Anthologies: general

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (John F.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: Research in Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: If we take for granted that children acquire their first language with the help of an innate language acquisition device containing Universal Grammar, is it likely that the acquisition of a second language works in the same way?

African American Vernacular English or AAVE, which is also variously labelled 'African American English', 'Black English', 'Black Vernacular English' or 'Ebonics', is the non-standard variety of English spoken by many African Americans, at least to some extent and in some contexts.

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: very good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/ American Studies), course: Journalism and Fiction in the United States, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the relationship between fiction and traditional and New Journalism.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Hannover, course: Language and Gender, language: English, abstract: In the following paper I will deal with the concept of gender-neutral language.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: Cultural Studies: Gender Trouble in U.

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck (English Department), course: English in Europe, language: English, abstract: The European Union is not only an economic community.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, http://www.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: The ability to learn and produce natural language and move beyond the communication of sign and body language is unique to human beings.

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Lexicography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways?

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Dresden Technical University, course: HS Outstanding Film Directors, language: English, abstract: In this paper for the seminar "e;Outstanding Film Directors"e; I want to analyze two movies by Joel and Ethan Coen, namely "e;Fargo"e; (1996) and "e;The Big Lebowski"e;, its successor from the year 1998.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (John F.

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Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3 (A), Dresden Technical University (Anglistics/American Studies), course: Seminar: Community, Race, & Gender on the 19th-Century American Frontier, language: English, abstract: This paper carries the title "e;Experiences of men and women in Texas"e; and is closely related to the subject of the Nineteenth Century American Frontier, the Voices of Frontier Women in specific.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Contemporary american novels, language: English, abstract: Comparison of three novels: : "e;The Time of our Singing"e; by Richard Powers, "e;Namesake"e; by Jhumpa Lahiri and "e;Middlesex"e; by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Regensburg (Amerikanistik), course: Slave Narratives and Neo-Slave Narratives, language: English, abstract: The following term paper deals with the question of reliability or unreliability of the narrator in Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative.

Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2 (B), LMU Munich (America Institute), language: English, abstract: In America, abortion is a topic that is especially discussed by the differentiating pro-life and pro-choice groups.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Tubingen, course: PS II Contemporary US Drama: August Wilson, language: English, abstract: August Wilson's 1985 play Fences focuses on black urban life in the late 1950s and deals with intergenerational conflicts, racial issues, distress, and the search for one's identity and position in life.

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: HS First Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: Most of the concepts and theories explaining how native languages are acquired go back to three different approaches put forward by Burrhus Federic Skinner, Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, either by using their ideas as a starting point or by rejecting them and formulating a new or altered Hypothesis.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: The United States is known worldwide for its serious crime problem.

Seminar paper from the year 1994 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, course: Englische Grammatik, language: English, abstract: A complex sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause which functions as subject, object, adverbial or complement.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,2, Dresden Technical University, course: American Culture of Consumption, language: English, abstract: In this paper for the seminar "e;The American Culture of Consumption"e;, I want to deal with the complex topic of African American hair.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn (Anglistik), course: Psycolinguistics, language: English, abstract: Language is a major communicative device.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 3,0 (3), http://www.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Erfurt (Philosophische Fakultat), course: Zweitsprachenerwerb, language: English, abstract: Reading is not considered a natural skill but has to be acquired.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1-2 (A-B), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Seminar for Anglistics), course: Hauptseminar "e;Semantics of Tense"e;, language: English, abstract: With the presentation of his theoretical model for the semantic analysis of tenses, Hans Reichenbach (1947: 287 - 298) supplied to linguistic research a tool that has since then been made use of in a large number of publications.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,0, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik & Amerikanistik), course: Drug Cultures, language: English, abstract: Drugs have been a part of virtually every society that ever existed and I guess it is safe to say that that will continue to be the case in the future.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 3,0, Ruhr-University of Bochum, language: English, abstract: Uncover the inspiring true story behind the unsung heroes of NASA and their relentless pursuit of the American Dream against a backdrop of profound social injustice.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Munster (Englisches Seminar), course: Contemporary American and Canadian Fiction, language: English, abstract: Oral storytelling is a tradition inherent to all cultures.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Mannheim, course: African American Novels, language: English, abstract: Blindness is a topic in many African American novels published in the middle of the 20th century.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1, Technical University of Braunschweig, language: English, abstract: Allen Ginsberg's reputation as a major poet is now secure; he has outlived the other major poets of mid-century with whom he is frequently compared, such as Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, and Frank O'Hara, who with Ginsberg make up a core of writers that revolutionized the writing of American verse in the 1950s.

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: Introduction: In comparison to English, the German language does not seem to have a specific word order.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Free University of Berlin (Institut fur Englisch Philologie), course: Understanding English - German Contrasts, language: English, abstract: The grammatical concepts for the basic sentence types in German and English are established and confirmed in various grammars.

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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Marburg (Institution fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Hauptseminar "e;Strategic Writing in English as a Second Language"e;, language: English, abstract: The following paper seeks to be an empirical approach to the usage of clear and polite expressions in written communication.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institute for Anglistics/American Studies), language: English, abstract: Although Leslie Marmon Silko's complete works have received exemplary reviews, Ceremony seems to be the most talked about and recognized for its literary achievement.

Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, language: English, abstract: This paper is going to examine differences in dyslexia throughout different languages and if learning different language systems can be easier for dyslexic people.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2+, University of Rostock (Institut fur Sprachwissenschaft), course: Hauptseminar: Corpus dictionaries and lexical structure, language: English, abstract: The first dictionary was published in 1984.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Mannheim (Amerikanistik), course: A survey of contemporary America, language: English, abstract: The USA is sometimes called "e;land of the immigrants"e; or "e;the promised land"e;.

Seminar paper from the year 2024 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Kaiserslautern (Anglistik), course: Voice Training, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the role of accents in shaping the iconic figure of the villain in films, with a focus on the British accent, particularly 'Standard English' and 'Received Pronunciation.

Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: The thesis explores the impact of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 on the voting participation of people with disabilities in the United States.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: This paper will explore the thesis that the female characters of the sitcom "e;How I Met Your Mother"e; challenge the dominant ideologies of gender which imply women's natural subordination to men by means of swearing and conversational humour.

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn (Fakultat fur Kulturwissenschaften), course: American Things: Exploring Material Culture, language: English, abstract: This paper examines a seemingly simple object, the Moleskine notebook.

Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Wuppertal (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: This paper analyses the depiction of slavery and racism in Herman Melville's work "e;Benito Cereno"e;.

Essay aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Ältere Deutsche Literatur, Mediävistik, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit widmet sich dem Forschungsthema „Die Darstellung von Liebe im Minnesang: Ein Vergleich von Heinrichs von Morungen „Owê, sol aber mir iemer mê“ und Walthers von der Vogelweide „Unter der Linden““.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, Note: 1,3, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Hausarbeit soll „Wild“ genauer beleuchtet werden.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,3, Universität des Saarlandes, Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Novellen des 19.

Scientific Essay from the year 2024 in the subject Literature - Canada, University of Marburg (Marburger Zentrum fur Kanada-Studien), language: English, abstract: The importance and role of literature originating in former colonies such as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand or Pakistan during the last fifty years by now is undisputed since most writers gave a new push to English-speaking literature by adding matters of colonialism, racism, immigration, exile, survival, border crossing or hybrid existence.

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: Excellent, University of Yaounde I (University of Yaounde 1), course: British Literature, language: English, abstract: This work sets out to show how Ibsen and Synge adopt an unconventional style in presenting conflicting and contradictory political alternatives.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, LMU Munich (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Morphology and word formation, language: English, abstract: A comparative view of approaches in non-morphemic word-formation; researching clipping, blends, acronyms and abbreviations, reduplication, back-formation as well as borderline cases that cannot be assigned clearly.