Search for dissertations about: "dimensional adjective"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words dimensional adjective.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Conceptual Contrasts : A Comparative Semantic Study of Dimensional Adjectives in Japanese and Swedish

    Author : Misuzu Shimotori; Ingmarie Mellenius; Åke Viberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : dimensional adjective; concept; association; Japanese; Swedish; lexical semantics; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : The present study explores the concepts behind Japanese and Swedish dimensional adjectives. The focus is on examining which similarities and differences in the conceptualisation across the two languages exist, if any at all. READ MORE

  5. 3. Nerve conduction and vibrotactile perception thresholds in female computer workers and hand-arm vibration-exposed male manual workers

    Author : Helena Sandén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Computer use; Hand-arm vibration; Chronic upper limb pain; Nerve conduction; Vibrotactile perception threshold; Mood; Bicycle ergometer test; Temperature;

    Abstract : Upper limb pain and disability are common problems, especially among working populations. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate peripheral nerve function in the upper limb by nerve conduction test and vibration threshold test in working populations including female computer users (n = 82), hand-arm vibration-exposed male manual workers (n = 116), and female workers with chronic diffuse upper limb pain (n = 35). READ MORE