analysis of Standard and Non-Standard Varieties in EFL Textbooks

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Författare :Erik Molin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :EFL textbooks; Linguistic variation; Standard and non-standard varieties; Upper secondary school;

    Sammanfattning : To achieve the Swedish National Agency for Education’s (2022) aim of developing all-round communicative skills, knowledge of the vast diversity of English may be needed. Therefore, this study analyses the representation of standard and non-standard varieties in four EFL textbooks aimed for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Englishes in Upper Secondary EFL Teaching. A Study of Teachers’ Selection, in Relation to Kachru’s Circles

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Författare :Hanna Furenäs; [2022-08-03]
    Nyckelord :Teaching; literary canon; EFL; EIL; Kachru’s circles;

    Sammanfattning : The reality of the English language has shifted from being the language of the Empire to an international Lingua Franca. This pluricultural way of viewing English is reflected in the syllabus for the subject. LÄS MER