Search for dissertations about: "Modern Greek"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Modern Greek.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Alciphron, Letters of the Courtesans : Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

    Author : Patrik Granholm; Ingela Nilsson; Diether Roderich Reinsch; Heinz-Günther Nesselrath; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alciphron; letters of the courtesans; Greek letters; fictitious letters; critical edition; parallel translation; commentary; textual notes; textual criticism; manuscript studies; manuscript tradition; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska; Greek; Grekiska;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims at providing a new critical edition of the fictitious Letters of the Courtesans attributed to Alciphron (late 2nd or early 3rd century AD).The first part of the introduction begins with a brief survey of the problematic dating and identification of Alciphron, followed by a general overview of the epistolary genre and the letters of Alciphron. READ MORE

  6. 4. Adnominal Possession and Ditransitives

    Author : Mikko Kupula; Cecilia Falk; Eva Hedin; Melita Stavrou; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Greek; minimalism; adnominal possession; ditransitive constructions; possessor raising; applicative constructions; phase extension; event variable; dative; locative; clitics; Modern Greek language; Nygrekiska; nygrekiska; Modern Greek;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents the findings of an investigation of adnominal possession and ditransitives on the basis of data from Modern Greek. The general thesis of the dissertation is that possessive DPs constitute nominal counterparts to ditransitive constructions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Notes on eastern Cretan phonology : a corpus-based study

    Author : Kimmo Granqvist; Bo-Lennart Eklund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Greek language; Nygrekiska; nygrekiska; Modern Greek;

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