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1. 11. Second Person Singular Pronouns in Early Modern English Dialogues 1560-1760

   Författare :Terry Walker; Merja Kytö; Ulrich Busse; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; thou; you; variation; Early Modern English; speech-related genres; extra-linguistic factors; linguistic factors; macro-analysis; micro-analysis; corpus linguistics; historical pragmatics; historical sociolinguistics; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a corpus-based investigation examining thou and you from 1560 to 1760 in three speech-related genres: Trials, Depositions, and Drama Comedy. Previous research has focused on Drama Comedy; especially little attention has been paid to Depositions. LÄS MER

3. 12. ¿La fiscal o la fiscala? Un estudio sociolingüístico sobre el uso de denominaciones con referentes mujeres : ¿La fiscal o la fiscala? A sociolinguistic study on the use of professional designations with female referents

   Författare :Christel Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; European Spanish; professional designations in the feminine; job titles with reference to women; gender; linguistic sexism; sociolinguistics; questionnaire; attitudes; language change; semantics;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis is a sociolinguistic investigation of how native Spaniards designate female professionals in 40 occupations. Due to the lack of norms in this field, it is characterized by variation and vacillation, even by the Royal Spanish Academy. The main objective of the study is to describe quantitatively how the use of the linguistic variable (1. LÄS MER

4. 13. On Vowels : Spectral Features, Related Aspects of Production and Sociophonetic Dimensions

   Författare :Hartmut Traunmüller; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phonetics; Fonetik;

   Sammanfattning : The first and major part of this thesis deals with spectral features of vowels and with the distinction of phonetic information from personal and transmittal information also conveyed to listeners by speech sounds. The results of perceptual experiments with synthetic vowels whose fundamental and first formant were varied in frequency suggested that the smaller tonotopical distances between formants (< 6 Bark) are invariant in phonetically idenctical vowels produced by male and female speakers of several languages. LÄS MER

5. 14. 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

7. 15. The impact of macro socioeconomic trends on the future of the English language

   Författare :David Graddol; Philip Shaw; Kingsley Bolton; Alan Davies; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Englishes; ELT; English as a lingua franca; language policy; language and economy; language demographics; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis by compilation consists of four books and articles published between 1997 and 2006, each dealing with issues related to the increasing use of English as a global language, together with an introductory chapter which reviews the literature relating to world Englishes and the Sociology of Language, and discusses the methodology employed in the research. The publications included are: (i) Graddol, D. LÄS MER