Sökning: "Languages and Literatures"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 1764 uppsatser innehållade orden Languages and Literatures.

  1. 1. A Golden, Empty Shell: The Depiction of Venice in Henry James's "Travelling Companions", The Aspern Papers and The Wings of the Dove

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Michela Maraga; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Henry James had a thirty-year-long relationship with the city of Venice, which made it possible for him to develop a profound knowledge of the city's architecture and art. James's interest in 'The Floating City' is reflected in three of his works that are set there, namely, "Travelling Companions" (1870), The Aspern Papers (1888) and The Wings of the Dove (1902). LÄS MER

  3. 2. References to Darkness : A study of darkness in a selection of poems by Wendell Berry

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Lars Norén; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Wendell Berry; poetry; darkness; close reading; earth; soil; death; farming; figurative; imagery; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The writer, farmer, Christian pacifist, and “eco-poet” Wendell Berry has written and published novels, essays, and poetry since early 1960s. Examples of recurring themes in Berry’s literary work are the close relationship between farmer and the earth, the importance of belonging to a place/community, and having trust in the Creation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Beating about the bush: written production and comprehension of L2 idioms

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Författare :Lina Palm; [2019]
    Nyckelord :figurative meaning; idiom; keystroke logging; language transfer; literal meaning; phraseology; second language acquisition; second language learning; translation; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : A study on the online process of producing idioms in writing and how second language learners manage the production and comprehension of idioms may provide a useful and comprehensive investigation of the production, comprehension and acquisition of language. The study in this paper investigated how Swedish (L1) second language learners of English (L2) produce and comprehend written idioms in the L2. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Lättkränkt? : en genreanalys av roasts i P3 Morgonpasset

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Retorik

    Författare :Lina Buhre; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Retorik; Satirisk Biografi; Roast; Underförståddhet; Flertydighet; Polyvalens; Genreapplciering; Lovtal; Smädelse; Jimmie Åkesson; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Följande uppsats undersöker hur ett flertydigt språkbruk kan påbjuda oönskade följder och reaktioner. Som exempel på flertydigt språkbruk undersöks biografier tillägnade Sveriges riksdags åtta partiledare. LÄS MER

  7. 5. “Two brains are often better than one, probably”: Adult ESL learners’ paired and individual lexical inferencing task performances, in relation to L2 proficiency

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

    Författare :Elin Nylander; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Lexical inferencing; L2 proficiency; task-based language learning; collaboration; sociocultural theory; dyadic patterns of interaction; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This research concerns lexical inferencing (LI), i.e., the ability to infer the meaning of unknown words in a running text (Haastrup, 1991). Despite its advantages, there is little research on LI as a collaborative effort. LÄS MER