Search for dissertations about: "grammaticalization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word grammaticalization.
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1. The Emergence of Conditional Subordinators in Swedish : A Study in Grammaticalization
Abstract : This thesis is an empirical and theoretical study of the emergence of five Swedish conditional subordinators: utan, om, hvar, ifall and bara. The first changes occur in the 13th century, and the last in the 18th century. READ MORE
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2. A Corpus-Based Study on the Degrees of Lexicalization and Grammaticalization of Finnish Converbs
Abstract : This study attempts to define the degrees of lexicalization and grammaticalization of the Finnish converbs ending in Ten, TUA, TessA, TAkse, mAllA and -mAttA. The study is based on a corpus of Finnish newspaper texts from the 1990s. The approach is fundamentally functional-typological and cognitive. READ MORE
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3. Grammar and grammaticalization in Manda: An analysis of the wider TAM domain in a Tanzanian Bantu language
Abstract : This dissertation offers a grammatical description and analysis of Manda (N.11), a Bantu language spoken along Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in southern Tanzania. The study focuses on the “wider” TAM domain, i.e. READ MORE
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4. The Multiple Functions of the Reflexive Prefix in Hehe, Sukuma, Nilamba, and Nyaturu
Abstract : This dissertation describes and analyses the multiple functions of the reflexive prefix in four North Eastern Bantu languages, Hehe, Sukuma, Nilamba, and Nyaturu, all spoken in Tanzania. Apart from encoding the reflexive meaning, the functions of the reflexive prefix that are dealt with in this study are reciprocal events and middle events. READ MORE
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5. A typology of comparatives in Sinitic : grammaticalization, patterns and language contact
Abstract : This dissertation offers a window on the grammatical diversity of Chinese languages, hereafter referred to as Sinitic. It focuses in particular on comparative constructions of southern varieties such as Cantonese, Minnan and Hakka and compares these to northern Mandarin as well as some non- Sinitic languages of Southeast Asia. READ MORE