Sökning: "hedging devices"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden hedging devices.
1. What essentially might be almost certain about climate change : The translation of hedges in popular science
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This study investigates how hedges are used in an American popular science text about the effects of climate change and to what extent their translation to Swedish is retained or modified concerning modal strength. Furthermore, the study seeks to explain the reasons behind translation choices, which affect the level of modal strength and or linguistics alterations in the target text. LÄS MER
2. Hedges in Translation : A Study on the Translation of Hedging Devices from English to Swedish in a Non-Fiction Text
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This paper examines the translation of hedging devices from English to Swedish in a non-fiction history book, and more specifically, which strategies are used in the translation process and why. To get a clear overview of the different hedging devices that are found in the ST, they are divided into categories, which are then analyzed individually with illustrative examples. LÄS MER
3. “If this is true, then he’s a corrupt politician.” : The use of hedging in the two U.S. presidential debates of 2020
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeSammanfattning : This study compares the frequency and types of hedging devices used in the presidential debate of 2020 between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Many studies have investigated hedging in political discourse, which has been shown to function as a rhetorical strategy in contexts such as political press interviews and political debates. LÄS MER
4. What may or may not be certain : A Study of the Translation of Hedging Devices from English to Swedish in a Non-Fiction Text
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : Hedges, or hedging devices, are strategies that the writer or speaker can use in order to convey probability, impreciseness or vagueness. Hedges can appear in most parts of speech, for example as adjectives, adverbs or modal or lexical verbs. This study investigates the translation of hedging devices in a non-fiction text from English to Swedish. LÄS MER
5. Power, politics, and gender-related epistemic modality in interview discourse
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : To examine usage, distribution and function of gender-related epistemic modality in the form of hedges and boosters in political interviews and compare the present findings with those of previous studies. Methods: A comparative, quantitative study of Canadian politicians’ use of epistemic modality in TV/video interviews along with a qualitative analysis of reasons for choosing the respective hedging or boosting devices in the interview situation. LÄS MER