Search for dissertations about: "Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik"

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2. 1. Topics in the grammar of Kuot, a non-Austronesian language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

   Author : Eva Lindström; William McGregor; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deskriptiv grammatik; papuanska språk; kuot; descriptive linguistics; descriptive grammar; Papuan languages; New Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Papua nya guinea; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis describes certain areas in the grammar of the little-known Kuot language, spoken by some 1,500 people in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Kuot is an isolate, and is the only non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of that province. The analyses presented here are based on original data from 18 months of linguistic fieldwork. READ MORE

4. 2. Towards a grammatical description of Palula : An Indo-Aryan language of the Hindu Kush

   Author : Henrik Liljegren; Östen Dahl; Joan L. G. Baart; Peter E. Hook; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Palula; Indo-Aryan; Dardic; Hindu Kush; Pakistan; Chitral; grammar; phonology; morphology; syntax; Linguistics; Lingvistik; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : Avhandlingens syfte är att ge en grammatisk beskrivning av det indoariska språket palula, ett språk med ca 10000 talare i Chitraldistriktet i Pakistans nordvästprovins. Ingen tidigare studie har presenterat detta hittills mycket litet kända språk i detalj och med den omfattning som detta arbete gör. READ MORE

5. 3. Integrating Prosody into an Account of Discourse Structure

   Author : Sofia Gustafson-Capková; David House; Elisabet Engdahl; Merle Horne; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Discourse structure; Discourse segment; Dialogue; Monologue; Swedish prosody; Speaking style; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : In this thesis a study of discourse segmenting is carried out, which investigates both segment boundaries and segment content. The results are related to discourse theory. We study the questions of how the prosody and the text structure influence subjects' annotations of discourse boundaries and discourse prominence. READ MORE

6. 4. The Syntax of Tenselessness : On Copying Constructions in Swedish

   Author : Anna-Lena Wiklund; Görel Sandström; Lars-Olof Delsing; Anders Holmberg; Jan-Wouter Zwart; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistics; infinitives; pseudocoordination; feature copying; restructuring; tense; underspecification; Lingvistik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates three construction types in Swedish where two (or more) verbs display identical inflectional morphology (COPYING) and share one overt subject. The constructions are referred to as (i) T(ENSE)M(OOD)A(SPECT)-COPYING complements, of the form John started and wrote (John started writing), (ii) PARTICIPLE COPYING complements, of the form John had been-able written (John had been able to write), and (iii) PSEUDOCOORDINATIONS, of the form John sat and wrote (John was writing). READ MORE

7. 5. The history of the concept of grammaticalisation

   Author : Therese Lindström; April McMahon; Andrew Linn; Nigel Vincent; Richard Steadman Jones; University of Sheffield; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammaticalisation; unidirectionaty; lexicalisation; history of linguistics; historical linguistics; grammatikalisering; unidirectionality; lexikalisering; lingvistikens historia; historisk lingvistik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : The present thesis discusses the history and meaning of the term and concept called grammaticalisation. Linguists usually ascribe the coinage of the term grammaticalisation to Antoine Meillet (1866-1936), who allegedly played a vital role in the history of grammaticalisation. READ MORE