Search for dissertations about: "Language variation and change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Language variation and change.

2. 1. A View from Language : Growth of language in individuals and populations

   Author : Christer Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavia; psycho-linguistics; past tense; linguistic ecology; language variation; language change; language acquisition; evolution; epidemics; emergence; diffusion; connectionism; area linguistics; case; simulation; synthesis.; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : The main question that this book tries to find answers to is what it is that makes language learnable. Language is one of the most complex human activities, but nearly 100% of humanity have learned a language in childhood. One answer could be that it is something in our brain that makes us learn language better than most other activities. READ MORE

4. 2. Phonological Quantity in Swedish Dialects : Typological Aspects, Phonetic Variation and Diachronic Change

   Author : Felix Schaeffler; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish dialects; phonological quantity; vowel and consonant duration; cluster analysis; linguistic typology; phonetic variation; diachronic change; Phonetics; Fonetik;

   Abstract : This study investigates the realisation of phonological quantity in the dialects of Modern Swedish, based on a corpus containing recordings from 86 locations in Sweden and the Swedishspeaking parts of Finland. The corpus was recorded as part of the national SweDia project.The study is explorative in character. READ MORE

5. 3. Word Order in Övdalian : A Study in Variation and Change

   Author : Piotr Garbacz; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Stylistic Fronting; V-to-I movement; Swedish dialects; dialect syntax; language change; variation; älvdalsmålet; Övdalian; Elfdalian; the Rich Agreement Hypothesis; negative concord;

   Abstract : This dissertation discusses aspects of the syntax of Övdalian, a variety spoken by ca. 2,500 people in the province of Dalecarlia in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. The vowels of Delhi English : Three studies in sociophonetics

   Author : Raphaël Domange; Peter Sundkvist; Niclas Abrahamsson; Raymond Hickey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indian English; phonology; sociophonetics; language variation and change; language contact; world Englishes; English; engelska;

   Abstract : Addressing the dearth of sociolinguistic variation research in the “new” varieties of English (D. Sharma, 2017b), this dissertation consists of a set of three sociophonetic studies on an urban dialect of Indian English. READ MORE

7. 5. Sociolinguistic, comparative and historical perspectives on Scandinavian gender: With focus on Jamtlandic

   Author : Briana Van Epps; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammatical gender; Jamtlandic; Swedish dialects; dialectology; dialect loss; language variation and change; gender assignment; Scandinavian; gender variability; diachrony; Old Norse; Old Swedish; Swedish; Norwegian; Elfdalian;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigates gender assignment in Jamtlandic from a sociolinguistic and historical/comparative perspective. Jamtlandic is a language variety spoken in northwestern Sweden in the province of Jämtland. It maintains a three-gender system, in contrast to Standard Swedish, which has a two-gender system. READ MORE