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Gender discourse on politicians in news writing : a corpus study
(2018-11-29)
This study examines gender discourse in newspapers’ coverage on male and female politicians. Newspapers have an important role in creating and maintaining gender discourses, perceptions on gender and gender stereotypes, ...
“You must learn to know me by that name” : Case Studies of Representation of Biblical People and Events in C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia
(2021-03-22)
In this thesis, I examine cases of intertextuality between C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series and the Bible. The analysis consists of eight different case studies and it is constructed on two different levels; ...
The Relationship between EFL Learners' Self-Efficacy in Writing and Writing Performance across Genders
(2019-05-06)
Since Albert Bandura first introduced the concept of self-efficacy, researchers have found evidence to support his claim, which suggests that the more people belief in their capabilities to succeed in a task, the better ...
Translating with the Web. Professional translators' information-seeking behaviour in translation with online resources
(Turun yliopisto, 2015-08-24)
Tämän tutkielman aiheena on ammattikääntäjien tiedonhaku, kun käytettävissä on ainoastaan verkkolähteitä. Tutkimuksessa on tarkasteltu, mistä ja miten ammattikääntäjät etsivät tietoa internetistä kääntäessään lähtötekstiä ...
One size fits most? : Visual representation of women in Brandy Melville’s Instagram images
(2019-04-11)
This thesis examines the visual representations of women in Brandy Melville’s Instagram imagery and aims to evaluate the teen retail brand’s contribution to today’s portrayal of women in the media. Brandy Melville’s strong ...
Matter, system and agency in William Gaddis' JR
(2019-04-04)
This thesis analyzes William Gaddis’ novel JR (1975) from a perspective that combines material ecocriticism with systems theory. The aim is to show how JR depicts the relationship between human and material agency and how ...
“Dinna Fash, Sassenach” – Subtitle Quality and Finnish Translations of Cultural References in Streaming Services
(2019-05-23)
This thesis examines translation quality and Finnish translations of cultural references in the three most popular international streaming services used in Finland. The analysis is qualitative in nature, and the research ...
Interaction in two modes : Conversation Analysis of face-to-face and computer-mediatedtask-solving situations
(2020-11-15)
Discourse studies and conversation analysis has been interested in interaction fora long time. The main focus has been in spoken interaction but also computer-mediated communication has gathered ...
Kulttuurin merkitys spekulatiivisen fiktion kääntämisessä
(Turun yliopisto, 2014-06-02)
Tutkielma käsittelee kulttuurin merkitystä spekulatiivisessa fiktiossa eli sitä, miten genre vaikuttaa tekstin kulttuurisidonnaisten kohtien kääntämiseen. Spekulatiivinen fiktio käsitetään usein lähes irralliseksi siitä ...
Psychological Safety in the EFL Classroom: Teaming up with WTC, Language Anxiety, Learning Experience, Motivation and Teacher Leadership
(2020-11-19)
This thesis set out to explore the concept of psychological safety, originating from organisational studies, as a potentially useful new concept in (foreign) second language acquisition. First the concept is explored in ...