Search for dissertations about: "Determiner Phrase"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Determiner Phrase.

  2. 1. Le développement morphosyntaxique du syntagme nominal chez des enfants et des adultes : approche générativiste

    Author : Jonas Granfeldt; Franska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilinguisme; langue maternelle; apprenants adultes; enfants; développement; syntagme nominal; adjectives; déterminants; Determiner Phrase; syntaxe; grammaire générative; morphologie; langue étrangère; acquisition; français;

    Abstract : Le pr�sent travail veut s?inscrire dans une tradition de linguistique appliqu�e dont l?ambition consiste � allier th�orie et empirisme. Lorsque l?on t�che de combiner deux domaines, on pourrait esp�rer qu?ils s?av�rent mutuellement enrichis ; Dans le meilleur des cas, la th�orie permettrait non seulement l?�laboration d?hypoth�ses et de questions pertinentes sur les donn�es mises en place par la d�marche empirique, mais elle se verrait �galement d�velopp�e en raison de la nature des donn�es et des consid�rations que celles-ci imposent. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words : A Diachronic Study

    Author : Donald MacQueen; Merja Kytö; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; number-word universals; historical corpus linguistics; variationist study; American vs British English; newspapers; grammaticalization; iconicity; gradience; English language; Engelska språket; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This corpus-based variationist study traces the history of the English number word MILLION from its first attested use in the 14th century, focusing on the diachronic shift in function from one of heading its noun phrase (NP), as in the obsolescent (Obs) construction three millions of citizens, to one of a post-determiner of its NP head, as in Present-day English (PdE) three million citizens. The authentic historical materials used include both numerous electronic linguistic corpora and, more innovatively, very-large-scale general collections available online, especially historical newspaper collections from the US and UK comprising tens of billions of words. READ MORE