Search for dissertations about: "Modern Standard Arabic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Modern Standard Arabic.

2. 1. Sentential Object Complements in Modern Standard Arabic

   Author : Maria Persson; Arabiska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semiotics; semantics; Grammatik; Baskien samt sumeriska; semantik; syntax; semiotik; Languages and literatures of Asia Minor; Caucasian languages and literatures; `an and `anna.; syntactic-semantic correlations; subordinate clause; functionalistic linguistics; sentential object complements; corpus-based study; complement-taking predicates; complementizer; complementation; complementiser; Basque; Sumerian; Språk och litteratur från Mellanöstern och Kaukasien;

   Abstract : This dissertation comprises a corpus-based study of the form and function of sentential object complements in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The study is motivated by the scarcity of investigations into MSA syntax as opposed to the syntax of Classical Arabic. READ MORE

4. 2. Case Endings in Spoken Standard Arabic

   Author : Andreas Hallberg; Arabiska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Standard Arabic; corpus linguistics; spoken language;

   Abstract : Morphologically marked case is a salient Standard Arabic feature without parallel in Arabic dialects. As such it is a grammatical system learned by native speakers of Arabic through formal education. READ MORE

5. 3. Arabic in Home Language Instruction : Language Acquisition in a Fuzzy Linguistic Situation

   Author : Amanda Walldoff; Elie Wardini; Emanuel Bylund; Helle Lykke Nielsen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic; diglossia; home language instruction; bilingualism; writing in Arabic; Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures; Mellanösterns språk och kulturer;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the command 8th-graders in Arabic home language instruction have of written Modern Standard Arabic and if the type of instruction they have received and/or contact with written Arabic affect their performance. Background chapters discuss variables connected to the Arabic language (diglossia, research on reading and writing in Arabic) and variables connected to HLI in Sweden (set-up, steering documents). READ MORE

6. 4. Media Arabic Grammar and Semantics. Clauses and non-core elements : A corpus investigation of print hard news

   Author : Emil Lundin; Gail Ramsay; Joakim Nivre; Maria Persson; Elie Wardini; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Media Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic; Journalism; print hard news; newspaper; journalese; grammar; syntax; clause linking; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : ”Media Arabic” is taught on universities all over the world and its understanding ranks among the top-reasons for students to pursue Arabic studies. The coursebooks on ”Media Arabic” focus on print hard news and tacitly assume the existence of an Arabic journalese. Previous research on Arabic newspaper language is scarce. READ MORE

7. 5. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE