Search for dissertations about: "English"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 1101 swedish dissertations containing the word English.
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6. English Hemspråk : Language in Interaction in English Mother Tongue Instruction in Sweden
Abstract : The thesis investigates teacher-student interaction in English mother tongue instruction (MTI), offered within mainstream education to English heritage language students in Sweden. In particular, it examines the type of language work that was in focus during the lessons and the ways teacher and students engaged in the language work in situ. READ MORE
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7. English in spoken Swedish : a corpus study of two discourse domains
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8. The Politics of Tradition : Examining the History of the Old English Poems The Wife's Lament and Wulf and Eadwacer
Abstract : Old English literary studies is a fascinating field of research which spans many various approaches including philology and linguistics as well as literary and cultural theories. The field is characterised by a certain conservatism, what in this thesis is referred to as tradition. READ MORE
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9. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca
Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE
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10. The Progressive in 19th-Century English : A Process of Integration
Abstract : The present work is a corpus-based study of the English progressive during the 19th century. The study is based on Conce, a one-million-word corpus covering the period 1800–1900 and comprising seven genres, both speech-related and non-speech-related. READ MORE