Sökning: "uncertainty verbs"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden uncertainty verbs.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Gotiska verb på miþ- : mellan adverbialkongruens och applikativum

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för nordiska språk

    Författare :Gordon Wolmar; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Gothic language; applicative; comitative; quasi-prefix; preverb;

    Sammanfattning : Applying basic linguistic theory, a grammatical analysis of Gothic verbs formed with the previously underdescribed quasi-prefix (or preverb) miþ- shows that it forms what could be called an atypical type of applicative, though in two cases it seems instead to mark verbal congruence to an adverbial. Of the possible meanings of the etymologically identical preposition miþ, the comitative seems most salient for the quasi-prefix. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Gymnasieelevers användning av positionsverb : En jämförande studie av elever som läser svenska respektive svenska som andraspråk

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Författare :Maria Dahlberg; [2016]
    Nyckelord :grammatik; positionsverb; svenska som andraspråk; nationellt prov; gymnasieelever;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the use of posture verbs among students in upper secondary education. Posture verbs are difficult to differentiate between and have a wide semantic range. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Gender, Language and Second Language Education - a Study of Swedish EFL Textbooks

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Jonas Gertzell; [2014-02-13]
    Nyckelord :gender stereotypes; gender-related language; discourse analysis; EFL textbooks; speech act; engelska; hedges; uncertainty verbs; tag questions; slang words; judgmental adjectives; directives;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine whether gender stereotypical language can be found in textbooks used in the course English 5 in the Swedish upper-secondary school. Several researchers have previously found that women and men tend to use certain aspects of the English language to a different extent and previous research has also shown that material used in EFL (English as a foreign language) textbooks portrays stereotypical notions of gender. LÄS MER