Search for dissertations about: "Engelska språk och litteratur"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 340 swedish dissertations containing the words Engelska språk och litteratur.

2. 6. Room for Improvement? : A comparative study of Swedish learners’ free written production in English in the foreign language classroom and in immersion education

   Author : Marika Kjellén Simes; Solveig Granath; Philip Shaw; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Immersion education; CLIL; International Baccalaureate; advanced L2 learners; upper secondary school; L2 learning; L2 acquisition; free written production; low-frequency vocabulary; tense shift; motivation; mastery orientation; intrinsic motivation; sociocultural attitudes; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present study examines the effects of immersion education on the English of two groups of advanced Swedish learners at upper secondary school. In immersion education, or CLIL, subject content is taught through a second language as a means of enhancing target language competence. READ MORE

4. 7. I tweet like I talk : Aspects of speech and writing on Twitter

   Author : Peter Wikström; Erica Sandlund; Solveig Granath; Andrea C. Schalley; Ruth Page; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social media; Twitter; speech; writing; orality; literacy; CMC; remediation; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates linguistic and metalinguistic practices in everyday Twitter discourse in relation to aspects of speech and writing. The overarching aim is to investigate how the spoken–written interface is reconfigured in the digital writing spaces of social media. READ MORE

5. 8. Gods, Grammars, and Genres : Towards an Ethics of English Studies in Imperial Sovereignty

   Author : Noah Roderick; Janice Neuleib; USA IL Normal Illinois State University Department of English; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Grammar; genre; sovereignty; english studies; rhetoric; language; pedagogy; Engelska; English; Retorik; Rhetoric; Education; Pedagogik; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

   Abstract : In this dissertation, the author argues that the post-process movement towards genre-based writing pedagogies is reproducing the logic of neoliberal or free-market ideology. By analyzing the relationship between three paradigms of sovereignty (feudalism, the nation-state, and globalization) and institutionalized language, the author demonstrates that teaching writing as multiple and genred as opposed to teaching it as a single, abstract skill is no a more rational approach, but rather a differently rational approach. READ MORE

6. 9. Articulable Humanity : Narrative Ethics in Nuruddin Farah's Trilogies

   Author : Hilda Härgestam Strandberg; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Annie Gagiano; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; African literature; Nuruddin Farah; narrative ethics; ethical criticism; precariousness; vulnerability; human dignity; Emmanuel Lévinas; Adriana Cavarero; Judith Butler; postcolonial theory; feminism.; engelska; English;

   Abstract : Fokus för avhandlingen, Att uttrycka det mänskliga: narrativ etik i Nuruddin Farah’s trilogier, är de nio romaner publicerade mellan 1979 och 2011 som tillsammans utgör Nuruddin Farah’s tre trilogier: ”Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship,” bestående av Sweet and Sour Milk (1979), Sardines (1981), Close Sesame (1983); “Blood in the Sun,” bestående av Maps (1986), Gifts (1993), Secrets (1998); samt “Past Imperfect,” bestående av Links (2003), Knots (2007), Crossbones (2011). Tematiska och stilistiska skillnader till trots så är dessa trilogier och romaner märkbart sammanhängande i sitt fokus. READ MORE

7. 10. Clefts in English and Swedish: A contrastive study of IT-clefts and WH-clefts in original texts and translations

   Author : Mats Johansson; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Engelska språk och litteratur ; English language and literature; information structure; ground; focus; discourse topic; topic; theme; discourse; fronting; wh-clefts; it-clefts; pseudo-cleft constructions; cleft constructions; bidirectional translation corpus; translation; corpus linguistics; contrastive linguistics; Swedish; English; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This study investigates the use of cleft constructions in English and Swedish on the basis of a bidirectional translation corpus consisting of original English and Swedish texts and their translations into the other language. This design minimizes the problems inherent in corpora of original texts alone, viz. READ MORE