Search for dissertations about: "Spatial Prepositions"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Spatial Prepositions.

  2. 1. The Language Of Space : The Acquisition And Interpretation of Spatial Adpositions In English

    Author : Francesco-Alessio Ursini; Stephen Crain; Drew Khlentzos; Krizsta Szendroi; Na'ama Friedmann; Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science Faculty of Human Sciences Macquarie University; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Syntax; Semantics; Spatial Prepositions; Language Acquisition; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis by publication presents a study on English adpositions (e.g. to, in, at, from, in frontof, through). READ MORE

  4. 2. Motion in Language and Experience : Actual and Non-actual motion in Swedish, French and Thai

    Author : Johan Blomberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; motion situations; non-actual motion; Swedish; elicitation; cognitive linguistics; phenomenology; Thai; French; subjective motion; fictive motion; semantic typology; motion; spatial semantics; motion events;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with motion in language and non-linguistic experience, distinguishing between actual motion (AM) and non-actual motion (NAM). AM is the experience of continuous change in an object’s position, expressed in sentences such as 'The man runs through the forest' and 'The woman is walking'. READ MORE