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GENDER-STEREOTYPES, FOOD AND ADVERTISING. An Analysis of Gender-role Portrayal and Gendered Language in Japanese Video Commercials
(2020-06-09)
This thesis aims to investigate Japanese gender stereotypes through the analysis of gender role portrayals in video commercials of the product category food and cooking, as well as by observing the use of gender specific ...
A Thud or a Bang?: A Study of the Translation of Onomatopoeia in Manga
(2020-06-16)
This bachelor’s thesis was written with the aim to analyze how Japanese onomatopoeia in manga are translated from Japanese to English, and if and how the translation changes the meaning in context. This was done by using ...
An analysis of wago/kango predominance in Swedish students’ Japanese vocabulary
(2020-06-16)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the lexical type predominance between
Japanese-based wago and Chinese-based kango within the vocabulary of Swedish
learners of Japanese, comparing those who have studied in Japan and ...
On the Use of Katakana in a Modern Japanese Essay
(2020-03-20)
The purpose of the present study is to carry out a pilot investigation on the use of katakana in
a modern Japanese essay, and to compare how the usage of katakana differs between daily
newspaper and a modern essay. Among ...
Translating Ogura Hyakunin Isshu – An analysis of translating decorative language from Japanese to English
(2020-06-16)
In this thesis, translation of classical Japanese poetry into English will be examined by analysing translations of five selected poems from the anthology Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Translations by three different translators ...