Search for dissertations about: "linguistic analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 209 swedish dissertations containing the words linguistic analysis.

  2. 1. Authentic Language : Övdalsk, metapragmatic exchange and the margins of Sweden’s linguistic market

    Author : David Karlander; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Tomas Riad; Judith T. Irvine; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; authenticity; history of linguistic thought; indexicality; linguistic anthropology; linguistic minorities; metalanguage; metapragmatics; philosophical anthropology; Övdalsk; autenticitet; filosofisk antropologi; indexikalitet; lingvistisk antropologi; metaspråk; metapragmatik; språkliga minoriteter; språkvetenskapens idéhistoria; älvdalska; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis engages with practices that in some way place stakes in the social existence of Övdalsk (also älvdalska, Elfdalian, Övdalian), a marginal form of Scandinavian used mainly in Sweden’s Älvdalen municipality. The practices at hand range from early 20th century descriptive dialectology and contemporary lay-linguistics to language advocacy and language political debate. READ MORE

  4. 2. Participant Reference in Three Balochi Dialects : Male and Female Narrations of Folktales and Biographical Tales

    Author : Maryam Nourzaei; Carina Jahani; Stephen H. Levinsohn; Henrik Liljegren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Balochi; Coastal Balochi; Koroshi Balochi; Sistani Balochi; folktales; biographical tales; participant reference; default and marked encoding; orality; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate how men and women in three Iranian Balochi dialects, Coastal Balochi, Koroshi Balochi and Sistani Balochi, refer to 3rd person participants in oral narratives of two genres: folktales and biographical tales. The stories that are analysed were recorded during several field trips to Iran and the approach used is that of Levinsohn (1994, 2015). READ MORE

  5. 3. Techniques for analyzing digital environments from a security perspective

    Author : Amendra Shrestha; Lisa Kaati; Adam Wierzbicki; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : digital communities; machine learning; text analysis; linguistic features; linguistic analysis; warning behaviors; Internet; social media; extremism; terrorism; psychological state; author identification; alias matching; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : The development of the Internet and social media has exploded in the last couple of years. Digital environments such as social media and discussion forums provide an effective method of communication and are used by various groups in our societies. READ MORE

  6. 4. On Linguistic and Discursive Constructions of Concession and Adversativity : Towards a Multilevel Analysis of English in the UK Parliament

    Author : Mihai Daniel Frumuselu; Michal Krzyżanowski; Cornelia Ilie; Per Ledin; Eivind Nessa Torgersen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; concession; adversativity; political discourse; parliamentary discourse; UK Parliament; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study analyses concessive and adversarial language in UK parliamentary debates and thereby enriches the theoretical and analytical body of knowledge on the language of concession and adversativity in contemporary English. It contributes to existent scholarship on both grammatical constructions of concession/adversativity and on the dynamics of contemporary British parliamentary and political discourse. READ MORE

  7. 5. Second Person Singular Pronouns in Early Modern English Dialogues 1560-1760

    Author : Terry Walker; Merja Kytö; Ulrich Busse; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; thou; you; variation; Early Modern English; speech-related genres; extra-linguistic factors; linguistic factors; macro-analysis; micro-analysis; corpus linguistics; historical pragmatics; historical sociolinguistics; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a corpus-based investigation examining thou and you from 1560 to 1760 in three speech-related genres: Trials, Depositions, and Drama Comedy. Previous research has focused on Drama Comedy; especially little attention has been paid to Depositions. READ MORE