Search for dissertations about: "subordinate clause"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words subordinate clause.

2. 1. Sentential Object Complements in Modern Standard Arabic

   Author : Maria Persson; Arabiska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semiotics; semantics; Grammatik; Baskien samt sumeriska; semantik; syntax; semiotik; Languages and literatures of Asia Minor; Caucasian languages and literatures; `an and `anna.; syntactic-semantic correlations; subordinate clause; functionalistic linguistics; sentential object complements; corpus-based study; complement-taking predicates; complementizer; complementation; complementiser; Basque; Sumerian; Språk och litteratur från Mellanöstern och Kaukasien;

   Abstract : This dissertation comprises a corpus-based study of the form and function of sentential object complements in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The study is motivated by the scarcity of investigations into MSA syntax as opposed to the syntax of Classical Arabic. READ MORE

4. 2. Media Arabic Grammar and Semantics. Clauses and non-core elements : A corpus investigation of print hard news

   Author : Emil Lundin; Gail Ramsay; Joakim Nivre; Maria Persson; Elie Wardini; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Media Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic; Journalism; print hard news; newspaper; journalese; grammar; syntax; clause linking; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : ”Media Arabic” is taught on universities all over the world and its understanding ranks among the top-reasons for students to pursue Arabic studies. The coursebooks on ”Media Arabic” focus on print hard news and tacitly assume the existence of an Arabic journalese. Previous research on Arabic newspaper language is scarce. READ MORE

5. 3. The Highest Force Hypothesis : Subordination in Swedish

   Author : David Petersson; Svenska som främmande språk; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish; subordination; embedded V2; reported speech; exclamatives; V2 word order; V-to-C-movement; illocutionary Force;

   Abstract : This study discusses subordination in Swedish from the perspective of three construction types that involve clauses that have traditionally been difficult to classify as unambiguous main or subordinate clauses: “embedded V2”-constructions, direct speech constructions, and exclamatives. A general hypothesis regarding subordination and "superordination” is proposed: The Highest Force Hypothesis. READ MORE

6. 4. The Role of Linguistic Context in the Acquisition of the Pluperfect : Polish Learners of Swedish as a Foreign Language

   Author : Bronisława Zielonka; Staffan Hellberg; Gisela Håkansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; aspect; aktionsart; tense; pluperfect; indication of topic time; time of action; linguistic context; target verb; linguistic factors inhibiting facilitating acquisition; stepwise multiple regression; partial effect; order of acquisition; sequence of acquisition.; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

   Abstract : This work consists of two parts: the theoretical and the experimental. In the theoretical part, some general and some language specific theories of tense, aspect and aktionsart are presented, and the temporal systems of Swedish and Polish are compared. The theoretical part is not a mere review of the literature on the subject. READ MORE

7. 5. Modality and Subordinators in the Germanic Languages and beyond

   Author : Jackie Nordström; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Germanic languages; factuality; subordinators; modality; propositional modality; general subordinators; that; if; whether; indicative; subjunctive; epistemic modality; irrealis; realis; Swedish;

   Abstract : This thesis argues that general subordinators, such as the Germanic THAT and IF, denote propositional modality. Propositional modality stands for the “speaker’s attitude to the truth-value or factual status of the proposition” (Palmer 2001:24) and is otherwise expressed by moods such as the indicative-subjunctive and epistemic-evidential modal markers. READ MORE