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"The boy who couldn't kill" - Subversions of toxic masculinity through feminist care ethic in Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking
(2019-05-22)
In this thesis I examine Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking trilogy, a dystopian Young Adult series consisting of The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008), The Ask and the Answer (2009) and Monsters of Men (2010), and how it addresses ...
“Ignooraaminen voi olla iisiä mut miksi avoidaa” – Code-switching and the use of “Finglish” on Twitter
(2020-03-25)
The Internet and social media have changed people’s language use, and the effect of English language can be seen in the language use of Finnish people. The aim of this study is to examine written code-switching and the ...
Exploring interpersonal patterns of language switches in English/Spanish dialogue – a Systemic Functional Grammar approach to the study of codeswitching
(2020-04-17)
The topic of this thesis is the exploration of possible interpersonally connected patterns in the use of codeswitching from English to Spanish in the speech of fluent bilinguals. The thesis bases its relevance on the need ...
Finnish 6th graders’ attitudes towards learning English vs learning Swedish
(2020-03-27)
In this master’s thesis, 6th grade students’ attitudes towards learning English and Swedish were studied. The aim was to find out if the students preferred one language to the other and also to see if there is a difference ...
The Development of Speech Rhythm and Fluency of Advanced English Learners: A Mixed Methods Study of the Correlation between Native Speaker Evaluations and Acoustic Measures
(2019-04-23)
This thesis examined the changes in speech rhythm and fluency of advanced English learners during a pronunciation course. The research strived to answer the following research questions: ‘Do speech rhythm and fluency of ...
Overlap and Discourse Markers in Multi-Party Synchronous Voice-Based Computer-Mediated Communication
(2021-05-11)
This thesis investigates the relevance of discourse markers (DM) to overlapping talk produced in synchronous voice-based computer-mediated communication (SVCMC). During the COVID-19 pandemic, SVCMC has become a popular ...
Boosting Future Prospects or Softening Promises of Success? The Use of Emphatics and Hedging in the Letter to Shareholders Sections of Annual Reports
(Turun yliopisto, 2008-06-23)
Tämä pro gradu -tutkielma käsittelee yritysten vuosikertomusten Toimitusjohtajan katsaus -osioissa esiintyvää metatekstiä. Erityisenä tutkimuskohteena ovat yrityksen tulevaisuutta käsittelevät lauseet ja niissä käytetty ...
Rebuilding Defenses: Explorations in Norman Fairclough’s Theory of Critical Discourse Analysis
(Turun yliopisto, 2010-11-22)
Tutkielmassa eritellään Norman Faircloughin kriittisen diskurssianalyysin teoriaa ja siihen kohdistettua kritiikkiä. Pyrkimyksenä on sovittaa näitä erilaisia näkemyksiä keskenään ja tarjota ratkaisuja yhteen kiriittisen ...
Enriching the Experience : Content Analysis on the Twitter Usage of Professional Esports Athletes
(2021-05-11)
The thesis studied the Twitter usage of 50 professional esports athletes by means of a content analysis of the 19-21 tweets on the athletes' Twitter frontpages, 1014 tweets in total. The athletes’ tweets were categorised ...
Liminal Monster and the Conflict Between Human and Machine: The Shrike in Dan Simmons’ Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-12-16)
Tarkastelen tutkielmassani Dan Simmonsin kaksiosaista tieteisfiktioteosta, joka koostuu romaaneista Hyperion ja The Fall of Hyperion. Keskityn teoksissa esiintyvään Shrike-hirviöön, joka edustaa ihmiskunnan pelkäämää ...