Search for dissertations about: "descriptive linguistics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words descriptive linguistics.

  2. 6. A grammar of Kalamang : The Papuan language of the Karas Islands

    Author : Eline Visser; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Papuan languages; linguistics; language; syntax; semantics; phonology; morphology; language documentation; descriptive linguistics; Indonesia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a grammar of Kalamang, a Papuan language of western New Guinea in the east of Indonesia. It is spoken by around 130 people on the biggest of the Karas Islands. This grammar is based on 11 months of fieldwork. READ MORE

  4. 7. Progressives in use and contact : A descriptive, areal and typological study with special focus on selected Iranian languages

    Author : Ghazaleh Vafaeian; Östen Dahl; Agnes Korn; Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm; Pier Marco Bertinetto; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; progressive; use; contact; areal; parallel corpora; typology; grammaticalization; Iranian; Persian; Mazandarani; Gilaki; Taleshi; Tati; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : Progressives are grammatical patterns primarily used to refer to events that are ongoing at a specific time. This thesis investigates uses of such patterns in a number of languages as well as the interaction of a number of progressives in contact. READ MORE

  5. 8. Two Languages, Two Scripts : Bilingual and Biscriptal Children with and without Reading Difficulties Read and Write in Persian (L1) and Swedish (L2)

    Author : Baran Johansson; Eva Lindgren; Maria Levlin; Sven Strömqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Reading; Writing; Eye and Pen; Handwriting; Persian; Swedish; Bilinguals; Biscriptals; Writing fluency; Meaning making; Pauses; Bursts; Linguistic skills; Cognitive Skills; Bilingual writers; Reading difficulties; Skrivande; Läsning; Tvåspråkiga barn; Tvåspråkighet; Flerspråkighet; Lässvårigheter; Läsflyt; Avkodning; Pauser; Bursts; Eye and Pen; Loggning; Två skriftsystem; Persiska; Svenska; Handskrift; Meningsskapande; Lingvistiska färdigheter; Kognitiva färdigheter; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : The main aim of this dissertation was to explore L1 (Persian) and L2 (Swedish) reading and writing of 26 bilingual biscriptal children with and without reading difficulties (RD) (years 4–9). Previous studies have mainly focused on Latin scripts or one alphabetic and one non-alphabetic script with English as L1 or L2. READ MORE

  6. 9. A typology of classifiers and gender : From description to computation

    Author : Marc Tang; Michael Dunn; Christine Lamarre; Sebastian Fedden; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Classifiers; Gender; Nominal classification; Functions; Random Forests; Phylogeny; Word Embeddings; Neural Networks; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Categorization is one the most relevant tasks realized by humans during their life, as we consistently need to categorize the things and experience that we encounter. Such need is reflected in language via various mechanisms, the most prominent being nominal classification systems (e.g. READ MORE

  7. 10. Writing in deaf and hard-of-hearing children : A bimodal bilingual perspective on their written products and writing processes

    Author : Moa Gärdenfors; Krister Schönström; Victoria Johansson; Naomi Caselli; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; DHH; CODA; cochlear implants; hearing aids; sign language; bilingualism; literacy; writing development; keystroke logging; writing fluency; revision; linguistic complexity; lexical density; lexical diversity; spelling; cross-linguistic influence; transfer; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis presents unique insights into the written products and writing processes of Swedish deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children using a keystroke logging tool. Writing processes encompass the activities (such as planning or revision) that writers engage in during the production of the written text. READ MORE