Search for dissertations about: "Henrik Liljegren"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Henrik Liljegren.

2. 1. Towards a grammatical description of Palula : An Indo-Aryan language of the Hindu Kush

   Author : Henrik Liljegren; Östen Dahl; Joan L. G. Baart; Peter E. Hook; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Palula; Indo-Aryan; Dardic; Hindu Kush; Pakistan; Chitral; grammar; phonology; morphology; syntax; Linguistics; Lingvistik; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : Avhandlingens syfte är att ge en grammatisk beskrivning av det indoariska språket palula, ett språk med ca 10000 talare i Chitraldistriktet i Pakistans nordvästprovins. Ingen tidigare studie har presenterat detta hittills mycket litet kända språk i detalj och med den omfattning som detta arbete gör. READ MORE

4. 2. The inceptive construction and associated topics in Amharic and related languages

   Author : Desalegn Asfawwesen; Henrik Liljegren; Östen Dahl; Ronny Meyer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; inceptive construction; insubordination; conjunction; converb; complex predicate; grammaticalization; Amharic; Ethio-Semitic; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the syntactic features, functions, and diachrony of a complex predicate called ‘the inceptive construction’ which is based on a grammaticalised use of the converbs ‘get up’, ‘pick up’, ‘grasp’, and ‘take’. The languages under investigation are Amharic, Argobba, Harari, Zay, and Selt’i. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami

   Author : Richard Kowalik; Ljuba Veselinova; Henrik Liljegren; Matti Miestamo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Saami; Saamic languages; grammar; phonology; morphology; syntax; language description; language documentation; fieldwork; heritage language; minority language; Åarjelsaemien gïele; grammatihke; Sydsamiska; samiska språk; grammatik; Sørsamisk; grammatikk; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This thesis is a grammatical description of South Saami, a Uralic language traditionally spoken in central Sweden and Norway. South Saami has today around 500 speakers, many of whom live far from each other. The language has the status of an official language in Norway and is an officially recognized minority language in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Participant Reference in Three Balochi Dialects : Male and Female Narrations of Folktales and Biographical Tales

   Author : Maryam Nourzaei; Carina Jahani; Stephen H. Levinsohn; Henrik Liljegren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Balochi; Coastal Balochi; Koroshi Balochi; Sistani Balochi; folktales; biographical tales; participant reference; default and marked encoding; orality; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate how men and women in three Iranian Balochi dialects, Coastal Balochi, Koroshi Balochi and Sistani Balochi, refer to 3rd person participants in oral narratives of two genres: folktales and biographical tales. The stories that are analysed were recorded during several field trips to Iran and the approach used is that of Levinsohn (1994, 2015). READ MORE

7. 5. From Oral to Written : A Text-linguistic Study of Wakhi Narratives

   Author : Jaroslava Obrtelová; Carina Jahani; Stephen H. Levinsohn; Henrik Liljegren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wakhi; Iranian languages; text-linguistics; oral narratives; written narratives; discourse analysis; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : Wakhi is one of the endangered “Pamir” languages belonging to the East Iranian group of Indo-European. A total of around 72,000 Wakhi speakers live in the border areas of four countries: Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China. This study focuses on the Wakhi spoken in Tajikistan, which for a long time was unwritten. READ MORE