Abstact: The thesis examines the vocabulary of breeders on social networks. For a period of three months, we've been collecting specific language resources in the group of breeders and provides a word-forming and semantic analysis of the found words, including examples of use. It also brings special dictionary of breeder's slang. Based on selected lexemes, it tests the acceptability/unacceptability of specific words outside this interest group. It verifies the hypothesis that these lexemes will be assessed by the non-breeding group as less acceptable or unacceptable.

Abstact: The thesis examines the vocabulary of breeders on social networks. For a period of three months, we've been collecting specific language resources in the group of breeders and provides a word-forming and semantic analysis of the found words, including examples of use. It also brings special dictionary of breeder's slang. Based on selected lexemes, it tests the acceptability/unacceptability of specific words outside this interest group. It verifies the hypothesis that these lexemes will be assessed by the non-breeding group as less acceptable or unacceptable.

This thesis deals with the language of players of video games, especially computer games. The language sample was taken from written as well as spoken sources - magazines, web reviews and Let's Plays - and is limited to action, strategic and RPG games with some overlap with action-adventures. Researched words are mainly keywords of video game players' vocabulary. The goal of this thesis was to describe the language of video game players from several language viewpoints and briefly describe the slang of the players. The first part deals with introducing the researched material, video games as a whole and their history and also the subculture of video game players. The second part analyses the sample in terms of lexical semantics and word formation, describes the extent of adaptation of loanwords, also stabilization of words, neology and the words' affiliation to slang, terminology and common vocabulary. Then the thesis attempts to briefly describe the slang of video game players. Generally, the slang includes a large number of anglicisms and expressions from informatics (in a large part technical terms), while loanwords are adapted to a varying degree. Many expressions in the slang of video game players can also be considered professionalisms given the existence of professional players and...

This thesis deals with the language of players of video games, especially computer games. The language sample was taken from written as well as spoken sources - magazines, web reviews and Let's Plays - and is limited to action, strategic and RPG games with some overlap with action-adventures. Researched words are mainly keywords of video game players' vocabulary. The goal of this thesis was to describe the language of video game players from several language viewpoints and briefly describe the slang of the players. The first part deals with introducing the researched material, video games as a whole and their history and also the subculture of video game players. The second part analyses the sample in terms of lexical semantics and word formation, describes the extent of adaptation of loanwords, also stabilization of words, neology and the words' affiliation to slang, terminology and common vocabulary. Then the thesis attempts to briefly describe the slang of video game players. Generally, the slang includes a large number of anglicisms and expressions from informatics (in a large part technical terms), while loanwords are adapted to a varying degree. Many expressions in the slang of video game players can also be considered professionalisms given the existence of professional players and...

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The aim of this thesis is to compare two Lithuanian translations of A Clockwork Orange in respect of its main stylistic component the Russian “Nadsat”, to examine the intercultural translation problems arising in this translation and strategies invoked by the translators, and make decisions about the quality of the target texts. To reach this aim, descriptive and comparative methods as well as quantitative analysis are applied. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the cultural aspect in translation and translators’ role in dealing with intercultural translation problems. Further, it discusses macro and micro approach to translation, i.e. various strategies for solving intercultural translation problems, giving most attention to borrowings and slang and the difficulties they pose in translation. Moreover, softening and compensation are also presented as the most effective strategies for solving such problems. The analysis begins with the discussion of macro and micro level of problems arising in the “Nadsat” translation. Then, the strategies used by the translators are examined on the grounds of the foreignization and domestication strategies (Venuti), seven micro strategies suggested by Davies, and softening and compensation. The analysis also includes a comparison of quantity and density of borrowings and slang in the ST, TT1 and TT2 as well as of softening and compensation. Moreover, the appendices (A, B and C) include glossaries of borrowings and slang from all... [to full text] / Šio darbo tikslas — palyginti du Prisukamo Apelsino vertimus į lietuvių kalbą, ypatingą dėmesį skiriant pagrindiniam stilistiniam šio romano komponentui — „Nadsat” kalbos rusiškiems žodžiams, išanalizuoti su skirtingomis kultūromis susijusias problemas, kylančias šiame vertime, vertėjų naudojamas strategijas bei padaryti išvadas apie vertimų kokybę. Tikslui pasiekti pasitelkiami aprašomasis ir lyginamasis metodai bei kiekybinė analizė. Teorinėje darbo dalyje apibūdinamas kultūrinis vertimo aspektas ir vertėjo vaidmuo sprendžiant tarpkultūrines vertimo problemas. Aprašomi makro ir mikro vertimo aspektai, t. y. įvairios strategijos, naudojamos tarpkultūrinėms vertimo problemoms spręsti. Didžiausias dėmesys skiriamas skoliniams ir slengui bei jų keliamoms vertimo problemoms. Kaip vieni naudingiausių metodų sprendžiant minėtąsias problemas pristatomi sušvelninimas ir kompensacija. Analitinėje dalyje pirmiausia analizuojamos makro ir mikro problemos, su kuriomis susiduriama „Nadsat” vertime. Toliau nagrinėjamos vertėjų naudojamos strategijos remiantis „foreignization” ir „domestication” strategijomis (Venuti), septyniomis Davies siūlomomis mikro strategijomis, sušvelninimu ir kompensacija. Taip pat lyginami skolinių ir slengo, sušvelninimo ir kompensacijos strategijų kiekiai bei vartojimo dažnumas originale ir abiejuose vertimuose. Prieduose (A, B, C) pateikiami skolinių ir slengo, išrinktų iš visų trijų tekstų, žodynai su tiesioginėmis ir specifinėmis slengo reikšmėmis. D... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

This thesis explores how the term bitch functions as an ideograph in a heavily mediated, third wave moment. Bitch is important to study due to its potentially negative implications for women and feminism. The study attempts to expand rhetorical scholarship’s current understanding of not only the ideograph, but third wave feminism and the current mediated moment. This thesis uses Oprah Winfrey’s announcement to ban the word bitch from her network, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), as a case study. I argue that the media that responded to Winfrey’s announcement contributed to a single, overarching narrative that reinforced that the word bitch is harmful to women. This thesis begins with Chapter One, which is an introduction and rationale that explains why the prevalence of bitch in a mediated society is worthy of study. Chapter Two is a review of the literature that explores the history of the word bitch and a consideration of third wave feminism. In Chapter Three, I review the methodology that guides this study by discussing feminist rhetorical criticism, how previous scholarship has treated mediated texts, and consideration of the ideograph. In Chapter Four, I analyze Oprah Winfrey’s ban of the word bitch from OWN. In Chapter Five, I articulate how bitch functioned as an ideograph, the role the media played in the case study, and a consideration of implications for rhetorical scholarship and directions of future research. / Literature -- Critical orientation -- Analysis -- Bitch and empowerment / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of Communication Studies

Syftet med studien är att undersöka förekomsten av olika språkliga variationer utifrån sociolingvistiska teoretiska begrepp i svenska som andraspråksundervisningen. För att infria syftet har observationer valts som metod. Dessa har genomförts på tre olika skolor, där elevers språkanvändning på SVA-lektioner har iakttagits. Vidare har de språkliga variationerna att analyserats och kategoriserats utifrån sociolingvistiska teoretiska begrepp, såsom kronolekt, sociolekt och etnolekt. Resultatet har även diskuterats utifrån begreppen kodväxling, grupptillhörighet och distans, något som också behandlas inom sociolingvistiken. Resultatet visade att det är främst sociolekt och etnolekt som var framträdande i ungdomarnas tal. Båda lekterna förekom oftast i början eller i slutet av en mening, främst från arabiskan och engelskan. Vidare visade resultatet att kronolekt förekom allra minst i elevernas tal. I studien har det även förts en diskussion om det multietniska ungdomsspråkets eventuella funktion. I resultatdiskussionen diskuteras resultatet i förhållande till tidigare forskning samt huruvida de olika förekomsterna kan förstås. Det spekuleras även huruvida språket kan fungera som en gruppmarkör, eller som en distansering från andra grupper. Avslutningsvis följer en diskussion av både resultatet och tillvägagångssättet med observation som metod, samt reflektioner om didaktiska konsekvenser för ett fortsatt lärande.

In the modern United States, the concept of food has become as much of a social phenomenon as it is a biological need. The process of eating has become highly structured into a system of communication. Food terms used to share ideas are referred to as food buzzwords, terms rife with additional meanings whose values are continuously debated, discussed, and altered. Such terminology has swayed how middle-class Americans interpret the proper status quo of food consumption and production. This thesis analyzes how middle-class Americans form their view of a proper diet based on their understanding of food buzzwords and other factors that influence their food choices. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

O objetivo deste trabalho é resgatar a metalinguagem de Monteiro Lobato apresentada em um corpus único e cronológico e demonstrar que ele registra marcas de oralidade, criando um discurso que o próprio autor denomina de “conversa em mangas de camisa". Elegemos como corpus A Barca de Gleyre por julgarmos ser uma obra especial, em que o próprio Lobato relata suas considerações lingüísticas ao longo de quarenta anos em correspondência mantida com o amigo e também escritor Godofredo Rangel. Uma visão diferenciada da vida do autor é retratada, enfocando concomitantemente a essa biografia as considerações de Monteiro Lobato sobre a língua numa perspectiva sincrônica. Faz-se a seguir um apanhado descritivo das modalidades falada e escrita da língua, que auxilia nas reflexões e posicionamentos lobatianos, uma vez que o autor já reconhecia a existência dessas duas modalidades. Em seguida, ampliamos os pressupostos teóricos relativos aos aspectos selecionados para a pesquisa. Procede-se à análise das ocorrências no discurso do autor, no que tange a sua própria metalinguagem, a presença das repetições , termos gíricos e construções fixas, que contribuem para tornar o texto epistolográfico “uma conversa com um amigo, um duo". Na conclusão, destaca-se a valiosa contribuição de Lobato, que, por meio da obra A Barca de Gleyre, traçou um panorama da língua e da literatura durante quatro décadas e que demonstra pela sua própria postura lingüística que é possível elaborar um discurso crítico com a presença de repetições , gírias e construções fixas que corroboram para a expressividade, interação e coesão textual. Vale dizer que A Barca foi um dos instrumentos que possibilitou Lobato a ser Lobato, pelo exercício lingüístico e disposição que os dois correspondentes mantiveram por tantos anos. / The aim of this work is to ransom Monteiro Lobato’s metalanguage presented in a unique and chronological corpus and to demonstrate that it contains orality marks, creating a speech the author himself denominates “conversation in shirt sleeves". We elected the corpus, A Barca de Gleyre, judging this is a special opus, in wich Lobato himself relates his linguistic considerations along forty years in held correspondence with the friend and also writer Godofredo Rangel. A distinguishing vision of the author’s life is represented, are focusing altogether this biography and Monteiro Lobato’s considerations about the language in a synchronal perspective. We show it as it follows, a descriptive summary of the spoken and written modalities of the language, wich helps in Lobato’s reflexions and posture, once the author has already recognized the existence of this two modalities. After that, we increase the theoretical presupposition related to the select aspects for the research are presented. It preceeds to the happening analysis in the author’s speech, in wich concerns his own metalanguage, presence of repetitions, slang and fixed constructions, wich contributes to make the epistolary text in a conversation with a friend, a duo. In the conclusion, it is detached the valuable Lobato’s contribution, that through the opus A Barca de Gleyre, traced a prospect of language and literature during four decades and that demonstrates it through his own linguistic position that is possible to create a critical speech with the presence of repetitions , slang and fixed constructions that corroborates the expressiveness, text interaction and cohesion. It’s worthwhile saying that A Barca was one of the tools that made Lobato to be Lobato for the linguistic practice and disposition that both correspondents kept for so many years.