Search for dissertations about: "corpus linguistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the words corpus linguistics.

  2. 1. The Sango Language and Its Lexicon (Sêndâ-yângâ tî Sängö)

    Author : Christina Thornell; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; Göteborgs universitet.; Gothenburg University.; [1997]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistics; lexical semantics; lexicology; language planning; language contact; functional linguistics; language typology; Ubangi language; pidgin creole; Sango; Central African Republic; Lingvistik; lingua franca; extended pidgin kreolspråk; basic verbs;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is an overview of the recently arisen Sango language spoken in the Central African Republic. The overview contains a sociolinguistic and linguistic dimension with a lexical-semantic focus. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Multilingual Forest Investigating High-quality Parallel Corpus Development

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University

    Author : Yvonne Adesam; Stockholms universitet.; [2012]
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; treebank; syntax; alignment; corpus; annotation projection; multilingual; tagging; parsing; datorlingvistik; Computational Linguistics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the development of parallel treebanks, collections of language data consisting of texts and their translations, with syntactic annotation and alignment, linking words, phrases, and sentences to show translation equivalence. We describe the semi-manual annotation of the SMULTRON parallel treebank, consisting of 1,000 sentences in English, German and Swedish. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Physical Foundation of the Patterning of Physical Action Verbs : A Study of Chinese Verbs

    University dissertation from Linguistics and Phonetics

    Author : Hong Gao; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [2001]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; verbal semantics; trajector; semantic representation; pyscholingistics; polysemy; physical reality; physical foundation; physical action verbs; observability; motion; lexicalization patterning; landmark; intentionality; innateness; physical contact; force-dynamics; combinability; conflation; cognitive semantics; active zone; affectability; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

    Abstract : Popular Abstract in Swedish Den fysiska grunden för fysiska aktionsverb.... READ MORE

  6. 4. The acquisition of nominal compounding in Swedish

    University dissertation from Linguistics and Phonetics

    Author : Ingmarie Mellenius; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [1997]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nominal compounds; modifier; head; liaison form; language acquisition; conceptual combination; compounding; word formation; Swedish; child language; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : In Swedish, as in other North Germanic languages, compounds are very common and a majority of the novel words in Swedish are compounds. This thesis aims at a presentation of compounding in Swedish and the problems involved in describing compounding, but mainly at an empirically founded description of children's creation and use of novel compounds and developing comprehension of compounds, especially nominal compounds. READ MORE

  7. 5. Clefts in English and Swedish: A contrastive study of IT-clefts and WH-clefts in original texts and translations

    University dissertation from Department of English, Lund University

    Author : Mats Johansson; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [2002]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Engelska språk och litteratur ; English language and literature; information structure; ground; focus; discourse topic; topic; theme; discourse; fronting; wh-clefts; it-clefts; pseudo-cleft constructions; cleft constructions; bidirectional translation corpus; translation; corpus linguistics; contrastive linguistics; Swedish; English; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : This study investigates the use of cleft constructions in English and Swedish on the basis of a bidirectional translation corpus consisting of original English and Swedish texts and their translations into the other language. This design minimizes the problems inherent in corpora of original texts alone, viz. READ MORE