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2. 1. The Greek Interjections : Studies on the Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of the Interjections in Fifth-Century Drama

   Author : Lars Nordgren; Eva-Carin Gerö; Dag Haug; Geoffrey Horrocks; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interjections; Ameka; semantics; Ancient Greek language; Ancient Greek drama; historical corpus linguistics; Greek; grekiska;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the linguistic and philological characteristics of the primary interjections in Ancient Greek drama. It employs Ameka’s definition and classification from 1992 as its theoretical base, and provides a comprehensive research survey. READ MORE

4. 2. Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language : From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs

   Author : Marianna Hatzopoulou; Brita Bergman; Richard P. Meier; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; deaf children; Greek Sign Language; personal pronouns; pointing; pointing signs; reference; sign language acquisition; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the emergence of the linguistic use of pointing as first- and non-first-person pronoun in Greek Sign Language. Despite the similarity in form between the pointing gesture and pronominal pointing signs, children acquiring sign language pass through the same stages and acquire personal pronouns at about the same age as children acquiring spoken language. READ MORE

5. 3. Transitivity in discourse : A comparison of Greek, Polish and Swedish

   Author : Ann Lindvall; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; agentivity; affectedness; aspect; boundedness; cognitive semantics; definiteness; discourse semantics; dynamism; functionalism; givenness; Greek; language typology; lexical semantics; modality; Modern Greek; Polish; transitivity; Swedish; translation; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : This work assumes that various linguistic forms in different languages are related to common cognitive functions and semantic properties. A cognitive function - presumably universal - is information transmission. READ MORE

6. 4. Aristotle in the Greek gnomological tradition

   Author : Denis M. Searby; Jan Fredrik Kindstrand; Dimitri Gutas; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; anthology; apophthegm; Aristotle; chreia; Chreiae of Aristotle; CorpusParisinum; Diogenes Laertius; florilegium; gnome; gnomology; Gnomologium Parisinum Ineditum; Gnomologium Vaticanum; Greek gnomological tradition; LociCommunes; maxim; ps.-Maximus; Stobaeus; wise sayings; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska; Greek; Grekiska;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of a new collection of maxims and apophthegms associatedwith Aristotle in the Greek gnomologies along with an introduction to the sources and acommentary on the content of the sayings. The major sources have been DiogenesLaertius, the anthology of Stobaeus, Gnomologium Vaticanum and related collections,cod. Par. gr. READ MORE

7. 5. Reading cultural encounter: literary text and intercultural pedagogy

   Author : Anna Greek; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English as a Foreign Language; Contact Zone; Third Space; othering; essentialism; non-essentialism; Intercultural pedagogy; Across the Barricades; Fruit of the Lemon; Curriculum; multiculturalism; culture; identity; difference;

   Abstract : This dissertation combines aspects of educational research, theories of culture and literary analysis. The main line of argument is that the informed reading and discussion of literary texts that thematise cultural encounter will enhance the intercultural dimension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Swedish Upper Secondary schools. READ MORE