Search for dissertations about: "language english newspaper"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words language english newspaper.

  2. 1. Agreement with Collective Nouns in English

    Author : Magnus Levin; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; markedness; Longman Spoken American Corpus; grammatical change; corpus; conventionalization; concord; conceptualization; collective nouns; British National Corpus; British English; BNC; Australian English; American English; agreement; Agreement Hierarchy; pronouns; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik; agreement; English language; Engelsk språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It is based on material from newspaper corpora and spoken corpora. The findings suggest that dialectal, stylistic, diachronic, syntactic and semantic factors interact in the selection of singular and plural agreement. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Language of English Newspaper Editorials from a 20th-Century Perspective

    Author : Ingrid Westin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; 20th-century English; corpus linguistics; diachronic studies; dimensions of variation; editorials; newspapers; textual dimensions; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This work is a corpus-based study of the language of English up-market ("quality") newspaper editorials, covering the period 1900-1993. CENE, the Corpus of English Newspaper Editorials, was compiled for the purposes of this study and comprises editorials from the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, and The Times chosen to represent periods at ten-year intervals. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Language of English Newspaper Editorials From 20th Century Perspective

    Author : Ingrid Westin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English Language; Newspaper Language; ; English language; Engelska språket;

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  6. 4. Syntactic variation in English quantified noun phrases with all, whole, both and half

    Author : Maria Estling; Graeme Kennedy; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; syntactic variation; quantifiers; all; whole; both; half; linguistic factors; British English; American English; Australian English; grammaticalisation; totality; corpus; newspaper corpus; English language; Engelska språket;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present study is to investigate syntactic variation in certain Present-day English noun phrase types including the quantifiers all, whole, both and half (e.g. a half hour vs. half an hour). READ MORE

  7. 5. The language of English newspaper editorials from a 20th-century perspective

    Author : Ingrid Westin; Engelska institutionen Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; corpus linguistics; diachronic studies; editorials; newspaper language; readability; textual dimensions; variation; Engelska språket; tidningsspråk; historia; 1900-talet;

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