Sökning: "usage-feature analysis"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden usage-feature analysis.

1. 1. Stance-taking and social status on an online bulletin board: A qualitative and quantitative approach

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Nele Põldvere; [2014]
   Nyckelord :Corpus linguistics; computer-mediated communication; social hierarchy; dialogical discourse analysis; multifactorial usage-feature analysis; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : In this study, I demonstrate that social hierarchy and power are important aspects for understanding the use of epistemic and evidential stance verbs in computer-mediated communication. The data for the study come from an online bulletin board about rhythmic gymnastics, where the construction of social roles is believed to play a role in the expression of stance. LÄS MER

3. 2. The conceptualisation of FEMININITY on English Wikipedia

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Max Bäckström; [2014]
   Nyckelord :Conceptual analysis; feminity; Wikipedia; multivariate statistics; corpus linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This study undertakes a quantitative and usage-based Cognitive Linguistic study on the representation and conceptualisation of FEMININITY on English Wikipedia. Contemporary information media are changing fundamentally and the place of Wikipedia in the new media space is important not only because of its influence but because it is radically different to traditional media. LÄS MER

4. 3. A corpus-driven usage-feature analysis of the concept "Fate" in modern Russian and American English languages

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Svetlana L'Nyavskiy; [2013]
   Nyckelord :cultural linguistic analysis; usage-feature analysis; corpus; concept fate; objectification; multiple correspondence analysis; hierarchical cluster analysis; logistic regression; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : The results of Multiple Correspondence Analysis suggest that regardless of changes in perception of ‘FATE’ in American and Russian cultures during the last two centuries, the main distinctions such as perception of ‘FATE’ as Deterministic but Non-Agentive (things may happen but it is up to an individual to take charge) in American culture and Deterministic and Agentive in Russian culture (things happen and one has to accept it as a burden) remain present and are still significant for the modern language users. American- English language users tend to relate to Justification of ‘FATE’ as neutral and Russian ones as more unjust. LÄS MER