Search for dissertations about: "french as second language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words french as second language.

  2. 1. Gesture as a Communication Strategy in Second Language Discourse : A Study of Learners of French and Swedish

    Author : Marianne Gullberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second language acquisition; communication strategies; applied linguistics; gestures; Lingvistik; Linguistics; French; Swedish;

    Abstract : Gesture is always mentioned in descriptions of compensatory behaviour in second language discourse, yet it has never been adequately integrated into any theory of Communication Strategies (CSs). This study suggests a method for achieving such an integration. READ MORE

  4. 2. Learning aspect in Italian as a third language : Transfer patterns among multilingual learners in the Swedish context

    Author : Francesco Vallerossa; Camilla Bardel; Anna Bergström; Anna Gudmundson; Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual linguistic transfer; L3 Italian; non- prototypical associations; Romance; tense-aspect; third language acquisition; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of previously acquired or learned background languages (BL) on the learning of Italian as a third language (L3) among undergraduate students in the Swedish context. Focusing on the learning of past tense-aspect (TA) inflectional categories in Italian, the thesis investigates the influence of Swedish, English and Romance languages, French or Spanish, in light of four factors. READ MORE

  5. 3. A typology of classifiers and gender : From description to computation

    Author : Marc Tang; Michael Dunn; Christine Lamarre; Sebastian Fedden; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Classifiers; Gender; Nominal classification; Functions; Random Forests; Phylogeny; Word Embeddings; Neural Networks; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Categorization is one the most relevant tasks realized by humans during their life, as we consistently need to categorize the things and experience that we encounter. Such need is reflected in language via various mechanisms, the most prominent being nominal classification systems (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 4. Teaching, Learning, and Student Output : A Study of French in the Classroom

    Author : Anna Flyman Mattsson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language teaching learning; classroom; communication; output; focus on form; foreign languages teaching; Applied linguistics; sociolinguistics; Tillämpad lingvistik; undervisning i främmande språk; sociolingvistik;

    Abstract : Student speech production is an essential part of language learning in the foreign-language classroom. The students usually have few opportunities to use the language outside the classroom, which underscores the importance of making good use of the time spent in the classroom. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards a New Language : Christology in Early Modern Marathi, Konkani, and Hindustani

    Author : Pär Eliasson; Heinz Werner Wessler; Francis X. Clooney; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Hindu-Christian studies; comparative theology; interreligious; missiology; early modernity; translation studies; lexicography; Hindi; Hindustani; Konkani; Marathi; Jesuit; Capuchin; Thomas Stephens; Diogo Ribeiro; Ignazio Arcamone; Simão Gomes; François Marie de Tours; Joan Josua Ketelaar; Indology South Asian Studies; Indologi Sydasienkunskap;

    Abstract : This study examines the development of Christological discourses in Konkani, Marathi, and Hindustani in the 16th, 17th, and early 18th century. It explores a great deal of both Hindu and Christian sources, of which many are unedited and largely overlooked manuscripts. READ MORE