Search for dissertations about: "Linguistic subjects"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words Linguistic subjects.

  2. 16. The Japanese Imperative

    Author : Axel Svahn; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; imperative; directive; semantics; pragmatics; grammaticalization; honorification; benefactivity; directive strategy; directive system; Japanese; imperativ; japanska; semantik; pragmatik; språkvetenskap; lingvistik; grammatikalisering; satstyper;

    Abstract : The present thesis explores Japanese imperative constructions from a general linguistic perspective, as well as examining the imperative as a cross-linguistic object of study. On the definitional side, a terminological apparatus for the description and analysis of imperatives and directives is presented. READ MORE

  4. 17. The Progressive in 19th-Century English : A Process of Integration

    Author : Erik Smitterberg; Merja Kytö; Marianne Hundt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; The progressive; 19th-century English; diachronic studies; corpus linguistics; syntactic variation; verb phrase; aspect; dimensions of variation; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : The present work is a corpus-based study of the English progressive during the 19th century. The study is based on Conce, a one-million-word corpus covering the period 1800–1900 and comprising seven genres, both speech-related and non-speech-related. READ MORE

  5. 18. Evaluating Readability on Mobile Devices

    Author : Gustav Öquist; Anna Sågvall Hein; Jan Ygge; Mikael Goldstein; Jukka Hyönä; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Computational linguistics; Readability; Mobile devices; Text presentation; Usability; Evaluation; Adaptation; Eye movement tracking; Datorlingvistik;

    Abstract : The thesis presents findings from five readability studies performed on mobile devices. The dynamic Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) format has been enhanced with regard to linguistic adaptation and segmentation as well as eye movement modeling. READ MORE

  6. 19. A Grammatical Description of Dameli

    Author : Emil Perder; Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm; Eva Lindström; Elena Bashir; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dameli; Damiabaasha; grammatical description; descriptive grammar; grammar; Dardic; Hindu Kush languages; Indo-Aryan; dml; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to provide a grammatical description of Dameli (ISO-639-3: dml), an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 5 000 people in the Domel Valley in Chitral in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the North-West of Pakistan. Dameli is a left-branching SOV language with considerable morphological complexity, particularly in the verb, and a complicated system of argument marking. READ MORE

  7. 20. Coping with Learning through a Foreign Language in Higher Education in Rwanda

    Author : Anne Marie Kagwesage; Ingrid Andersson; Sven Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; foreign instructional language; Rwanda; students’ learning; translanguaging; globalisation; Högre utbildning; undervisning på främmande språk; Rwanda; lärande; gränsöverskridande språkande; globalisering;

    Abstract : The overarching aims of this thesis are to investigate how students in higher education in Rwanda experience learning through the medium of a foreign language, mainly English, and the strategies they employ in order to successfully complete their university studies during a period of both language and educational change. Taking a sociocultural perspective, the thesis subscribes to a qualitative research design. READ MORE