Search for dissertations about: "iconicity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word iconicity.

2. 1. The building blocks of sound symbolism

   Author : Niklas Erben Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sound symbolism; Iconicity; typology; language evolution; lexicon;

   Abstract : Languages contain thousands of words each and are made up by a seemingly endless collection of sound combinations. Yet a subsection of these show clear signs of corresponding word shapes for the same meanings which is generally known as vocal iconicity and sound symbolism. READ MORE

4. 2. Tense and Aspect in Caesar's Narrative

   Author : Fredrik Oldsjö; Machtelt Bolkestein; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; aspect; Aktionsart; situation type; tense; Classical Latin; historiographical narrative; epitomistic narrative; foreground and background; seriality; iconicity; information type; Caesar; Livy; Velleius Paterculus; Florus; Eutropius; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This is a study of the function of tense, aspect, and Aktionsart/situation type in Caesar's historiographical narrative (Bellum Gallicum and Bellum civile). The extensive theoretical part discusses these semantic categories from a cross-linguistic perspective and analyzes their functions in Classical Latin. READ MORE

5. 3. The Performative Structure : Ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I

   Author : Nils Billing; Eva Hellman; Harold Hays; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Pyramid Texts; monumentality; iconicity; performativity; Pepy I; reconstitution; manifestation; resurrection; ascension; ritual agency; mortuary temple; cult; pyramid; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Abstract : This study investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a ritualized structure. In accordance with an indigenous cultural pattern, the category of an eternal architecture had been created at the beginning of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2700 B.C. READ MORE

6. 4. When similarity qualifies as a sign : a study in picture understanding and semiotic development in young children

   Author : Sara M. Lenninger; Göran Sonesson; Gisela Håkansson; Frederik Stjernfelt; Sara Lenninger; Lunds universitet; []
   Keywords : Semiotic development; children; picture; communication; iconicity;

   Abstract : The general goal of this thesis is to elucidate children’s early understandings of pictorial meanings, and how one can know anything about them. My central aim is to explore how picture comprehension develops during children’s first 3 years of life, through semiotic-theory-derived analyses of meaning relations. READ MORE

7. 5. The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words : A Diachronic Study

   Author : Donald MacQueen; Merja Kytö; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; number-word universals; historical corpus linguistics; variationist study; American vs British English; newspapers; grammaticalization; iconicity; gradience; English language; Engelska språket; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This corpus-based variationist study traces the history of the English number word MILLION from its first attested use in the 14th century, focusing on the diachronic shift in function from one of heading its noun phrase (NP), as in the obsolescent (Obs) construction three millions of citizens, to one of a post-determiner of its NP head, as in Present-day English (PdE) three million citizens. The authentic historical materials used include both numerous electronic linguistic corpora and, more innovatively, very-large-scale general collections available online, especially historical newspaper collections from the US and UK comprising tens of billions of words. READ MORE