Sökning: "Idiom principle"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Idiom principle.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Learning Idiomaticity : A Corpus-Based Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Learners' Written Production

   Författare :Maria Wiktorsson; Engelska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; corpus linguistics; idiom principle; open choice principle; construction grammar; compositionality; conventionalisation; idiom; formulae; collocation; prefab; Swedish learners of English; L2; Idiomaticity; L1; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish learners of English (at different levels of proficiency) master idiomaticity in their target language. I argue that idiomaticity can be related to the storage and use of multi-word expressions that are preferred by native speakers. LÄS MER

4. 3. Delexical Verb + Noun Collocations in Swedish and Chinese Learner English

   Författare :Ying Wang; Merja Kytö; Erik Smitterberg; Signe Oksefjell Ebeling; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :delexical verb noun collocation; learner English; idiom-principle; L1 influence; learner corpus research; contrastive study; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the use of delexical verb + noun collocations such as have no doubt, make a decision and give a speech in Swedish and Chinese learner English. The aim of the study is to investigate interlanguage (IL) developmental patterns as well as the role of L1 influence in the learners’ use of such collocations. LÄS MER

5. 4. El uso de combinaciones de palabras con que en un corpus de aprendices suecos de español como lengua extranjera

   Författare :Aymé Pino Rodríguez; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Corpus linguistics; Contrastive analysis; Learners corpus; Spanish as a Foreign Language; Word combinations; Idiom principle; Collocations; Interlanguage; Lingüística de corpus; Análisis contrastivo; Corpus de aprendices; Español como lengua extranjera; Combinaciones de palabras; Principio idiomático; Colocaciones; Interlengua; Corpus linguistics; Contrastive analysis; Learners corpus; Spanish as a Foreign Language; Word combinations; Idiom principle; Collocations; Interlanguage.;

   Sammanfattning : Previous research in phraseological studies has approached the difficulties that learners of foreign and second languages have to produce word combinations derived from idiomatic- or phraseological principles. Using the theoretical framework of Sinclair’s idiom principle and applying a corpus-based methodological approach to contrastive linguistics and the study of interlanguage, I have analyzed the use of Spanish word sequences by Swedish learners. LÄS MER