Search for dissertations about: "Finno-Ugric languages - general"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Finno-Ugric languages - general.
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1. Walk this way : Verbs of motion in three Finno-Ugric languages
Abstract : The verbs of motion in North Khanty, North Saarni and Hungarian, three genetically related, but geographically, culturally and historically separated languages, are analysed from a synchronic and diachronic point of view. The study is based on material deriving from informants and written sources in each language. READ MORE
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2. Form and philosophy in Sándor Weöres' poetry
Abstract : This dissertation, by presenting comprehensive analyses of six poems by the Hungarian poet Sándor Weöres, investigates the poetical forms and the poetical philosophies in these texts. The poems represent specific philosophic spheres of Weöres' poetry. READ MORE
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3. Same Mother Tongue - Different Origins : Implications for Language Maintenance and Shift among Hungarian Immigrants and their Children in Sweden
Abstract : This study investigates intergenerational language transmission amongst Hungarian immigrants, using in-depth interviews and participant observation as the main methods. The analysis examines the experiences of parents and their school-aged children in 61 families living in Sweden´s two main cities, Stockholm and Göteborg. READ MORE
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4. A Corpus-Based Study on the Degrees of Lexicalization and Grammaticalization of Finnish Converbs
Abstract : This study attempts to define the degrees of lexicalization and grammaticalization of the Finnish converbs ending in Ten, TUA, TessA, TAkse, mAllA and -mAttA. The study is based on a corpus of Finnish newspaper texts from the 1990s. The approach is fundamentally functional-typological and cognitive. READ MORE
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5. The effects of planned change on Estonian morphology
Abstract : This work is a contribution to the fascinating and highly controversial issue of language planning, i.e. intentional human intervention in language change. Language planning, as any intentional alteration of language, is always interconnected with questions of natural development and change in language. READ MORE