Search for dissertations about: "Learners corpus"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Learners corpus.
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1. The introductory it pattern in academic writing by non-native-speaker students, native-speaker students and published writers : A corpus-based study
Abstract : The present compilation thesis investigates the use of a pattern that is commonly found in academic writing, namely the introductory it pattern (e.g. it is interesting to note the difference). The main aim is to shed further light on the formal and functional characteristics of the pattern in academic writing. READ MORE
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2. Learning Idiomaticity : A Corpus-Based Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Learners' Written Production
Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish learners of English (at different levels of proficiency) master idiomaticity in their target language. I argue that idiomaticity can be related to the storage and use of multi-word expressions that are preferred by native speakers. READ MORE
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3. Vowel-Zero Alternations in West Slavic Prepositions: A Corpus Based Investigation of Polish, Slovak and Czech
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the scope of the vowel―zero alternations in prepositions in the three major West Slavic languages, i.e. Polish, Slovak and Czech, and to formulate, within the Government Phonology framework, the general phonological principles responsible for the majority of these alternations. READ MORE
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4. Figuring it out. A corpus-based comparison of the verb-particle construction in argumentative writing by Swedish advanced learners and native speakers of English
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5. "Another thing" : Discourse-organising nouns in advanced learner English
Abstract : This study examines the use of discourse-organising nouns (DONs), such as fact, issue, and problem, in Swedish advanced students’ academic writing in second language (L2) English, and in what ways texts produced by the L2 students resemble or differ from those produced by advanced native-speaker (L1) students and from expert writing in this respect. The study uses corpus linguistic methodology and is set within the frameworks of Halliday’s systemic-functional linguistics and Granger’s Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis. READ MORE