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Monolingual Vs. Bilingual: A Corpus-based Analysis of Written L2 Syntactic Complexity between Finnish-speaking, and Finnish and Swedish-speaking Upper Secondary Students
(2020-11-15)
The present study considered the L2 syntactic complexity measured in written essays of two subject groups: monolingual Finnish-speaking and bilingual Finnish and Swedish-speaking EFL upper secondary students. The L1 effect ...
Evaluative language in pro-vivisection letters to the editor in The Times between 1875 and 1884 : The influence of Cruelty to animals Act 1876 on what is evaluated and how
(2020-11-24)
The objective of this thesis is to examine the use of evaluative language in texts that in one way or another defend vivisection. The primary material consists of 33 letters to the editor published in The Times between ...
Language Use, Attitudes, and Women's Rights in Abortion Discourse : A Qualitative and Comparative Study on Left and Right Winged British Newspaper Articles on Abortion
(2023-02-28)
This thesis is a critical discourse study on abortion discourse in British left and right leaning newspaper articles. This study examines the language use, attitudes, and women’s rights in the articles, and compares the ...
The Presence of English as a Lingua Franca in Finnish Lower Secondary School Teaching Materials : Content Analysis of English Textbooks and Author Interviews
(2023-02-28)
This joint thesis studies the role of English as a lingua franca in the Finnish National Core Curriculum for basic education and its presence in English language teaching materials. We conducted a qualitative analysis of ...
Audiovisuaalisen käännöksen jälkieditointi toimivuuden näkökulmasta
(2023-04-25)
Tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa tarkastellaan, millaisia muutoksia jälkieditoija teki audiovisuaalisen käännöstekstityksen konekäännöspohjaan, sekä miten muutokset vaikuttavat käännösviestin toimivuuteen kuudella tasolla. ...
A Thematic analysis on LGBT+ Themes in Master of None’s Thanksgiving and Bojack Horseman’s Hooray, Todd
(2023-04-05)
Representation is important to how we view the world surrounding us. Different media
platforms have made it easier for people all over the world to access popular culture, such as
music, films and television shows. LGBT+ ...
A Comparative Discursive Psychological Analysis of American Shareholder Letters During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-11-25)
This study set out to analyse corporate discourse from the standpoint of discursive psychology, which approaches discourse analysis from a psychological point of view. The objective of the analysis was to find how corporate ...
Some womens can’t be beat : An intersectional analysis of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Sapphire’s Push
(2023-06-08)
This MA thesis analyses Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple (1982) and Sapphire’s novel Push (1996) through intersectionality’s framework. The aim of the study is to identify and analyse the different types of oppression ...
Build up or shrink down? Critical Discourse Analysis on Healthism and Gender Bias in Women’s and Men’s Health Magazines
(2023-05-17)
This thesis examines two online articles, one from the Women’s Health magazine and one from the Men’s Health magazine, describing healthy food items and behaviours. The aim of this study is to uncover whether these articles ...
(De)legitimation Strategies and Presidential Legitimacy in Trial Memoranda - Comparative Case Study of the 2020 Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump
(2023-05-22)
Presidential power and legitimacy provide an interesting topic of research in the tumultuous socio-political climate of the United States as the role of presidents have increased in recent years. One of the recent upheavals ...