Search for dissertations about: "aspect shift."

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  1. 1. Keep V-ing : Aspectuality and event structure

    Author : Hanna Glad; Carita Paradis; Anna-Lena Wiklund; Östen Dahl; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; aspect; aktionsart; event structure; telicity; boundedness; iteration; continuation; aspectualizers; progressive constructions; aspect shift.; Humaniora; Humanities; Engelska med språkvetenskaplig inriktning; English;

    Abstract : The principal aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive account of the meaning of keep V-ing constructions, see (1a) and (1b).(1) a. Mary kept winning (again and again).(1) b. READ MORE

  2. 2. Aspects of the Grammar and Lexicon of Sεlεε

    Author : Yvonne Agbetsoamedo; Östen Dahl; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; Felix Ameka; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sεlεε; Santrokofi; GTM; grammatical description; noun class; negation; tense; aspect; diminutive; temperature evaluations; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis is a description of some aspects of the grammar of Sɛlɛɛ, a Ghana-Togo-Mountain (GTM) language, based on my own fieldwork. The thesis consists of an introduction and five papers.Paper (I), Noun classes in Sεlεε, describes the noun class system of Sɛlɛɛ. READ MORE

  3. 3. Quichua children and language shift in an Andean community : School, play and sibling caretaking

    Author : Camilla Rindstedt; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Quichua-Spanish bilingualism; language practices; language ideology; sibling care-taking; play; gender; tvåspråkighet; Ecuador; språk och identitet; indianer; språk; barnspråk; spanska; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : In Ecuador, there is an ongoing ethnic revitalization among indigenous peoples. Yet, in San Antonio, a 'zona roja' in the Andes, the comuneros do not speak Quichua to their children, even though the Quichua language is seen as an extremely important aspect of Indian identity. READ MORE

  4. 4. Existential design : revisiting the "dark side" of design thinking

    Author : Anne Britt Torkildsby; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and fashion; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to discuss ways of opening up the design brief when designing for extreme environments such as intensive care units and remand prisons. Focusing on “designials” (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate the fact that objects may directly impinge upon certain “existentials” (fundamental forms of human being). READ MORE

  5. 5. Changing Swedish sickness insurance : Policies, institutions and outcomes

    Author : Nadja Grees; Joakim Palme; Sven Oskarsson; Axel West Pedersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sickness insurance; disability pension; Sweden; occupational welfare; policy change; stratification; social policy analysis; non-take-up; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to welfare state theorising by analysing changing risk protection in Swedish sickness insurance and demonstrate how the understanding of such, and its implications, can be enhanced by strategic methodological choices. When analysing formal policy change in the compulsory sickness insurance system, it is concluded that the Swedish system fulfils almost every aspect of a so called social democratic welfare state, and no institutional shift can be discerned over time. READ MORE