Search for dissertations about: "Ingmarie Mellenius"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Ingmarie Mellenius.

  2. 1. The acquisition of nominal compounding in Swedish

    Author : Ingmarie Mellenius; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nominal compounds; modifier; head; liaison form; language acquisition; conceptual combination; compounding; word formation; Swedish; child language; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : In Swedish, as in other North Germanic languages, compounds are very common and a majority of the novel words in Swedish are compounds. This thesis aims at a presentation of compounding in Swedish and the problems involved in describing compounding, but mainly at an empirically founded description of children's creation and use of novel compounds and developing comprehension of compounds, especially nominal compounds. READ MORE

  4. 2. "Say It Fast, Fluent and Flawless" : formulaicity in the oral language production of young foreign language learners

    Author : Parvin Gheitasi; Janet Enever; Christian Waldmann; Ingmarie Mellenius; Shelagh Rixon; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early language learning; Foreign language learning; Formulaic language; Formulaicity; English as a foreign language; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis reports on a study, which investigated the process of early foreign language learning in a classroom context and the functions of multi-word units of language known as formulaic sequences in the oral language production of young foreign language learners. A classroom with 11 students in the age range 9 to 11 years was observed and video recorded for 16 sessions (90 minutes per session). READ MORE

  5. 3. Conceptual Contrasts : A Comparative Semantic Study of Dimensional Adjectives in Japanese and Swedish

    Author : Misuzu Shimotori; Ingmarie Mellenius; Åke Viberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : dimensional adjective; concept; association; Japanese; Swedish; lexical semantics; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : The present study explores the concepts behind Japanese and Swedish dimensional adjectives. The focus is on examining which similarities and differences in the conceptualisation across the two languages exist, if any at all. READ MORE