Sökning: "English for Specific Purposes"

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1. 1. Syntactic variation in English quantified noun phrases with all, whole, both and half

   Författare :Maria Estling; Graeme Kennedy; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; syntactic variation; quantifiers; all; whole; both; half; linguistic factors; British English; American English; Australian English; grammaticalisation; totality; corpus; newspaper corpus; English language; Engelska språket;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present study is to investigate syntactic variation in certain Present-day English noun phrase types including the quantifiers all, whole, both and half (e.g. a half hour vs. half an hour). LÄS MER

3. 2. The Language of English Newspaper Editorials from a 20th-Century Perspective

   Författare :Ingrid Westin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; 20th-century English; corpus linguistics; diachronic studies; dimensions of variation; editorials; newspapers; textual dimensions; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This work is a corpus-based study of the language of English up-market ("quality") newspaper editorials, covering the period 1900-1993. CENE, the Corpus of English Newspaper Editorials, was compiled for the purposes of this study and comprises editorials from the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, and The Times chosen to represent periods at ten-year intervals. LÄS MER

4. 3. Spoken Lingua Franca English at a Swedish Technical University : An investigation of form and communicative effectiveness

   Författare :Beyza Björkman; Philip Shaw; John M. Swales; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English as a lingua franca ELF ; engineering; higher education; form; pragmatics; attitudes; communicative effectiveness; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : As a part of the process of globalization, an increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of their education. Within most universities in continental Europe, there are English as a lingua franca (ELF) settings where English is spoken by users of a wide spectrum of first languages for various purposes, be it for academic activity or social interaction. LÄS MER

5. 4. Appropriating King Arthur : The Arthurian legend in English drama and entertainments 1485-1625

   Författare :Elisabeth Michelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study attempts to show that, despite the scepticism as to the historicity of Arthur and the criticism of the genre of chivalric romance that arose during the English Renaissance, Arthurian motifs in drama and entertainments performed for the royal house remained highly relevant at this time. It is argued in this thesis that the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were not a kind of Arthurian 'Dark Ages. LÄS MER

7. 5. Address Terms in Computer Mediated Communication: Email, Chat and Weblogs

   Författare :Linnéa Anglemark; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Geoffrey Leech; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the use of address phrases in three forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) in English. The aim of the study is to examine how people address each other in email, online chat and weblogs. LÄS MER