Search for dissertations about: "diachronic change of the english language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words diachronic change of the english language.

2. 1. The vowels of Delhi English : Three studies in sociophonetics

   Author : Raphaël Domange; Peter Sundkvist; Niclas Abrahamsson; Raymond Hickey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indian English; phonology; sociophonetics; language variation and change; language contact; world Englishes; English; engelska;

   Abstract : Addressing the dearth of sociolinguistic variation research in the “new” varieties of English (D. Sharma, 2017b), this dissertation consists of a set of three sociophonetic studies on an urban dialect of Indian English. READ MORE

4. 2. The Language of English Newspaper Editorials from a 20th-Century Perspective

   Author : Ingrid Westin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; 20th-century English; corpus linguistics; diachronic studies; dimensions of variation; editorials; newspapers; textual dimensions; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Abstract : This work is a corpus-based study of the language of English up-market ("quality") newspaper editorials, covering the period 1900-1993. CENE, the Corpus of English Newspaper Editorials, was compiled for the purposes of this study and comprises editorials from the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, and The Times chosen to represent periods at ten-year intervals. READ MORE

5. 3. Agreement with Collective Nouns in English

   Author : Magnus Levin; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; markedness; Longman Spoken American Corpus; grammatical change; corpus; conventionalization; concord; conceptualization; collective nouns; British National Corpus; British English; BNC; Australian English; American English; agreement; Agreement Hierarchy; pronouns; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik; agreement; English language; Engelsk språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It is based on material from newspaper corpora and spoken corpora. The findings suggest that dialectal, stylistic, diachronic, syntactic and semantic factors interact in the selection of singular and plural agreement. READ MORE

6. 4. Studies in Corpora and Idioms : Getting the cat out of the bag

   Author : David Minugh; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Maria Kuteeva; Karin Aijmer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Coll corpus; corpora; corpus creation; idioms; idiom variation; idiom-breaking; online newspapers; student newspapers; college newspapers; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Abstract : “Idiomatic” expressions, usually called “idioms”, such as a dime a dozen, a busman’s holiday, or to have bats in your belfry are a curious part of any language: they usually have a fixed lexical (why a busman?) and structural composition (only dime and dozen in direct conjunction mean ‘common, ordinary’), can be semantically obscure (why bats?), yet are widely recognized in the speech community, in spite of being so rare that only large corpora can provide us with access to sufficient empirical data on their use.In this compilation thesis, four published studies focusing on idioms in corpora are presented. READ MORE

7. 5. What's in a dialogue? : On the dynamics of meaning-making in English conversation

   Author : Nele Pöldvere; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; spoken dialogue; constructions; stance-taking; intersubjectivity; engagement; prosody; language change; Cognitive-Functional Linguistics; corpus linguistics; London-Lund Corpus 2; reliability; experimentation;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with spoken dialogue and the dynamic negotiation of meaning in English conversation. It serves two aims, one theoretical and the other practical. READ MORE