Sökning: "American english and British English"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 82 uppsatser innehållade orden American english and British English.

1. 21. The Use of Americanisms in British English, with a Specific Focus on Gotten: A Corpus Study

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Jennifer Melckersson; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This essay aims to, with the support of an extensive corpus study, investigate the use of gotten in British English. Gotten is an alternative past participle of get which occurs mainly in American English, but is British in origin. LÄS MER

3. 22. World Englishes in Lower Secondary School Textbooks : A comparative study between a Polish and a Swedish Textbook

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Författare :Ella Binder; [2018]
   Nyckelord :American English; British English; local varieties; major varieties; textbook; World Englishes;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study has been to find out whether the authors of English textbooks in two EU countries, Poland and Sweden, view diversity and promote World Englishes in the same way or whether there are any differences. The attempt has been made to analyse reading texts in the two textbooks for teaching English as a foreign language, a Polish and a Swedish one, in order to see what different Englishes have been promoted there, and to which extent they are represented in both textbooks. LÄS MER

4. 23. English Speaking Cultures in Middle School Reading Material

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Författare :Rasmus Dalquist; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Culture; English as an international language; interculturality; exonormative; endonormative;

   Sammanfattning : This study is an attempt to discuss and reflect over which cultures that are present in the reading material in the English language education in the years four to six at in a school outside of Malmö. The concept of culture is discussed from an educational perspective. LÄS MER

5. 24. “It is not important whether one speaks British English or American English” : A Questionnaire-Based Study of English Teachers’ Attitudes in Sweden

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Leila Amdaouech; [2018]
   Nyckelord :American English; British English; language attitudes; teaching; variety;

   Sammanfattning : Although there have been some studies conducted in Sweden about the language attitudes towards different varieties of English, most of these studies have focused on the language attitudes found amongst students. There have not, however, been many studies conducted that examines teachers’ language attitudes. LÄS MER

7. 25. ACROSS THE POND AND BEYOND. A UK/US comparison of game localisation and literary translation from Japanese works

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

   Författare :Theo Gillberg; [2017-08-01]
   Nyckelord :japanska; Japanese; video games; localisation; foreignisation; domestication; translation studies; humour; names; role language;

   Sammanfattning : Critics of Venuti‘s foreignisation/domestication concept tend to focus on his vague definitions of key terms or the limited viability of implementing his ideas in practice. However, few question the premise of his perspective, i.e. linking domesticating translation practices to both linguistic and cultural dominance. LÄS MER