Search for dissertations about: "NPIs"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word NPIs.

  2. 1. The Evaluability Hypothesis : The Syntax and Semantics of Polarity Item Licensing in Swedish

    Author : Johan Brandtler; Svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; downward entailment; long-distance; wh-questions; edge-feature; Spec-CP; negation; NPIs; PPIs; veridicality; term logic;

    Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the empirical and theoretical aspects of polarity item licensing in Swedish. I argue that polarity items are semantically sensitive to evaluability, a concept that refers to the possibility of accepting or rejecting a clause as true in a communicative exchange. Clauses are either evaluable or non-evaluable. READ MORE

  4. 2. Instrumentation for energetic Neutral atom measurements at Mars, Venus and The Earth

    Author : Klas Brinkfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Energetic neutral atoms; instruments and techniques; mass spectrometry; microchannel plates; solid state detectors; solar wind interaction; planets; magnetosphere; exosphere; ring current; Space physics; Rymdfysik;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the development and calibrations of sensors to measure energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) at Mars, Venus, and the Earth. ENAs are formed in charge exchange processes between energetic, singly--charged ions and a cold neutral gas. READ MORE