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Evaluative language in the early 19th century theatre reviews in The Times newspaper
(2020-12-17)
Theatre reviews in newspapers play a vital role in the evaluation of performances and in preserving the collective opinion of the audience. Critics write about the acting, music, costumes, plot, etc. in a performance for ...
'Me as a Learner of English': Self-Concept and Learner Beliefs in Finnish Advanced L2 Learners' Autobiographical Narratives
(2020-10-07)
Self-concept has interested researchers for decades, although within the field of Second Language Acquisition, mostly quantitative methods have been used in self-concept research. Nevertheless, qualitative methods offer a ...
“I am a bilingual because I feel like one” : language identity of Finnish IB-students
(2020-10-20)
This thesis examines the language identities of Finnish International Baccalaureate-students. In this study, the focus is on subjective experiences of bilingualism and the students’ definitions of bilingualism. Very few ...
Giving Voice to the Queer? : Social Actors and Engagement Strategies in the US Media upon the Legalisation of Nationwide Same-sex Marriage
(2019-01-28)
On 26 June 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples have a right to marry in every state of the US. This study focused on four news articles that reported on this ...
In search of hidden rules : Genre-specific conventions in the Finnish translations of comics
(2020-11-21)
In this study, I study the Finnish translations of graphic novels and comic strips in order to determine whether or not the translators of the two genres follow some conventional genre-specific rules. In order to find such ...
Women or Girls in Reality Television? Translating References to Females in the Reality Dating Show Love Connection
(Turun yliopisto, 2014-10-03)
Tässä sivuaineen tutkielmassa tarkastellaan, miten naisiin viittaavat sanat on käännetty suomalaisen, mutta pääosin englanniksi puhutun Love Connection -tosi-tvohjelman suomenkielisissä tekstityksissä. Tavoitteena on ...
Errors and Corrections : Early Modern English Errata Lists in 1529–1700 and Their Connection to Prescriptivism
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-10-29)
This thesis concentrates on early modern English (ca. 1500–1700) errata lists and prescriptivism. Errata lists refer to lists of corrections to a specific printed book or document. Early modern errata lists were used to ...
Creating a method for video game subtitle analysis and presenting a demonstrative case study on Trine 2’s Finnish subtitles
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-10-12)
In this study, I set out to create a method for video game subtitle analysis that could benefit translation studies, especially the study of video game subtitling. I demonstrate the use of my method by conducting a case ...
Intermediate and Advanced ESL Speakers’ Pause and Repair Use in the Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency Speaking Test: A mixed methods study
(2021-03-02)
This thesis examined intermediate and advanced ESL speakers’ pause and repair use in the Finnish National Certificates of Language Proficiency speaking test, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods in an ...
The Translation of Allusions in Poetry : Translation of the cultural and historical allusions in the poems of Endre Ady
(2020-08-11)
In my thesis I have studied the translation of the allusions in the poetry of the Hungarian poet Endre Ady (1877-1919). Ady’s poetry was rich in allusions intertwined with the history and culture of Hungary and in my thesis ...