Search for dissertations about: "complex predicate"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words complex predicate.
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1. The Syntax of the Swedish Present Participle
Abstract : Abstract The Syntax of the Swedish Present Participle offers a generative analysis of the Swedish present participle with the central goal of accounting for its distribution and function. The analysis offered rests on three hypotheses: (i) Present participles are verbs, (ii) Present participles can appear in complex predicates, and (iii) Adjunct present participial clauses may be interpreted through Control, where Control is assumed to equal an Agree relation. READ MORE
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2. The inceptive construction and associated topics in Amharic and related languages
Abstract : This thesis investigates the syntactic features, functions, and diachrony of a complex predicate called ‘the inceptive construction’ which is based on a grammaticalised use of the converbs ‘get up’, ‘pick up’, ‘grasp’, and ‘take’. The languages under investigation are Amharic, Argobba, Harari, Zay, and Selt’i. READ MORE
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3. Adjectives complemented by that- and to-clauses : Exploring semantico-syntactic relationships and genre variation
Abstract : The present compilation thesis investigates adjectives complemented by that- and to-clauses. More specifically, the thesis is concerned with extraposed (e.g. it is likely that she will win and it is important to win) and post-predicate clauses (e. READ MORE
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4. Random Structured Test Data Generation for Black-Box Testing
Abstract : We show how automated random testing can be used to effectively find bugs in complex software, such as an optimising compiler. To test the GHC Haskell compiler we created a generator of simple random programs, used GHC to compile them with different optimisation levels, and thencompared the results of running them. READ MORE
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5. Finite verbs in Ngarla (Pama-Nyungan, Ngayarta)
Abstract : This thesis provides a description of finite verbs in the moribund Australian language Ngarla (Pama-Nyungan, Ngayarta). Ngarla has previously been spoken in the Pilbara region of northwestern Western Australia, and all the linguistic material used in the thesis has the late Ngarla elder Alexander (Nyapiri) Brown as its source. READ MORE