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  1. 1. A contrastive study on the translation of hyphenated compounds in fashion writing

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

    Författare :Jennifer Tobiasson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :English; explicitation; fashion writing; hyphenated compounds; simplification; Swedish; translation; translation strategies; translation universals;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the translation of hyphenated compounds from English to Swedish in a non-fiction text about fashion. The translation is performed by the author of this study, which is important to keep in mind. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Wicked Witches and Evil Queens? : A corpus-based study of the near-synonyms evil and wicked in contemporary American English

    Master-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Författare :Mariam Barazeghi; [2023]
    Nyckelord :adjectives; collocations; corpus linguistics; dictionaries; gender studies; synonyms;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to examine what contemporary corpora can reveal about the use of the two adjectives evil and wicked. These two synonyms have been analysed using corpus linguistics in order to acquire results about the differences between them regarding frequency of use, as well as their collocating nouns. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Adjectives expressing sadness in Swedish and English : A contrastive lexical analysis

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Författare :Sandra Magni; [2023]
    Nyckelord :sadness; lexical typology; predicative; attributive; experiencer; stimulus; edsenhet; lexikal typologi; predikativ; attributiv; upplevare; stimulus;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines how Swedish and English adjectives relating to the semantic domain of SADNESS are used and what some of their semantic and syntactic characteristics are. The primary objectives of this study are to determine whether the adjectives in question are used more often attributively or predicatively, whether they are used more frequently along with the semantic role of stimulus or experiencer and whether there are any syntactic, semantic or lexical disparities in how Swedish and English encode the domain of SADNESS. LÄS MER

  5. 4. We might aways use hedges and boosters in text : The English-Swedish translation of hedges and boosters in an academic literature textbook

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

    Författare :Olivia Lagerqvist; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This paper discusses the translation of hedges and boosters from English to Swedish in an academic textbook. In a statement, hedges express uncertainty and carefulness, while boosters are used to express certainty and confidence. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

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

    Författare :Andreas Johansson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

    Sammanfattning : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. LÄS MER