Sökning: "Descriptive Linguistics"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden Descriptive Linguistics.

  1. 1. The “Magic Gathering” of Comprehension Devices : A diachronic systemic functional linguistics analysis of MTG game card texts

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Isabella Schiller; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Systemic Functional Linguistics; Magic: The Gathering; keywords; card text; action; process; mood; transitivity; comprehension;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the diachronic shift of revised card texts in the tabletop collectible card game ‘Magic: The Gathering’.  The lexicogrammatical patterns found are compared to theories on comprehension and learning, and to the development of the game. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ‘NOTHING IS IN VAIN': Non-Standard Negation and Cyclical Change in Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo

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

    Författare :Aron Zahran; [2023-10-31]
    Nyckelord :Engelska; Bantu; Morphosyntax; Historical Linguistics; Grammaticalization; Descriptive Linguistics; Typology; Negation; Possessive Predication; Locational Predication; Negative Existentials; Semantic Change;

    Sammanfattning : This work concerns the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of an item bule in the under described Tanzanian Bantu languages, Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo. Through collection and analysis of field data, it is shown that the original adverbial element bule ‘for free, in vain, for no reason’ has developed a wide range of functions within the domain of non-standard negation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres

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

    Författare :Magnus Boström; [2023]
    Nyckelord :punctuation; semicolon; linguistics; prescriptivism; grammar; syntax; prosody;

    Sammanfattning : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Vilken grammatikkunskap? : En jämförelse av synen på grammatik i styrdokument och i läroböcker utifrån Blooms reviderade taxonomi

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

    Författare :Malin Nilsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :grammar; the syllabus for Swedish subject; course books; Bloom s revised taxonomy; grammatik; ämnesplanen för svenska; läroböcker; Blooms reviderade taxonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Grammatikundervisningens innehåll och metoder har kritiserats. Forskning har belyst att det finns ett glapp mellan teori och praktik när det kommer till synen på grammatik och grammatikundervisning. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Intersemiotic Translation from Film to Audio Description: A cognitive semiotic approach

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Författare :Ida Stevia Krogh Diget; [2019]
    Nyckelord :cognitive semiotics; semiotics; intersemiotic translation; translation; linguistics; film; audio description; narratology; narratives; narrative levels; narrative structure; multimodality; multimodal narratives; polysemiotic communication; Visual Into Words; VIW project; VIW corpus; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Audiovisual content is heavily prevalent in many modern societies. Film, in particular, is a favourite form of entertainment to many. Film is by nature both multimodal and polysemiotic, employing the modalities of visual and auditive as well as the semiotic systems of language, gesture, depiction and music. LÄS MER