Search for dissertations about: "Jan Svanlund"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Jan Svanlund.

2. 1. Ditransitives in Swedish : A Usage-Based Study of the Double Object Construction and Semantically Equivalent Prepositional Object Constructions 1800–2016

   Author : Fredrik Valdeson; Cecilia Falk; Jan Svanlund; Catrin Norrby; Elena Smirnova; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ditransitives; double object construction; dative alternation; Late Modern Swedish; construction grammar; usage-based; lexical richness; language change; semantic change; semantic maps; taxonomic networks; horizontal links; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the use of the Swedish double object construction (the DOC) and compares this with the use of three semantically equivalent prepositional object constructions (POCs): the till-POC, the åt-POC and the för-POC. The thesis has a diachronic perspective, investigating changes in the use of these four constructions between 1800 and 2016. READ MORE