Search for dissertations about: "Comparative Syntax"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Comparative Syntax.

2. 1. A Comparative Grammar of Latin and the Sabellian Languages : The System of Case Syntax

   Author : Karin Tikkanen; Gerd Haverling; Gerhard Meiser; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin; Sabellian languages; Oscan; Umbrian; Proto-Italic; case syntax; comparative linguistics; historical linguistics; Sprachbund; Stammbaum; Latin language; Latin; latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a comparative grammar of the case syntax of Latin and the Sabellian languages. The Sabellian languages were a group of Indo-European languages on the Italian peninsula, attested in inscriptions approx. 650 – 50 BCE. READ MORE

4. 2. Verb complementation in Swedish and other Germanic languages : studies in comparative syntax

   Author : Sture Ureland; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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5. 3. Case in Icelandic : A Synchronic, Diachronic and Comparative Approach

   Author : Johanna Barddal; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages and literature; Development of th; Scandinavian Linguistics; Spoken vs. Written Icelandic; Usage-based Model; Construction Grammar; Borrowings; Neologism; Type Frequency; Productivity; Argument Structure; Thematic Roles; Syntactic functions; Icelandic; Morphological Case; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of what the function of morphological case is in Icelandic. The working hypotheses of this book is that morphological case is a multifunctional category. READ MORE

6. 4. The Internal Structure of Noun Phrases in the Scandinavian Languages : A Comparative Study

   Author : Lars-Olof Delsing; Svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages; Noun phrase; Syntax; Determiners; Possession; Quantification; Articles; Morphology;

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7. 5. The Physical Foundation of the Patterning of Physical Action Verbs : A Study of Chinese Verbs

   Author : Hong Gao; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; verbal semantics; trajector; semantic representation; pyscholingistics; polysemy; physical reality; physical foundation; physical action verbs; observability; motion; lexicalization patterning; landmark; intentionality; innateness; physical contact; force-dynamics; combinability; conflation; cognitive semantics; active zone; affectability; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : This work is a study of verbal semantics with a focus on the discussion and illustration of the role of body parts and the semantic incorporation into verbal roots of the actions that involve various body parts. Following a general discussion of the basic issues of language construction and human body actions with the image schemas of force-dynamics presented in line with the framework of cognitive semantics, it is argued that the event structures of physical action verbs are not arbitrarily constructed but rather the constructions are built through systematic cognitive processes in relation to both human physical reality and concrete reality in the world. READ MORE