Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2 (B), University of Tubingen (English Seminar), course: Introduction to English linguistics, language: English, abstract: Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the present extract from Anthony Burgess' "e;A Clockwork Orange"e; is its language.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut fur Anglistik/ Amerikanistik), course: HS: Narratives of the Civil War, language: English, abstract:
Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2 (B), University of Bayreuth (FB American Studies), course: Applied geography seminar USA 1950-2000, language: English, abstract: "e;Vietnam, Vietnam.
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: Goal of this piece of work is to provide a thorough overview and explanation of the movement of noun phrases (NPs) in the English language.
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), course: Canadian Literature, language: English, abstract: There are many different kinds of parent-child relationships: On the one hand there is the perfect relationship, which means that the parents love their children and they love their parents.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1+ (A), University of Hamburg, course: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Puritans, language: English, abstract: In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne has not only created an intriguing plot, but also some very "e;picturesque"e; characters, among whom the character of Pearl can probably be viewed as the most unique one.
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: During the semester we read a lot of texts by different authors.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam (Institut fur Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: Seminar 'Strange Fruits', language: English, abstract: Soon after its publication on March 1st 1940 it seemed to be clear that "e;Native Son"e; was the great breakthrough in the career of the young black author Richard Wright.
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: keine, University of Bayreuth, course: Written and Spoken English, language: English, abstract: This essay will deal with discourse signals, with special focus on their function and meaning.
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Women Writers in the 19th century, language: English, abstract: I.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Amerikanistik, Anglistik und Anglophonie), course: Settling the Prairies: History and Myth- Making in the United States and Canada, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the conflict between the generations in Margaret Laurence's novel The Diviners.
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, course: Postmodern American short stories, language: English, abstract: In his famous soliloquy of Act III, Scene 1, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, reveals his inner struggles and his search for identity and meaning.
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Regensburg (Anglistik-Linguistk), course: English Linguistic Stylistics, language: English, abstract: 1.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1+ (A+), University of Hamburg, course: Motivation in Language, language: English, abstract: Linguists studying the syntactic relations of Chinese have often argued that Chinese, being a non-inflectional language, was more reliant on iconic principles than most Western languages.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck (Department of English), course: English Word Formation, language: English, abstract: Diachrone analyses of a language analyze the state of a language at different periods of time or its development throughout time.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Dresden Technical University, course: The American Noir, language: English, abstract: In this paper for the seminar "e;American Noir"e; I want to analyze Quentin Tarantino's 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: The brain is probably the most important part of the body.
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,00, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt (Amerikanistik), course: The Short Stories of E.
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Hamburg (IAA), language: English, abstract: One major assumption in the study of emotions is the idea that our understanding of emotion metaphors is, to a large extent, based on bodily experience.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, course: Novel and Film (HS), language: English, abstract: This paper deals with John Steinbeck's groundbreaking, Nobel Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939).
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 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Technical University of Braunschweig (English Seminar), course: HS Film and Literature, language: English, abstract: "e;You spent nearly two years in a loony bin!
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 - 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 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 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.
