Search for dissertations about: "Acquisition effects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 219 swedish dissertations containing the words Acquisition effects.

2. 1. Snakes and Ladders : Developmental Aspects of Lexical-Conceptual Relationships in the Multilingual Mental Lexicon

   Author : Lari-Valtteri Suhonen; Språkinlärning; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; third language acquisition; cross-linguistic influence; mental lexicon; multilingualism; psychotypology; L3; attrition; second language acquisition; SLA; TLA; transfer; concept; cognitive control; working memory; CLI; multidirectional; multilingual mental lexicon; MML; acquisition; learning; translation ambiguity; introspection; longitudinal;

   Abstract : One phenomenon causing issues for language learners in the form of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) is translation ambiguity (Eddington & Tokowicz, 2013). Translation ambiguity refers to a situation where word meanings are different in a speaker’s languages. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Information acquisition

   Author : Jun Chen; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained chapters that explore agent's information acquisition and the effects of this endogeneity of private information.... READ MORE

5. 3. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Acquisitions of New Technology-Based Firms

   Author : Jing Xiao; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business groups; New technology-based firms NTBFs ; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurial dynamics; Acquisition effects; Survival; Firm growth; Business cycle; Multinational enterprises MNEs ; Longitudinal data; Discrete-time duration models; Competition risks models; Fixed effects model; Inverse-probability-of-treatment weights IPTW ; Sweden;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the evolution of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) based on solid empirical material for the Swedish economy. NTBFs are argued to be one important type of entrepreneurial firms that contribute to technology change, knowledge spillovers, and economic growth. READ MORE

6. 4. Developmental Perspectives on Transfer in Third Language Acquisition

   Author : Susan Sayehli; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Third language acquisition; second language acquisition; transfer; developmental stages; elicited imitation; syntax; morphology; psychotypology; cross-linguistic influence;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how learner-general developmental stages in syntax and morphology interact with a language-specific factor, the influence of—or transfer from— the language learner’s first (L1) or previously learned second (L2) language on the acquisition of a third language (L3). It thereby aims to bring together two lines of research whose main concepts—transfer and developmental stages—have often been defined as mutually exclusive and generally studied in separate lines of research. READ MORE

7. 5. The effects of extramural language : Relationships between engagement in Japanese language activities and general Japanese language proficiency

   Author : Andreas Bengtsson; Gunnar Jinmei Linder; Mitsuyo Kuwano Lidén; Pia Sundqvist; Carmen Muñoz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Extramural Ln; Extramural Japanese; Second Language Acquisition; Language Learning; Extramural; Out-of-class; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

   Abstract : Many L2 learners believe they learn their target language by using it extramurally, i.e. outside the classroom. This topic, language learning as a result of engagement in L2 use, has garnered increased attention in the last decade. READ MORE