Swedish Phonetics by Ana Ramírez
This paper focuses on the analysis of the Swedish sounds "y", "sj" and "å" that were researched i... more This paper focuses on the analysis of the Swedish sounds "y", "sj" and "å" that were researched in order to follow the process in the pronunciation of a learner of Swedish with the influence of a native speaker of Swedish from Southern Sweden. For the carry out of the project, a corpus of three sentences were created, out of which three words were taken for the analysis of the learner of Swedish's pronunciation. The consultant was recorded with a Dictaphone at the Language Learning
Bilingualism and Multilingualism by Ana Ramírez
The aim of this project is focused on my approach to a bilingual study of the use of English by s... more The aim of this project is focused on my approach to a bilingual study of the use of English by speakers of other languages through the analysis of text messages between them in a three-month span of time. In this case, the analysis will be focused in a speaker of Swedish and a speaker of Spanish as L1, and they both will use English as an L2. Therefore, the background of both speakers will be explained as well as that of the languages. These will be taken into consideration for the analysis of the data extracted from messages between both speakers as well as literature review on the question of the use of English by Swedes as an L2 and as a lingua franca to communicate with others in the Scandinavian country and the use of Swedish by non-native speakers. It is expected for both speakers to use their L2 in different situations and by different reasons throughout the text messages aforementioned. However, the main focus will be in the Swedish speaker using his L2.
Thesis Chapters by Ana Ramírez
This undergraduate dissertation studies the impact of language contact of Norse and Brittonic on ... more This undergraduate dissertation studies the impact of language contact of Norse and Brittonic on the evolution of English through the study and review of the work of Kroch et al. (2000), Trudgill (2011) and McWhorter (2011). The hypotheses analysed provide different approaches to the evolution of English within the framework of two linguistic schools, which are mainstream in the study of the history of English, Generative linguistics and Sociolinguistics.
McWhorter suggests that English inherited fewer features from Proto-Germanic than other languages and lost some of them due to contact with Celtic, which is seemingly responsible for the emergence of features such as the do auxiliary. In the same way, Trudgill, who was formerly in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis, now claims that the simplification of English is the result of Celtic influence (2011). On the other hand, Kroch et al. are in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis which, according to them, accounts for the loss of the verb-second syntactic pattern as a result of an incomplete acquisition of English by the Scandinavians in the Danelaw. They approach this issue from the perspective of Generative grammar, while both Trudgill and McWhorter do it from a Sociolinguistic perspective. The aim of this paper is to study and critically evaluate both accounts in order to assess to what extent they provide convincing accounts of the role language contact in the evolution of English.
Keywords: Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian influence, Celtic hypothesis, Sociolinguistics, Generative linguistics, simplification, complexification, verb-second.
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Swedish Phonetics by Ana Ramírez
Bilingualism and Multilingualism by Ana Ramírez
Thesis Chapters by Ana Ramírez
McWhorter suggests that English inherited fewer features from Proto-Germanic than other languages and lost some of them due to contact with Celtic, which is seemingly responsible for the emergence of features such as the do auxiliary. In the same way, Trudgill, who was formerly in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis, now claims that the simplification of English is the result of Celtic influence (2011). On the other hand, Kroch et al. are in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis which, according to them, accounts for the loss of the verb-second syntactic pattern as a result of an incomplete acquisition of English by the Scandinavians in the Danelaw. They approach this issue from the perspective of Generative grammar, while both Trudgill and McWhorter do it from a Sociolinguistic perspective. The aim of this paper is to study and critically evaluate both accounts in order to assess to what extent they provide convincing accounts of the role language contact in the evolution of English.
Keywords: Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian influence, Celtic hypothesis, Sociolinguistics, Generative linguistics, simplification, complexification, verb-second.
McWhorter suggests that English inherited fewer features from Proto-Germanic than other languages and lost some of them due to contact with Celtic, which is seemingly responsible for the emergence of features such as the do auxiliary. In the same way, Trudgill, who was formerly in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis, now claims that the simplification of English is the result of Celtic influence (2011). On the other hand, Kroch et al. are in favour of the Scandinavian hypothesis which, according to them, accounts for the loss of the verb-second syntactic pattern as a result of an incomplete acquisition of English by the Scandinavians in the Danelaw. They approach this issue from the perspective of Generative grammar, while both Trudgill and McWhorter do it from a Sociolinguistic perspective. The aim of this paper is to study and critically evaluate both accounts in order to assess to what extent they provide convincing accounts of the role language contact in the evolution of English.
Keywords: Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian influence, Celtic hypothesis, Sociolinguistics, Generative linguistics, simplification, complexification, verb-second.