Search for dissertations about: "Pragmatics dissertations"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Pragmatics dissertations.

  2. 1. Evidential marking in spoken English : Linguistic functions and gender variation

    Author : Erika Berglind Söderqvist; Merja Kytö; Angela Hoffman; Marta Carretero; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Evidentiality; spoken language; English; corpus linguistics; gender; style; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the marking of evidentiality in spoken British English. Evidentiality is the linguistic expression of whether and how a speaker/writer has access to evidence for or against the truth of a proposition, and it is usually manifested in the form of sensory evidentiality (e.g. I saw Sam leave), hearsay evidentiality (e. READ MORE

  4. 2. Facilitators of communication and the development of autism : From responsiveness to basic communicative cues, to emerging pragmatic language use

    Author : Maja Rudling; Terje Falck-Ytter; Pär Nyström; Courtenay Norbury; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Communication; Auditory responsiveness; Direct gaze; Pragmatics; Pupillometry; Live eye tracking; Infant siblings; Developmental Psychology; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : When we communicate with others, we use a variety of abilities to facilitate and enable that communication. These abilities range from being responsive to others’ communicative cues to making one’s own communication more functional. Such facilitators of communication has been suggested as atypical in the development of autism. READ MORE