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  1. 1. An Outline of the Semantic Network of the Preposition Up in American English : A Corpus Study

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Tais Fernandes Mariano; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Corpus Analysis; Semantic Networks; Preposition Up; American English; Second Language Learning;

    Sammanfattning : In this study an outline is presented of the semantic network of the preposition up in American English in sentences extracted from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), which was done to determine what the most common uses and meanings of the preposition are, as well as to determine if most of its possible meanings are concrete or abstract. The results show that there is a salient use and also prototypical meaning of up, and that these are major factors that impact the semantic network of the preposition. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Feeling Set Up by The Set-up : A Study on Swedish Junior High School Students’ Understanding of Phrasal Verbs

    Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Agnes Jonsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Phrasal verbs; SLA; L1; L2; idiomaticity; explicit teaching instruction; exposure; frequency; AmE; BrE.;

    Sammanfattning : Existing research on phrasal verbs is ample due to their prevalent existence in the English language and the difficulties they bring out as a result of their lack of transparency (Liu, 2011, p. 661). However, more research is necessary to cover new generations of English learners who cross paths with phrasal verbs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Why you cannot go from and från the same place: a contrastive look at the prepositions from and från

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Elias Hermansson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :cognitive linguistics; från; from; prepositions; Contrastive analysis; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to describe the way the prepositions from and från work, both semantically and syntactically. However, the focus is on the translation from from into Swedish. LÄS MER