Search for dissertations about: "subordinator"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word subordinator.

  2. 1. Temporal Subordinators and Clauses in Early Modern English : Stability and Change

    Author : Göran Rönnerdal; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : anteriority; aspect; complex subordinator; correlative subordinator; ellipsis; grammaticalization; modality; mood; negated subordinator; posteriority; primary meaning; repeated subordinator; replaced subordinator; secondary meaning; simple subordinator; simultaneity; temporal subordinator; tense; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : My work is a corpus-based investigation of the use and development of temporal subordinators and clauses in Early Modern British English (EModE).  The focus of the project is on the forms, structure, meanings, and history of these subordinators and clauses. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Emergence of Conditional Subordinators in Swedish : A Study in Grammaticalization

    Author : Henrik Rosenkvist; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages and literature; conditionality; source determination; image schema; abstraction; bleaching; grammaticalization; reanalysis; language change; syntax; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; subordinator; conditional;

    Abstract : This thesis is an empirical and theoretical study of the emergence of five Swedish conditional subordinators: utan, om, hvar, ifall and bara. The first changes occur in the 13th century, and the last in the 18th century. READ MORE

  5. 3. The inceptive construction and associated topics in Amharic and related languages

    Author : Desalegn Asfawwesen; Henrik Liljegren; Östen Dahl; Ronny Meyer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; inceptive construction; insubordination; conjunction; converb; complex predicate; grammaticalization; Amharic; Ethio-Semitic; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the syntactic features, functions, and diachrony of a complex predicate called ‘the inceptive construction’ which is based on a grammaticalised use of the converbs ‘get up’, ‘pick up’, ‘grasp’, and ‘take’. The languages under investigation are Amharic, Argobba, Harari, Zay, and Selt’i. READ MORE

  6. 4. Approximation of Infinitely Divisible Random Variables with Application to the Simulation of Stochastic Processes

    Author : Magnus Wiktorsson; Matematisk statistik; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; operations research; Statistics; aktuariematematik; Stochastic differential equation; Infinitely divisible distribution; Type G distribution; Lévy process; Stochastic integral; Mathematical Statistics; Matematik; Mathematics; programming; actuarial mathematics; Statistik; operationsanalys; programmering;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers A, B, C and D. Paper A and B treats the simulation of stochastic differential equations (SDEs). The research presented therein was triggered by the fact that there were not any efficient implementations of the higher order methods for simulating SDEs. READ MORE