Search for dissertations about: "Danish language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Danish language.

2. 1. Triangulating Perspectives on Lexical Replacement : From Predictive Statistical Models to Descriptive Color Linguistics

   Author : Susanne Vejdemo; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; Bernhard Wälchli; Majid Asifa; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semantics; lexical typology; semantic typology; historical linguistics; historical semantics; lexical replacement; lexical change; rate of lexical replacement; color; regression models; Swedish; English; German; Danish; Norwegian; Icelandic; method triangulation; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate lexical replacement processes from several complementary perspectives. It does so through three studies, each with a different scope and time depth. READ MORE

4. 2. One of a kind. The processing of indefinite one-anaphora in spoken Danish

   Author : Philip Diderichsen; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Accessibility; Referring expressions; Eye-tracking; Givenness; Spoken Danish; Visual World paradigm; Definiteness; Spoken language processing;

   Abstract : It is a hallmark of natural language use that the way we talk about something reflects how it is represented in the mind of our conversation partner. This thesis studies the use and cognitive processing of referring expressions like one in comparison with other expression types in spoken Danish. READ MORE

5. 3. Swedish Numerals in an International Perspective

   Author : Magnus Olsson; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; synchrony; round numbers; base; vacillation; parallelism; affinity; inflection; derivation; dualism; affix; language change; language planning; dates; number; measurement; typology; homonymy; semantics; syntax; phonology; morphology; designation transition; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : Swedish numerals are here treated from different points of view. The book is however not intended to be a textbook of Swedish numerals, though one may learn a great deal about the system herein - more than the general user of the language knows. Phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics all get their fair share of attention. READ MORE

6. 4. Crash Courses in Belonging : The Emergence and Progression of a National Orientation in Instructional Materials for Adult Immigrant Language Instruction in Sweden and Denmark ca. 1960-2005

   Author : William Wickersham; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; integration; assimilation; immigration; language instruction; policy; nationalism; national identity; belonging; textbooks; A.D. Smith; inclusion; exclusion; nation state;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores representations of Sweden and Denmark and how immigrants’ place in Sweden and Denmark are represented in instructional materials for adult learners in the period ca. 19602005. READ MORE

7. 5. Permeable islands : A contrastive study of Swedish and English adjunct clause extractions

   Author : Christiane Müller; Svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; acceptability judgments; adjunct islands; coherence; filler-gap dependencies; finiteness; Swedish; syntax;

   Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with extraction from adjunct clauses in Swedish and English. The topic is of interest because adjunct clauses are traditionally considered to be strong islands for extraction across languages (the Adjunct Condition). READ MORE