Sökning: "Collocates"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 uppsatser innehållade ordet Collocates.

1. 1. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
   Nyckelord :semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

   Sammanfattning : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. LÄS MER

3. 2. A Corpus-Based Study of the three Near-Synonyms : Change, Alter and Modify and Their Collocations

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Författare :André Condit; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Corpus linguistics; near-synonyms; collocations; polysemous;

   Sammanfattning : An important component of nativelike language production is linked to the knowledge of near-synonyms and their collocational patterns. The purpose of this corpus-based study was three-fold: (a) an examination of the frequency distribution across registers of the three near-synonyms change, alter, and modify; (b) their collocational patterns; and (c) their interchangeability. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Image of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigrants and Migrants in the British Media after the Refugee Crisis of 2015

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Författare :Tatsiana Samuseva; [2022]
   Nyckelord :refugees; asylum seekers; immigrants; migrants; collocates;

   Sammanfattning : This essay examines the discursive construction of the image of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants in a 1,472-million word corpus of UK press online articles published between January 2015 and December 2021. A corpus-based approach revealed the most frequent collocates of the four query terms, i.e. LÄS MER

5. 4. Use of psy discourse on the popular vernacular : A recontextualization analysis on TikTok

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Marissa Gutiérrez Pizarro; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Recontextualization; psychiatric discourse; online discourse; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; critical discourse analysis; social media communication;

   Sammanfattning : Social media has become a safe place where users can discuss taboo topics, like mental health, with the purpose of creating awareness and de-stigmatization. However, online discussions on mental health have caused psy discourse to seep into the popular vernacular. LÄS MER

7. 5. A Beautiful Wife Makes a Happy Husband : A CADS-based study on collocates to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ throughout times in both movies and contemporary culture

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

   Författare :Anna Strandberg; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Collocates; Corpus; Husband; Wife; The Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS; kollokationer; korpuslingvistik; make; maka; the Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate the differences between what collocations are used for ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in films and contemporary culture. The comparison spans through different decades and the decades will also be compared and analysed. LÄS MER