Mgr. Jana Dráčková

Bachelor's thesis

Semantic Analysis of Adverbs of Degree

Semantic Analysis of Adverbs of Degree
Abstract:
Cílem diplomové práce je zkoumat a porovnat tři příslovce barely, hardly a scarcely. I když jsou tato příslovce obecně považována za synonyma, navzájem se od sebe liší. Příslovce jsou analyzována vzhledem k jejich významu, výskytu v různých stylech jazyka a slovům, s kterými se objevují. Práce je rozdělena na teoretickou a praktickou část. Teoretická část se zabývá teorií příslovcí, synonymie a korpusu …more
Abstract:
The aim of the thesis is to examine and compare three adverbs barely, hardly, and scarcely. Though these adverbs are generally considered synonyms, they differ from each other. They are analysed in terms of their meaning, occurrence across various registers, and words they occur with. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with the theory of adverbs, synonymy …more
 

Keywords

adverbs synonymy corpus absolute synonyms barely hardly scarcely
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 27. 5. 2009
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/fp8os/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 6. 2009
  • Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

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Philology / English Language and Literature

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