Search for dissertations about: "calque"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word calque.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude

    Author : Anders Gerdmar; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; New testament; 2 Peter; Jude; Judaism; Hellenism; Hellenistic Judaism; Hegelianism; historiography; dichotomy; Semitisms; rhetorical criticism; midrash; aggadah; Jewish Pseudepigrapha; apocalypticism; cosmology; ethos; soteriology; 1 Enoch; 4 Ezra; Qumran; angelomorphic christology; 2 Peter 1:4; Jewish mysticism; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of modern New Testament exegesis, the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy has been influential as a heuristic tool. However, the concept of Hellenism is ambiguous and its historiographical foundation needs rethinking, having been formed out of Hegelian idealism with a Christian bias. READ MORE

  5. 3. Language contact and structural change : An Old Finnish case study

    Author : Merlijn De Smit; Erling Wande; Kaisa Häkkinen; Raimo Anttila; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finnish; historical linguistics; language contact; Whitehead; Finnish language; Finska språket;

    Abstract : The object of this study is to shed new light on both the influence exerted on Finnish by the Swedish language, and on the mechanisms by which language contact in structural domains takes place. It is argued that syntactic borrowing should be regarded as a subtype of reanalysis and extension rather than as an independent mechanism. READ MORE