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Translation of the Swedish connector "och" in English and of the English connector "and" in Swedish in fictional and non-fictional texts
(2013-11-15)
This essay analyzes differences in the translation of the English coordinator "and" and the Swedish coordinator "och". The primary material consists of eight texts and their translations, four texts in Swedish and four in ...
Påskkärringar or cute witches? How cultural words are translated in tourist information websites
(2021-10-04)
This study investigates how some words are more tied to a specific culture than others, and how that can create issues in terms of translation. This essay shows the various strategies used when translating these so-called ...
Hunger is Not a Game. Using “The Hunger Games” to Encourage. Critical Thinking in the ESL Classroom
(2014-02-20)
This essay focuses on the English 6 course for upper secondary school. I have created a book project that includes methods and pedagogical theories both represented in the Swedish school system such as the
socio-cultural ...
HOW HAS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AFFECTED OUR USE OF LANGUAGE? A corpus-based study of neologisms and semantic shifts in English and Chinese web texts
(2021-12-06)
This study examined how COVID-19 has affected the use of language, especially English and Chinese neologisms, semantic shifts, and their relationship with Hofstede cultural dimension theory. A corpus-based study was ...
“A man-hating lesbian feminist”: a study of the collocations of the word feminist
(2011-03-29)
The use of sexist language reveals a great deal about a society´s attitudes towards women. Studies have previously shown that the English language holds far more negative and pejorative terms for women than for men. This ...
ENGLISH AND TAGALOG: A STUDY OF CODE SWITCHING IN PHILIPPINE TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS
(2021-11-15)
This paper aims to study the mixing of Tagalog and English in Philippine television advertisements. Specifically, this paper investigates three aspects: the frequency of code-switching, the types of code-switching utilising ...
YOUNG CHINESE LEARNERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD CODE-SWITCHING IN ENGLISH
(2021-12-29)
It is quite challenging for young students to learn English as a second language. To
alleviate this, supporting teaching methods can be used within English learning classes. Teachers
play a significant role in students' ...
The Formal and Functional Features of "Innit": A Study on its Use in Online Forums
(2013-06-28)
This essay studies the use of "innit" as at Tag Question and a follow-up in four online forums. The aim of the study is to examine how and why "innit" is used, i.e. its formal and functional features. The four forums used ...
LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2021-10-04)
The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus ...
Translation of Humour in Media From English Speech to Swedish Subtitles: A Pilot Study of Selected Episodes in the Sitcom Friends
(2016-09-26)
The aim of this pilot study is to analyse the translation of humour in selected episodes in the
American sitcom Friends from speech to Swedish subtitles in terms of linguistic and cultural
aspects. The study was conducted ...