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Words in the Mind
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, course: Vocabulary Teaching, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Words are considered the basis - possibly the most important factor - when learning a new language. In order to make yourself understood, it is essential to know a wide range of words. Every learner of a foreign language knows the challenge of learning vocabulary items by heart. At times, coping with a certain amount of words can be a rather difficult or even frustrating task for the individual learner. This is where the foreign language teacher is supposed to step ...
The image of Germany and the Germans in Erica Jong’s "Fear of Flying " and Walter Abish’s "How German Is It "
Examination Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: During the last two centuries the American perception of Germany has periodically shifted as both countries have been rivals, friends, opponents and most recently allies. This has also been mirrored in the periodically changing American picture of Germany and the Germans, which over the years generated an abundance of stereotypes. While on the one hand, positive images have emerged such as the ‘naturally virtuous and scholarly German,’ there have been, on the other hand, numerous negative generalizations, ...
The representation of space: Prose and maps about the London Underground
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn, course: Narratives of London, language: English, abstract: Some people say you can only experience London as you walk it. Others say that riding the London Tube gives you the real picture of the city as you receive different perspectives. Indeed, the world’s oldest and largest underground, is one of the city’s most prominent and prototypical features. For more than 140 years, a diverse range of people such as tourists, visitors, provincials and commuters have travelled the metropolis by underground. Yet all of them for the same reas...
The Image of Germany and the Germans in Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying " and Walter Abish's "How German Is It "
Examination Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn, 67 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: During the last two centuries the American perception of Germany has periodically shifted as both countries have been rivals, friends, opponents and most recently allies. This has also been mirrored in the periodically changing American picture of Germany and the Germans, which over the years generated an abundance of stereotypes. While on the one hand, positive images have emerged such as the 'naturally virtuous and scholarly German, ' there have been, on the other hand, numero...
Words in the Mind: the Mental Lexicon
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, course: Vocabulary Teaching, language: English, abstract: Words are considered the basis – possibly the most important factor – when learning a new language. In order to make yourself understood, it is essential to know a wide range of words. Every learner of a foreign language knows the challenge of learning vocabulary items by heart. At times, coping with a certain amount of words can be a rather difficult or even frustrating task for the individual learner. This is where the foreign language teacher is supposed to step in and assist the students i...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - A President leading a nation through the Great Depression
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, course: US Presidency, language: English, abstract: First of all, I want to show how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s early biography influenced and contributed to his political career. Furthermore, I will explain how Roosevelt became president in 1933 and briefly address the issue of his reelections. In addition, I will to focus on the New Deal as a result of the depression, explaining certain New Deal laws and their outcome. Finally, I will compare several responses to Roosevelt’s policies. [...]
An analysis of a sample of persuasive language Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Birmingham, course: Semantics, language: English, abstract: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States of America between 1954 and 1968 aimed at abolishing public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans, especially in the southern states. In the course of the movement many sit-ins, freedom rides and several demonstrations were organised to show direct action. It was a time of mass mobilization, nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience of African American citizens. Backed up by local churches and grassroots organizations, the Afri...
The syntax of technical english
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Paderborn (Fakultät f. Kulturwissenschaften: Anglistik ), course: Register and ESP, language: English, abstract: English has not only become one of the most important languages for communication but has also gained ground in science. Yet, when referring to technical English, we do not mean a completely new language but one that is based on the general grammatical and syntactical rules of the English language. Technical English is merely English for a special purpose. It serves to meet the need of communicating ideas, concepts, results in a very efficient way which...
Der Untergang des Mittelniederdeutschen und seine Ursachen
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Germanistik, Note: 1,3, Universität Paderborn (Universität), Veranstaltung: Mittelniederdeutsche Literatur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Schreibsprachenwechsel vom Mittelniederdeutschen zum Neuhochdeutschen im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert war eine der bedeutendsten sprachlichen Veränderungen in Deutschland. Das Mittelniederdeutsche, welches über Jahrhunderte als etablierte 'internationale' Handelssprache fungierte, verschwand nun nahezu vollständig aus allen öffentlichen, kirchlichen und wirtschaftlichen Bereichen Norddeutschlands. Das Eindringen des Neuhochdeutschen hob somit die Zweigliederung der deutschen Sprache auf standards...
