Search for dissertations about: "animacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word animacy.

2. 1. Argument Differentiation. Soft constraints and data-driven models

   Author : Lilja Øvrelid; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; syntactic arguments; parsing; lexical acquisition; animacy; Scandinavian syntax; soft constraints; data-driven models; machine learning;

   Abstract : The ability to distinguish between different types of arguments is central to syntactic analysis, whether studied from a theoretical or computational point of view. This thesis investigates the influence and interaction of linguistic properties of syntactic arguments in argument differentiation. READ MORE

4. 2. A corpus-based contrastive study of the passive and related constructions in English and Swedish

   Author : Anna-Lena Fredriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; passive construction; active; middle; intransitive; contrastive study; cross-linguistic study; corpus-based; parallel corpus; translation; Swedish; English; network; transitivity; animacy; agent; patient; fiction; non-fiction; theme-rheme;

   Abstract : The present study investigates the passive and related constructions in English and Swedish. It is a bi-directional study that uses empirical fiction and non-fiction material in the form of original texts and their translations from the English-Swedish Parallel Corpus. READ MORE

5. 3. The Ndengeleko Language of Tanzania

   Author : Eva-Marie Ström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ndengeleko; Bantu; Tanzania; Rufiji; phonology; morphology; morpho-phonology; endangered languages; grammar; linguistic description; spirantisation; animacy; conjoint; disjoint;

   Abstract : This dissertation describes the Ndengeleko language of Tanzania, in particular the phonology and morphology in the noun and verb phrase. This Bantu language, spoken by approximately 72,000 people, has not been the subject of any previous linguistic study. READ MORE

6. 4. Social causality in motion : Visual bias and categorization of social interactions during the observation of chasing in infancy

   Author : Martyna A. Galazka; Pär Nyström; Gustaf Gredebäck; Moritz Daum; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social causality; motion; animacy perception; chasing goal-directed motion; heat-seeking; EEG; P400; Nc; spatial proximity; non-contact causality; functional specialization; specialized perception; evolution; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Since the seminal work of Fritz Heider and Marienne Simmel (1944) the study of animacy perception, or the perception and attribution of life from the motion of simple geometrical shapes has intrigued researchers. The intrigue for psychologists and vision scientists then and today centered on the stark disconnect between the simplicity of the visual input and the universal richness of the resulting percept. READ MORE

7. 5. 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