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A Swedish Perspective on Japanese as a Third Language. The Effects of English as Second Language
(2021-03-15)
Higher Japanese language studies in Sweden are exclusively taught through English
textbooks. Previous research within the field of third language (L3) acquisition has studied the
effects of mediating languages on L3, but ...
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 ...
Beskrivning och översättning av no da samt analys av Murakami Harukis Nejimakidori och Fågeln som vrider upp världen
(2020-02-20)
The purpose of this thesis is to give a description of the functions of the Japanese nominal
predicate no da, which in short is used to signal that the participants of a communication are
already aware of the information ...
Låneord i japansk motorpress – En lingvistisk studie av låneord inom japansk motorjournalistik
(2020-06-16)
Uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte är att undersöka med vilken frekvens som låneord, gairaigo, förkommer i moderna japanska motortidskrifter, och jämföra detta med tidigare forskning samt också ta reda på i vilken utsträckning ...
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 ...
KANJILÄROMATERIAL SETT FRÅN ETT SJÄLVSTUDIEPERSPEKTIV
(2021-08-23)
I denna uppsats analyseras fyra L2 kanjiläromaterial i syftet att försöka konstatera om det finns delar eller aspekter som är mer betydelsefulla för den autonoma studenten av kanji. Gagnés ”Event of Instruction”-teori för ...
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 ...