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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 uppsatser innehållade orden sociolinguistic variables.
11. El uso de huevón y sus derivados en el habla coloquial de Santiago de Chile : Un estudio sociolingüístico
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för moderna språkSammanfattning : El objetivo de nuestro trabajo es estudiar el uso de la unidad léxica huevón y sus derivados en el español coloquial hablado en Santiago de Chile para identificar a los usuarios de la familia léxica y ver si hay diferencias en la frecuencia de empleo según el género, la edad y el grupo social de las personas que la utilizan. Mediante un método cuantitativo encontramos un total de 638 casos en nuestro corpus con la mayor cantidad representada por huevón (51 %) y huevada (40 %) mientras que una menor cantidad por parte de huevona, huevear/hueveando, hueveo y ahuevonado. LÄS MER
12. Constructing identity: phonetic variation of the variable (ing) by Swedish L2 speakers of English
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : This study investigates the use of the (ing) variable in the speech of Swedish L2 speakers of English. Developments in recent years have led to a shift in the language environment in Sweden, and the position of English has arguably evolved from a foreign language to a second language. LÄS MER
13. Yod Variation in Australian English : A Sociolinguistic Investigation
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : In various post-consonantal environments, the palatal glide /j/ has been subject to variation and change since the late 17th century. Retention, coalescence, and deletion of the glide respectively account for various pronunciations of the word due [dju:], [dʒu:], and [du:] in different dialects of English. LÄS MER
14. Bad Language in Reality: A study of swear words, expletives and gender in reality television
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : This essay is a study on swearing in modern English on television from a sociolinguistic point of view, taking into account the effect that variables such as nationality, social class and gender might have on the expletive usage in the examined material. After a general discussion of expletives and their functions, the question of whether there is a relationship between gender and the use of expletives is addressed. LÄS MER
15. Foreign language communication anxiety in correlation to the sociolinguistic variables gender, age, performance and multilingual competence : A linguistic pilot study of Swedish students’ attitudes
Kandidat-uppsats, LärarutbildningenSammanfattning : This data-driven linguistic study investigates if levels of different types of foreign language communication anxiety, such as for speaking, listening, writing and/or reading that Swedish students in compulsory school (grades 7-9) and upper secondary school experience when communicating in English in their foreign language classes have any correlation to sociolinguistic variables such as gender, age, performance and/or multilingual competence. The compiled and analyzed self-report data have successfully provided a base for implied correlations between the different sociolinguistic variables and language anxiety. LÄS MER