Sökning: "British National Corpus"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 uppsatser innehållade orden British National Corpus.

1. 1. A comparison study of the JBXDMY construction inAmerican and British English

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Sebastian Sandström; [2023]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : The "Just Because X Doesn't Mean Y" (JBXDMY) construction initially emerged in the1850s as a spoken expression, typically employed to convey a negative implication to theinterlocutor. This syntactic structure is prevalent in both British and American English, withthe most frequently observed variant in the British corpora being "Just Because X doesn'tmean Y," and in the American corpora, "X That doesn't mean Y. LÄS MER

3. 2. Gender differences in the usage of mild versus strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives : An analysis of findings in the BNC2014

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Katerina Swensson Doschoris; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Swearing; gender differences; pre-modifying adjectives; British National Corpus; sociolinguistics;

   Sammanfattning : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on mild and strong swearwords and their pre-modifying adjectives when describing a person, based on findings from the BNC2014. Previous research implies that men and women use different types of swearwords, suggesting that men tend to use stronger language than women. LÄS MER

4. 3. Gender differences in usage of bitch and cunt across time : An analysis of findings in the BNC1994 and the BNC2014

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Josefina Siikavaara; [2021]
   Nyckelord :swearing; taboo language; bitch; cunt; gender differences; age differences; British National Corpus; linguistics;

   Sammanfattning : This essay presents a study on gender differences with a focus on swearing and taboo language, based on findings from the BNC1994 and the BNC2014. Bitch and cunt are two words that are linked to the female gender, but previous research has shown that they are used differently by men and women. LÄS MER

5. 4. Language change and collocations : A study of collocation patterns and semantic prosody during the Covid-19 pandemic

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Författare :Ozelot Oderfält; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Language change; Collocation patterns; Semantic prosody; Coronavirus; Corpus.;

   Sammanfattning : This essay is a corpus-based and quantitative study on language change that has occurred during global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Global events especially affect the English language since it is a global language. LÄS MER

7. 5. Gender differences in the use of modal adverbs as hedges

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Reyyan Ayhan; [2020]
   Nyckelord :hedges; politeness; modality; modal adverbs; gender; women’s language;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to investigate the claims made by Robin Lakoff regarding women’s language, where she claims that women use hedges more than men. The aim of this essay is to investigate whether this statement is true. To put it differently, this essay aims to look at gender differences in the use of modal adverbs as hedges. LÄS MER