Search for dissertations about: "corpus-based study"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words corpus-based study.

  2. 6. The Balochi Language of Turkmenistan : A corpus-based grammatical description

    Author : Serge Axenov; Carina Jahani; Åke Viberg; Elena Bashir; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Iranian languages; Balochi; dialectology; phonology; morphology; syntax; descriptive linguistics; sociolinguistics; unwritten languages; fieldwork; Iranian languages; Iranska språk - allmänt; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a synchronic description of the Balochi language as spoken in Turkmenistan. The dissertation consists of three main parts: sound structure, word and phraselevel morphosyntax and clause structure. READ MORE

  4. 7. Antonyms in Context : A Corpus-Based Semantic Analysis of Swedish Descriptive Adjectives

    Author : Caroline Willners; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Scandinavian languages and literature; WordNet; semantic frameword; semantic network; sentential co-occurrence; semantic range; adjectives; antnoymy; lexical semantics; corpus-based methods; Lexicology; Lexikologi; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

    Abstract : How are antonym relations acquired? What types of lexical information can be extracted from corpora and how? How can this information be encoded in a lexicon? The work in this book was developed within the framework of WordNet. A further elaborated lexical model is suggested, as well as methods for implementing it. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words : A Diachronic Study

    Author : Donald MacQueen; Merja Kytö; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; number-word universals; historical corpus linguistics; variationist study; American vs British English; newspapers; grammaticalization; iconicity; gradience; English language; Engelska språket; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This corpus-based variationist study traces the history of the English number word MILLION from its first attested use in the 14th century, focusing on the diachronic shift in function from one of heading its noun phrase (NP), as in the obsolescent (Obs) construction three millions of citizens, to one of a post-determiner of its NP head, as in Present-day English (PdE) three million citizens. The authentic historical materials used include both numerous electronic linguistic corpora and, more innovatively, very-large-scale general collections available online, especially historical newspaper collections from the US and UK comprising tens of billions of words. READ MORE

  6. 9. Also and too : a corpus-based study of their frequency and use in modern English

    Author : Brita Fjelkestam-Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
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  7. 10. Swedish Dimensional Adjectives

    Author : Anna Vogel; Staffan Hellberg; Lena Ekberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dimensional adjectives; semantics; cognitive linguistics; Swedish; spatial; antonymy; prototype theory; polysemy; corpus-based; elicitation test; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to give a thorough and detailed account and analysis of the semantics of twelve Swedish dimensional adjectives: hög ’high/tall’, låg ’low’, bred ’broad/wide’, smal ’narrow’ vid ’broad’, trång ’narrow’, tjock ’thick’, tunn ’thin’, djup ’deep’, grund ’narrow’, lång ’long’ and kort ’short’. Focus has been placed on their spatial, non-metaphorical sense. READ MORE