Sökning: "Present-day English"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden Present-day English.

1. 1. 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. 2. Expressions of Future in Present-day English: A Corpus-based Approach

   Författare :Ylva Berglund; Merja Kytö; Michael Stubbs; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; association patterns; corpus linguistics; English; expressions of future; tense; variation; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket;

   Sammanfattning : This corpus-based study of the use of expressions of future in English has two aims: to examine how certain expressions of future are used in Present-day English, and to explore how electronic corpora can be exploited for linguistic study.The expressions focused on in this thesis are five auxiliary or semi-auxiliary verb phrases frequently discussed in studies of future reference in English: will, ’ll, shall, going to and gonna. LÄS MER

4. 3. The relativizers whose and of which in present-day English : description and theory

   Författare :Christine Johansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket;

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5. 4. Have to : a study of usage and acceptability in present-day British English

   Författare :Gunnel Tottie; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

7. 5. 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