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Assessing the Role of Vocabulary Breadth and Depth in Reading Comprehension : A Quantitative Study of Finnish EFL Learners
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-10-25)
In this MA thesis, Finnish learners of English were studied in order to examine the relationship between second language vocabulary size, vocabulary depth, and reading comprehension. In addition, given the well-established ...
Murteiden kääntäminen Mark Twainin romaanin Adventures of Huckleberry Finn kolmessa uudelleensuomennoksessa
(2020-04-28)
Tässä tutkielmassa käsitellään Mark Twainin teoksen Adventures of Huckleberry Finn murrepiirteiden kääntämistä eriaikaisissa uudelleensuomennoksissa. Tutkimusaineistona on Kivimiehen suomennos vuodelta 1927, Laineen suomennos ...
If it Weighs as Much as a Duck, it’s Made of Wood, and Therefore a Witch : Direct and Indirect Accusations of Witchcraft in Depositions of the Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
(2019-05-21)
The material for this thesis comes from the original depositions that have survived from the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692. The aim of the thesis is to show that the depositions contain both direct and indirect accusations ...
Finnish Advanced EFL Learners’ Comprehension of Connotations in English
(2019-05-10)
Connotation is a word’s additional meaning or mental association and it can be perceived as positive, neutral, or negative. In the present study, connotations were looked at in terms of emotional charge, associations or ...
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 ...