Search for dissertations about: "grammatical constructions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words grammatical constructions.

2. 1. Apokoinou in Swedish talk-in-interaction : A family of methods for grammatical construction and the resolving of local communicative projects

   Author : Niklas Norén; Per Linell; Jan Anward; Auli Hakulinen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; apokoinou; ethno-methods; dialogical grammar; utterance construction methods; syntax as process; prosody; grammatical constructions; communicative projects; Swedish talk-in-interaction; conversation analysis; interactional linguistics; apokoinou; etnometoder; dialogisk grammatik; metoder för yttrandekonstruktion; syntax som process; prosodi; samtalsgrammatiska konstruktioner; kommunikativa projekt; tal-i-interaktion; samtalsanalys; interaktionell lingvistik; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : I den här avhandlingen undersöks den grammatiska samtalskonstruktionen apokoinou i svenskt samtalsspråk. I kontrast till traditioner av normativ grammatik och teoretiska perspektiv på språk, där apokoinou och besläktade fenomen har exkluderats från grammatisk beskrivning eller blivit behandlade som produkter av olika typer av misstag, är apokoinou här re-specificerad som en i högsta grad funktionell grammatisk resurs och metod för att åstadkomma lokala kommunikativa projekt i samtal. READ MORE

4. 2. On Linguistic and Discursive Constructions of Concession and Adversativity : Towards a Multilevel Analysis of English in the UK Parliament

   Author : Mihai Daniel Frumuselu; Michal Krzyżanowski; Cornelia Ilie; Per Ledin; Eivind Nessa Torgersen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; concession; adversativity; political discourse; parliamentary discourse; UK Parliament; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study analyses concessive and adversarial language in UK parliamentary debates and thereby enriches the theoretical and analytical body of knowledge on the language of concession and adversativity in contemporary English. It contributes to existent scholarship on both grammatical constructions of concession/adversativity and on the dynamics of contemporary British parliamentary and political discourse. READ MORE

5. 3. Aspects of the Grammar and Lexicon of Sεlεε

   Author : Yvonne Agbetsoamedo; Östen Dahl; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; Felix Ameka; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sεlεε; Santrokofi; GTM; grammatical description; noun class; negation; tense; aspect; diminutive; temperature evaluations; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This thesis is a description of some aspects of the grammar of Sɛlɛɛ, a Ghana-Togo-Mountain (GTM) language, based on my own fieldwork. The thesis consists of an introduction and five papers.Paper (I), Noun classes in Sεlεε, describes the noun class system of Sɛlɛɛ. READ MORE

6. 4. Formal Methods for Testing Grammars

   Author : Inari Listenmaa; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Grammar engineering has a lot in common with software engineering. Analogous to a program specification, we use descriptive grammar books; in place of unit tests, we have gold standard corpora and test cases for manual inspection. READ MORE

7. 5. Hendiadys in the Hebrew Bible, An Investigation of the Applications of the Term

   Author : Rosmari Lillas; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hendiadys; rhetorical figures; classical languages; Virgil; Servius; Hebrew Bible; Aramaic; Latin; Greek; semantics; pragmatics; idioms; semantic fields; antonyms; synonyms; adverbial modifiers; incongruence; Arabic; Akkadian; inalienability;

   Abstract : It is evident that the term hendiadys, which is derived from the classical rhetorial tradition has for hundred of years been frequently applied to constructions and combinations of components in the Hebrew Bible. This study investigates on which constructions and components in the Hebrew Bible that the term hendiadys is applied to, and hence which phenomena that induces the use of the term. READ MORE