Search for dissertations about: "Bilingual lexicon"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Bilingual lexicon.

  2. 1. The Bilingual Lexicon from a Developmental Perspective : A Word Association Study of Persian-Swedish Bilinguals

    Author : Shidrokh Namei; Åke Viberg; Gisela Håkansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bilingual lexicon; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet;

    Abstract : Some studies have shown that the L1 mental lexicon is organized mainly on a semantic basis, while the organization of the L2 mental lexicon in the early stages of development is phonologically based, that is non-semantic, indicating a less profound lexical knowledge and eliciting a higher degree of nonnative-like associations. This study examines whether or not this is the case. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bilingual lexical processing in single word production : Swedish learners of Spanish and the effects of L2 immersion

    Author : Ulrika Serrander; Åke Viberg; Marianne Gullberg; Leah Roberts; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The bilingual lexicon; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Bilingual speakers cannot suppress activation from their dominant language while naming pictures in a foreign and less dominant language. Previous research has revealed that this cross-langauge activation is manifested through phonological facilitation, semantic interference and between language competition. READ MORE

  5. 3. Lågtyskt och svenskt i Stockholms medeltida tänkeböcker

    Author : Lena Moberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language contact; bilingualism; Old Swedish; Middle Low German; Stockholm city court records; lexicon;

    Abstract : The main aim of this study is to investigate which factors contributed to the extensive Middle Low German influence on Old Swedish during the Middle Ages and to test the hypothesis that bilinguals played an active role in this process. The study is based on material from the Stockholm city court records 1474—1508. READ MORE

  6. 4. The transience of American Swedish

    Author : Staffan Klintborg; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transfer; pragmatic markers; nonce-borrowing; markedness; language loss; language death; language attrition; language alternation; divergence; convergence; continuum; contact linguistics; codeswitching; avoidance; American Swedish; automaticity; triggering; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns two languages in contact: English and Swedish. It is based on interviews with Swedes who came to North America with the last major wave of emigration. READ MORE

  7. 5. Frontiers of Multilingual Grammar Development

    Author : Ramona Enache; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; multilingual grammar development; ontology verbalization; resource grammar development; hybrid machine translation; functional programming; domain specific languages;

    Abstract : The thesis explores a number of ways for developing multilingual grammars written in GF (Grammatical Framework). The goal is to enhance both the coverage of the grammars, in terms of content and number of languages, and to reduce the development effort by automating a larger part of the process. READ MORE