Search for dissertations about: "cross-linguistic"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the word cross-linguistic.

2. 21. Multilingual Grammars and Universal Dependencies

   Author : Kolachina Prasanth; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NLP; Grammatical Framework; Universal Dependencies; Abstract Syntax; Grammatical Framework;

   Abstract : Abstract syntax trees are an alternative representation to syntactic structures commonly found in NLP systems. This representation allows for sharing of structures across languages, making it well suited to serve as a translation interlingua. READ MORE

4. 22. Mother tongue - Phonetic Aspects of Infant-Directed Speech

   Author : Ulla Sundberg; Anne Fernald; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; infant-directed speech; language acquisition; mother-infant interaction; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

   Abstract : Phonetic aspects of mother-infant interaction are discussed in light of a functionalist Mother-infant phonetic interaction (MIPhI) model. Adults addressing infants typically use a speech style (infant-directed speech, IDS) characterized by, for instance, extensive suprasegmental (prosodic) modulations. READ MORE

5. 23. The Japanese Imperative

   Author : Axel Svahn; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; imperative; directive; semantics; pragmatics; grammaticalization; honorification; benefactivity; directive strategy; directive system; Japanese; imperativ; japanska; semantik; pragmatik; språkvetenskap; lingvistik; grammatikalisering; satstyper;

   Abstract : The present thesis explores Japanese imperative constructions from a general linguistic perspective, as well as examining the imperative as a cross-linguistic object of study. On the definitional side, a terminological apparatus for the description and analysis of imperatives and directives is presented. READ MORE

6. 24. Situated Embodiment : Studies in the emergence of spatial meaning

   Author : Jordan Zlatev; Chris Sinha; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : What does it mean to know a language? How do children acquire language, seemingly spontaneously? How is intersubjective linguistic meaning made possible? How are people able to understand utterances which they have not heard before? General questions such as these are of primal concern for modem theoretical linguistics. At the same time the dominant theoretical approach to answering them, generativism, has given rise to persistent anomalies and confusions. READ MORE

7. 25. Participles in Time. The Development of the Perfect Tense in Swedish

   Author : Ida Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian syntax; Swedish; language change; tense; aspect; perfect; participle; supine; resultative; unaccusativity; auxiliary selection;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the syntactic-semantic development of the perfect tense from a construction with possessive HAVE and a tenseless participial complement. Both participles and auxiliary are assumed to have internal syntactic structure, and the different perfect-type constructions can thus be related synchronically and diachronically to each other. READ MORE