William Wallace was what was generally considered to be a hero. With deceptive military tactics, enormous bravery and a national feeling beyond the normal, he is truly the concept of a true hero. One interesting aspect is that you often hear people say that their mother is their true hero. Furthermore, they may tell you that their mother is also their idol. What has happened to the original usage

Polysemy, the study of multiple meanings of a lexeme, is part of the field of Lexical Semantics and has been preoccupying linguists for a very long time. Among the first methods of investigation were categorization (Lakoff 1987), and the study of dictionaries in hopes of finding semantic variation in polysemous lexemes (Fillmore and Atkins 1992). In present time however, due to new technology, mor

How does the English verb become translate into Spanish? The many ways of translating the English verb become to Spanish depend on different conditions. In order to express to become in Spanish it is necessary to address what a certain thing or person becomes. It is likely that the correspondence between the English verb become and the four selected Spanish verbs convertirse, hacerse, volverse and

Using the modern cognitive linguistic framework of recorded corpora data, this essay attempts to investigate the political climate in American domestic politics as it is represented by media in the form of newspapers. By approaching the language usage of media in a linguistically holistic way I aim to elicit subtle attitudes towards ideologies present in news press articles. This approach is carri

While discussing the possibility of investigating the polysemy of an English profanity as the topic for this essay, Dylan Glynn, who is supervising this work, pointed to an (albeit old) edition of an Oxford English Dictionary resting on a shelf in his office in order to look up the definition[s] of the lexeme fuck. However, the entry was nowhere to be found, and this only added to the interest of

Beer is one of the oldest and most beloved beverages in the world (Hampson 2008). According to the first records of brewing, beer was originally made in Mesopotamia over 8000 years ago (Hampson, 2008). Although, back then there was a religious side to it and beer was consumed in spiritual ceremonies to honour the gods. However, the enjoyment of drinking this infusion was even greeter and it soon b

more and more people being bilingual. Two languages that are often mixed in the United States are English and Spanish. Due to the high population of Spanish speaking immigrants, new words are being formed by mixing the two languages. This can be heard in the areas near the border between the USA and Mexico among other areas. The verb watch in English, which in Spanish would be mirar, becomes wacha

The purpose of this study was to explore how social workers drug preventive work among youths is formed and how professionals talk about and what conceptions they have about drug using youths. Our focus has been on drug preventive work on youths between the ages of 12-25. We have chosen this age limit since the professionals daily work is with youths between this age span. To answer our studies qu

Earlier, linguists have treated conceptual metaphor and conceptual blend as two separate phenomena. Recent research, however, has brought more and more attention to similarities between these phenomena. This study intends to shed more light on such similarities in the underlying creation process and aims to detect common preconditions. A corpus-driven analysis, incorporating 50 advertisements repr

In Sweden there is a first language Swedish and minority languages such as Finnish, Tornedalen Finnish, Romany, Samian, and Yiddish. Although English is not a second language in Sweden some people suggest it should be. From the age of nine children start to learn the English language in school. English is a core subject in the school system alongside Swedish and math. In several companies it is th

Secondary clients: a discourse analysis of affinity and kinship In recent years, a trend has developed in care-giving systems. It was previously thought that care for our elderly, physically disabled or chronically ill relatives and loved ones, was to be provided by and cared for in institutions. As of now, we see a retrograding trend where a lot of the treatment and/or care is to be provided in

Det upphandlingsrättsliga regelverket inom EU består framförallt av två direktiv, 2004/18/EG och 2004/17/EG. Dessa direktiv är i huvudsak baserade på EG-fördragets (numera EUF-fördraget) bestämmelser om förverkligandet av den gemensamma marknaden och syftar till att säkerställa en sund konkurrens inom hela Europeiska unionen. Direktiven styr i detalj hur en upphandlingsprocess ska genomföras och hThe regulations of public procurement in the European Union (EU) consist primarily of two directives, 2004/18/EG and 2004/17/EG. These directives are principally based on the internal market provisions of the EC Treaty (now the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and are aiming to guarantee competition within the EU. The directives prescribe in detail how a procurement process should

Den organiserade brottsligheten finns i Sverige, men det är oklart vilket hot den utgör mot det svenska samhället och rättsväsendet. Denna uppsats problematiserar hur den organiserade brottsligheten framställs inom lagstiftning och rättstillämpning. Regeringen initierade år 2007 en nationell mobilisering mot den grova organiserade brottsligheten, vilket har medfört omfattande omstruktureringar inoOrganized crime exists in Sweden, but it is unclear what kind of threat it poses to the Swedish society and judicial system. This essay discusses how organized crime is described and used in legislation and law enforcement. In 2007 the government initiated a national mobilization against serious organized crime, which has led to major restructuring within the national police organization and prose

Bilindustrin är en oligopolmarknad där de tio största tillverkarna står för 80% av världens totala produktion. De stora marknaderna Europa, Japan och Nordamerika har stagnerat och stabiliserats, vilket har förändrat branschen till en med höga fasta kostnader och låga marginaler. Försöket att öka marginalerna och anpassa sig till den japanska teorin “lean production” med kort ledtider i fabriken leThe automotive industry is an oligopoly and the ten largest manufacturers account for close to 80% of the overall global production. The major markets of Europe, Japan and North America, have stagnated and remain stable and this has transformed the industry into a business of high costs and low margins. Somewhat ironically, as an attempt to increase the margins and adapt to the Japanese theory of

Syftet med detta arbete är att redogöra för reglerna kring avveckling av dödsbon i Sverige, d.v.s. reglerna om dödsboförvaltning och arvskifte. Behandlingen inriktar sig framför allt på formerna för förvaltningen – vem som har rätt att företräda dödsboet, hur denna behörighet uppkommer och vad den består i. Fokus ligger på hur dödsbodelägarnas samarbete är reglerat och vilka lösningar lagen erbjudThe aim of this thesis is to account for the rules surrounding the administration and distribution of the estate of a deceased person in Sweden. The study is concentrated on the personal representative, i.e. who has the right to administer an estate on death, how this authority arises and what it consists of. The main focus lies on the regulation of the joint administration of the beneficiaries of