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Astrological prognostications in MS Beinecke 558: "Sonday prime drye wether"
(Turun yliopisto, 2010-03-26)
Tutkimukseni käsittelee 1500-luvun keskivaiheilla kirjoitettua englanninkielistä käsikirjoitusta (New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and ManuscriptLibrary MS 558). Olen työssäni laatinut käsikirjoituksesta ...
Idioms in L2 English Essays by Swedish University Students : Idiom Types and The Effect of Spending Time in an English-speaking Environment
(2022-04-29)
The topic of the thesis is English idioms in essays written by Swedish university students and the effect of spending time in an English-speaking environment has on their idiom usage. The material of the study is collected ...
Bridging the lapses : the use of translator’s notes in fansubbing, a case study on Bangtan Subs
(2022-01-10)
Fansubbing, a form of fan translation, is the subtitling of audiovisual media performed by fans of that media. Products of fansubbing, fansubs, sometimes contain translator's notes (abbreviated to T/N) which are situated ...
Legitimisation Strategies in Covid-19 Related Discourse : Comparing Health Officials and Conspiracy Theorists
(2022-04-27)
This thesis is focused on the use of legitimisation strategies in Covid-19 related online discourse. Legitimisation strategies are used in discourse to create credibility and justify an action or a message. The purpose of ...
The Representation of Queer Identities in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
(2022-05-12)
My thesis offers an analysis and queer reading of a selection of novels from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. I have divided my analysis into chapters concerning different groups of characters within the series such as ...
“Evil Father Earth” : Personification and Villainization of the Setting in N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth
(2022-05-13)
Ecologically orientated writing and ecocritically motivated readings are increasingly common in the contemporary context of climate change. This increased eco-awareness is an acknowledgement of how the human relationship ...
Intersections of Gender and Ethnicity in "Brown Girl in the Ring" by Nalo Hopkinson : Haitian Diaspora and Hybridity, and the Controlling Images of Black Women
(2022-03-10)
The topic of my thesis is the analysis of intersections of gender and ethnicity in Nalo Hopkinson's debut novel, "Brown Girl in the Ring" (1998). I do this by focusing on the two main characters, Gros-Jeanne, and Ti-Jeanne. ...
Pragmatic competence of Finnish learners of English: Meaning in interaction in secondary and upper secondary schools
(Turun yliopisto, 2012-07-10)
Tutkin pro gradu -tutkielmassani englannin kielen oppijoiden pragmaattista kompetenssia. Tarkoitukseni oli selvittää, miten suomalaiset yläkoululaiset ja lukiolaiset osaavat käyttää englannin kieltä erilaisissa ...
"It's Barack Obama Who's Soft" Political Bias on BBC, CNN, and Fox News: A Critical Discourse Analysis of News Websites
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-01-08)
Tutkielmassa analysoidaan kolmen internetsivuston uutisartikkeleita kielitieteen
näkökulmasta. Tavoitteena on selvittää esiintyykö internetsivustojen BBC, CNN ja
Fox News uutisoinnissa politiikkaan liittyviä ennakkoasenteita ...
"Goddam paper" – Translating Swearwords from English into Finnish : The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger as a Case in Point
(2022-05-23)
This MA thesis studies the translation of swearwords from English into Finnish in the context of retranslation, with The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger as the case in point. The research is conducted by analysing the ...