Search for dissertations about: "Raimo Raag"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Raimo Raag.

  2. 1. Lexical characteristics in Swedish Estonian

    Author : Raimo Raag; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap;

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  4. 2. From Interaction to Grammar : Estonian Finite Verb Forms in Conversation

    Author : Leelo Keevallik; Raimo Raag; Bengt Nordberg; Auli Hakulinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Estonian language; Particles; grammar; grammaticalization; interactional linguistics; pragmatics; telephone conversation; conversation analysis; Estonian; Estniska; Estonian language; Estniska språket;

    Abstract : This study contributes to the research tradition of interactional linguistics. It demonstrates how interactional patterns and sequences of actions are, or emerge as, part of the syntagmatic structure of a language, and why the transitions from interaction to grammar as well as from content to function items, are to be regarded as gradual and continuous. READ MORE

  5. 3. Modern Icelandic Word Formation

    Author : Yair Sapir; Henrik Williams; Raimo Raag; Veturliði Óskarsson; Gunlög Josefsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Icelandic language; Icelandic; Scandinavian; word formation; morphology; neologisms; calque; language planning; language contact; linguistic purism; Isländska; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

    Abstract : Icelandic is known for its conservative word formation, largely involving native sources. The main focus of the present research is to describe which mechanisms are used in forming words in Modern Icelandic. Furthermore, a postulated additional category within Icelandic complexes, introduced here under the label compilations, is examined. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Corpus-Based Study on the Degrees of Lexicalization and Grammaticalization of Finnish Converbs

    Author : Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi; Lars-Gunnar Larsson; Raimo Raag; Fred Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finno-Ugric languages - general; converb; non-finite verb form; lexicalization; grammaticalization; adposition; adverb; complex conjunction; deverbal adposition; prototype; frequency; Finnish; syntax; functional-typological linguistics; cognitive linguistics; newspaper language; Finsk-ugriska språk - allmänt; Finsk-ugriska språk; Finno-Ugric Languages;

    Abstract : This study attempts to define the degrees of lexicalization and grammaticalization of the Finnish converbs ending in ­Ten, ­TUA, ­TessA, ­TAkse­, ­mAllA and -mAttA. The study is based on a corpus of Finnish newspaper texts from the 1990s. The approach is fundamentally functional-typological and cognitive. READ MORE