Search for dissertations about: "Philology and literature"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Philology and literature.

  2. 11. Crucifixion in Antiquity : An Inquiry into the Background of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion

    Author : Gunnar Samuelsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; crucifixion; cross; death of Jesus; Bible; New Testament; church; Christianity; philology; semantics; Jesus; execution; death sentence; impaling; suspension punishment; Golgotha; Calvary; ancient language; classical languages; Classical Greek; Latin; Hebrew Aramaic; ancient Greece; Roman empire; Roman world; Jerusalem;

    Abstract : This study investigates the philological aspects of how ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew/Aramaic texts, including the New Testament, depict the practice of punishment by crucifixion. A survey of the ancient text material shows that there has been a too narrow view of the “crucifixion” terminology. READ MORE

  4. 12. Optional rhemes and omitted undergoers : An event structure approach to implicit objects in Swedish

    Author : Johanna Prytz; Cecilia Falk; Ida Larsson; Marit Julien; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; implicit objects; object omission; null objects; object drop; objectless sentences; pseudo-transitive; non-core transitive; transitivity; Swedish; event structure; argument structure; the syntax-semantic interface; implicita objekt; objektsutelämning; nollobjekt; objektslösa satser; pseudotransitiva verb; transitivitet; eventstruktur; argumentstruktur; Scandinavian Languages;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to define the essential syntactic-semantic properties of three types of objectless sentences in present-day Swedish. The three types of objectless sentences are labeled descriptively as follows: Implicit Object Read type (IOR) with pseudo-transitive verbs like läsa ‘read’; Implicit Object Open type (IOO), which involves various sets of transitive verbs like öppna ‘open’ and bära ‘carry’; and Implicit Object Kill type (IOK), which typically involves destruction verbs like döda ‘kill’. READ MORE

  5. 13. Nominal Compounds in Old Latvian Texts in the 16th and 17th Centuries

    Author : Kristina Bukelskytė-Čepelė; Jenny Larsson; Peteris Vanags; Jurgis Pakerys; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nominal compounds; compounding; Old Latvian; Lithuanian; Baltic languages; philology; historical linguistics; determinative compounds; possessive compounds; verbal governing compounds; copulative compounds; baltiska språk; Baltic Languages;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the system of compounding attested in the earliest written Latvian texts of the 16th and 17th centuries. The philological analysis presented in this work is the first systematic attempt to extensively treat compounds in Old Latvian. READ MORE

  6. 14. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca

    Author : Sebastian Malinowski; Andrea C. Schalley; Erica Sandlund; Marie Tåqvist; Hans-Jörg Schmid; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; unconventional metaphors; creativity; conceptual metaphor theory; English as a lingua franca; objectivity; survey; FrameNet; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE

  7. 15. The accusativus cum infinitivo and quod clauses in the Revelaciones of St. Bridget of Sweden

    Author : Espen Karlsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; mediaeval Latin; St. Bridget; St. Birgitta; subordination; conjunctions; accusative with infinitive; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; latin; Latin;

    Abstract : This study is an investigation of the variation between the accusativus cum infinitive (a.c.i.) and quod clauses with verba sentiendi and declarandi in the Revelaciones, Books I-VII, of St. READ MORE