Search for dissertations about: "Viktoria Börjesson"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Viktoria Börjesson.

2. 1. ”Completely Headless”. Modification of adjectives in Swedish advanced learners' English

   Author : Viktoria Börjesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish advanced learners; written English; spoken English; degree modification; adjectives; modifiers; reinforcers; attenuators; collocation; learner corpora; learner English; formal register; informal speech; genre awareness; academic writing; comparative study; contrastive interlanguage analysis;

   Abstract : This is a corpus-based, empirical study, which investigates Swedish advanced learners’ written and spoken English with regard to modification of adjectives, both reinforcing (e.g. totally different, very nice) and attenuating (e.g. READ MORE