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1. 16. The Subject of the Verbal Gerund : A Study of Variation in English

   Författare :Susanna Lyne; Merja Kytö; Hilde Hasselgård; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BNC; British National Corpus; corpus linguistics; genitive; genre; gerund; ing-form; Late Modern English; linguistic variation; multivariate analysis; possessive; prescriptivism; Present-day English; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with variation between possessive/genitive and objective/plain forms of the subject of the verbal gerund clause (VGC) in Present-day and Late Modern British English, as in Would you object to my [me] paying her a visit? and Poor timing of spoonfuls can lead to the child’s [the child] feeling frustrated. According to the traditional prescriptivist view, the possessive/genitive form is the preferred variant. LÄS MER

3. 17. Long-term post-harvest field storage of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)

   Författare :William English; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : The post-harvest storage of the sugar beet crop in Sweden occurs in the field. The harvest of roots generally ends along with the month of November, but the processing campaign can continue into February. The loss of quality of the stored roots during this period is economically important. LÄS MER

4. 18. 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

5. 19. The Idiom Principle in L2 English : Assessing elusive formulaic sequences as indicators of idiomaticity, fluency, and proficiency

   Författare :Margareta Lewis; Britt Erman; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Sölve Ohlander; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; formulaic sequences; attempted formulaic sequences; learners; native speakers; idiomaticity; fluency; proficiency; open choice principle; idiom principle; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore and compare intermediate learners’ and native speakers’ usage of formulaic sequences, i.e. conventionalized and memorized combinations of lexis and/or grammar, here with a focus on written production of L2 English. LÄS MER

7. 20. 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