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Language learner identity and aptitude : a comparative study between Finnish and Chilean students and teachers of English
(2019-04-30)
Language identity and language aptitude are individual traits closely related to the foreign language learner be it a student or a teacher. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between these two concepts ...
Conversational Principles, Structure and Prosody in Silent Hill 2: A Case Study of Video Game Dialogue
(2020-05-07)
This research was conducted in order to investigate the dialogue in the video game Silent Hill 2 from a discourse analytical perspective. More specifically, the research questions posed for the purpose of this study pertain ...
Frame Change Due to Policy Change: A Corpus Study of the Changing Frame of Israel in the US Media After Jerusalem Was Recognized as Capital
(2020-04-09)
This thesis examines the change in frame caused by political decision making. The USA decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017, changing their policy and tradition that has been in use for nearly ...
Depictions of the Land and Nature: Postcolonial–Ecocritical Reading of Ngugi’s The River Between
(2022-08-23)
In my thesis, I discuss how Ngugi wa Thiong’o uses nature to perform social critique and as a symbolic tool in his novel The River Between. I analyse the novel as postcolonial literature, using the theoretical framework ...
"Where did POTUS incite violence? Give me one quote." : Examining the role of social cognition in power abuse and in incitement to violence through critical discourse analysis
(2022-03-11)
Manipulation, power abuse and incitement to violence in political discourse are not new phenomena as such. The introduction of social media platforms as tools for mass communication have, however, brought on unprecedented ...
"We Need to Be Gracious to Ourselves, We Need to Be Gracious to the Students" : English Teachers' Experiences and Opinions about Distance Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Finland
(2022-09-12)
This MA thesis examines English teachers’ dynamical opinions and experiences about distance teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Distance teaching in general has been a research subject for a long time, but ...
The Beginning of Visual Grammar Learning : Analysis on the Use of Graphical Content in 18th Century English Grammars
(2022-08-14)
This thesis examines the usage of graphical content in 18th-century English grammars. This century saw the rise of more inclusive grammar-writing, which resulted into more experimental approaches in teaching the language. ...
The Forms and Functions of Multilingual Practices in Early Modern School Drama from the King‟s School, Canterbury
(Turun yliopisto, 2012-05-25)
Käsittelen tutkimuksessani monikielisyyden ilmenemistä Canterburyn katedraalikoulun oppilaiden 1600-luvun loppupuoliskolla esittämissä näytelmissä, jotka löytyvät käsikirjoituksesta Lit.Ms.E41 (Canterburyn katedraalin ...
Localization, Frequency, and Functions of Filled Pauses: Five American Politicians’ Use of er and erm in the Talk Show Larry King Live
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-03-04)
Tämän pro gradu– tutkielman tavoitteena oli testata täytettyjen taukojen (er ja erm) esiintymistiheyttä, sijaintia kieliopillisessa rakenteessa sekä funktioita Kjellmerin (2003) korpus-tutkimuksessa. Materiaalina käytin ...
A Study of African American Vernacular English in Three Novels and Colloquial Finnish in their Translations – The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three, A Time to Kill and Push
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-10-29)
Pro gradu -tutkielma käsittelee afroamerikkalaisen puhekielen (African American Vernacular English, AAVE) käyttöä kolmen englanninkielisen romaanin dialogissa ja suomen yleispuhekielen käyttöä romaanien käännöksissä. ...