Search for dissertations about: "grammar errors"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words grammar errors.
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1. Automatic Detection of Grammar Errors in Primary School Children's Texts. A Finite State Approach
Abstract : This thesis concerns the analysis of grammar errors in Swedish texts written by primary school children and the development of a finite state system for finding such errors. Grammar errors are more frequent for this group of writers than for adults and the distribution of the error types is different in children's texts. READ MORE
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2. Progression and Regression. Aspects of Advanced Swedish Students' Competence in English Grammar
Abstract : This thesis investigates advanced Swedish students’ development of three grammatical phenomena: subject-verb concord, prepositions and article use in compositions and translations. In order to describe the students’ development of these categories, actual errors are related to potential errors forming so called ‘error scores’. READ MORE
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3. Grammatical correctness and communicative ability : a performance analysis of the written and spoken English of Swedish learners
Abstract : Written and oral material produced by a group of low-achieving learners of English from the 2-year lines of the Swedish upper secondary school was analysed from the perspective of grammatical correctness and communicative ability. The grammatical analysis focussed on the verb phrase and tests included both free production in speech and writing and elicitation tests. READ MORE
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4. V1 Declaratives in Spoken Swedish : Syntax, Information Structure, and Prosodic Pattern
Abstract : The topic of the present thesis is V1 declaratives in spoken Swedish. Such constructions constitute an interesting object for research due to the fact that Swedish is a V2 language where V1 word order is grammaticalized for yes/no questions. Hitherto we have lacked a thorough study of the phenomenon. READ MORE
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5. Developing and Evaluating Language Tools for Writers and Learners of Swedish
Abstract : Skrivande och skrivet språk är idag en viktig del av många människors liv, i datorns ordbehandlare, i e-postprogram och i chattkanaler på Internet. Skrivet språk har blivit mer eller mindre en förutsättning för människors dagliga kommunikation. Denna utveckling av samhället leder till ökade behov av att på olika sätt hantera text. READ MORE