Search for dissertations about: "dialect syntax"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words dialect syntax.

  2. 1. V1 Declaratives in Spoken Swedish : Syntax, Information Structure, and Prosodic Pattern

    Author : Maria Mörnsjö; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages and literature; spoken language; perception test; dynamicity; downstep; F0 slope; focal accent; narrative; discourse; topic; cohesion; V2; V1; prosody; information structure; declarative; Spec-CP; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

    Abstract : The topic of the present thesis is V1 declaratives in spoken Swedish. Such constructions constitute an interesting object for research due to the fact that Swedish is a V2 language where V1 word order is grammaticalized for yes/no questions. Hitherto we have lacked a thorough study of the phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Word Order in Övdalian : A Study in Variation and Change

    Author : Piotr Garbacz; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Stylistic Fronting; V-to-I movement; Swedish dialects; dialect syntax; language change; variation; älvdalsmålet; Övdalian; Elfdalian; the Rich Agreement Hypothesis; negative concord;

    Abstract : This dissertation discusses aspects of the syntax of Övdalian, a variety spoken by ca. 2,500 people in the province of Dalecarlia in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Studies on Factivity, Complementation, and Propositional Attitudes

    Author : Roberta Colonna Dahlman; Italienska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Protagonist projection.; Sapere; Ambiguity; Factive islands; Conversational implicature; Presupposition; Entailment; Regret; Know; Factivity; The Interface Hypothesis; L1 Attrition; Verbs of propositional attitude; Complementizer; Gallipolino; Sentential complementation;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a collection of seven papers in which a number of questions are investigated regarding verbs that take a sentential complement as their direct object. These verbs are considered from different perspectives, namely from the perspective of the propositional attitude they express, or from the perspective of the syntactic construction they select, or from the point of view of the implications to which they might give rise. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Grammar of Lalo

    Author : Susanna Björverud; Kinesiska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; minority languages; Philology; descriptive linguistics; Sino-Tibetan; Tibeto-Burman; Lolo-Burmese; Burmese-Lolo; Central Yipho; Burmese-Yipho; Western Yi; Lalo; Språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis is a descriptive reference grammar of the present-day Lalo language as spoken in Longjie township in Yunnan province of Southwestern China. It constitutes a presentation of empirical data collected during field work in Longjie township, and includes as survey of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. READ MORE