Search for dissertations about: "event construal"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words event construal.

2. 1. Event conceptualisation and aspect in L2 English and Persian : An application of the Heidelberg–Paris model

   Author : Somaje Abdollahian Barough; Philip Shaw; Carina Jahani; Maria Kuteeva; Bergljot Behrens; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; event conceptualisation; event construal; language production; progressivity; internal structure; conceptual transfer; L1 influence; L2 learning; L2 user; dāštan-progressive; bare mi-form; imperfective; perfective; perspective-taking; English; Persian; English; engelska;

   Abstract : The present project investigates the impact of the grammaticalised progressive on event conceptualisation in English and Persian. It applies the Heidelberg–Paris framework using single event descriptions for analysis at the sentence level and story re-narrations at the discourse level. READ MORE

4. 2. SPEED and TIME in the event modifier lexemes slow, fast and quick : A cognitive perspective

   Author : Roy Liddle; Carita Paradis; Eva Klingvall; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket; Engelsk språkvetenskap; English;

   Abstract : In this thesis I examine the event modifier lexemes slow, fast and quick and the events they modify. A number of observations made of the use of these modifiers cannot be explained by existing event typologies. READ MORE

5. 3. Age differences in first language attrition : A maturational constraints perspective

   Author : Emanuel Bylund Spångberg; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Niclas Abrahamsson; Silvina Montrul; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; first language attrition; age differences; maturational constraints; critical period; language acquisition; bilingualism; international adoptees; conceptual proficiency; language aptitude; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates age-related differences in first language (L1) attrition in a second language (L2) setting. The thesis is based on four individual studies. READ MORE

6. 4. The Architecture of Result Relations : Corpus and experimental approaches to Result coherence relations in English

   Author : Marta Andersson; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Ted Sanders; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; RESULT; PURPOSE; discourse connectives; disambiguation; subjectivity; nonveridicality; English; engelska;

   Abstract : Two fundamental components of causality are the Cause and the Result. In linguistic work the distinction between these aspects is commonly blurred, presumably because the primary research focus has been on describing how language encodes causality. READ MORE