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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 ...
TENSE IN JAPANESE THANKS. A comparison between the 1970s and 2021
(2021-06-21)
In this study, we compare how the two expressions arigatou gozaimasu (present tense) and arigatou
gozaimashita (past tense) are used during sessions of the Diet of Japan in the 1970s and in 2021. We
find that usage, apart ...
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 ...
QUEER JAPANESE. The modern-day language usage of Japanese LGBTQ+ people
(2022-01-25)
Gendered language is a well-known feature of Japanese, but how is it applied by a speaker who does
not fit the cisgender or heteronormative standards in society? In a 2010 study, Hideko Abe published a
book titled Queer ...
A WORLD OF RICE AND GODS: WHERE WHITE GRAINS SYMBOLIZE WEALTH. A study of Japanese game localization and crosscultural translation
(2021-06-15)
Studies of Japanese translation are a common topic, and with good reason. There is extensive material
to work with, and the vast differences between Japanese and many other languages creates translation
challenges of ...
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 ...
ORE WA BOKU JA NAI. Second Language Identities: Swedish exchange student’s usage of first person pronouns in Japanese
(2018-06-13)
This study aims to further investigate how expression of gender identity in Japanese takes form, with focus on the grammatical category 1S pronouns, such as watashi (私), watakushi (私), ore (俺) and boku (僕). This study ...
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 ...
ANALYSIS OF PRENOMINAL MODIFICATION IN SARADA KINENBI
(2015-10-29)
Previous research on prenominal modification in tanka is scarce and has only taken partial aspects into consideration, namely, pronouns as modified elements and verbs as modifying elements, using only classical waka from ...
ACROSS THE POND AND BEYOND. A UK/US comparison of game localisation and literary translation from Japanese works
(2017-08-01)
Critics of Venuti‘s foreignisation/domestication concept tend to focus on his vague definitions
of key terms or the limited viability of implementing his ideas in practice. However, few
question the premise of his ...