Search for dissertations about: "japanese linguistics"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words japanese linguistics.

2. 1. Nasals and Nasalisation in Speech Production with Special Emphasis on Methodology and Osaka Japanese

   Author : Mechtild Tronnier; Fonetik; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mora Nasal; Osaka Japanese; Nasalisation; Nasals; Phonetics; Speech Production; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : Nasal speech sounds occur in most of the languages of the world. Two goals concerning nasalisation in speech were pursued in the studies presented in this volume. 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. Deictic Demonstratives in Japanese, Finnish and Swedish : First and Third Language Perspectives

   Author : Mitsuyo Kuwano Lidén; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Päivi Juvonen; Peter af Trampe; Keiko Yoshioka; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Japanese; Finnish; Swedish; spatial-deictically used demonstratives; interlanguage; third-language learning; Japanology; japanologi;

   Abstract : The goal of this thesis is twofold. Firstly, it investigates the actual, native use of spatial-deictic demonstratives in Japanese, Finnish and Swedish. READ MORE

6. 4. The effects of extramural language : Relationships between engagement in Japanese language activities and general Japanese language proficiency

   Author : Andreas Bengtsson; Gunnar Jinmei Linder; Mitsuyo Kuwano Lidén; Pia Sundqvist; Carmen Muñoz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Extramural Ln; Extramural Japanese; Second Language Acquisition; Language Learning; Extramural; Out-of-class; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

   Abstract : Many L2 learners believe they learn their target language by using it extramurally, i.e. outside the classroom. This topic, language learning as a result of engagement in L2 use, has garnered increased attention in the last decade. READ MORE

7. 5. L1 Japanese Attrition and Regaining : Three Case Studies of Two Early Bilingual Children

   Author : Emiko Yukawa; Kees de Bot; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

   Abstract : The present study reports three cases of LI Japanese loss and regaining (Shoko 3; 10, HI 5;5 and H2 7;0 at the time the subjects left Japan for non-Japanese environments) by two siblings (one of them was studied twice at two different times) who grew up as Japanese-English bilinguals from birth. It describes the lexical and syntactic changes of the language in details, discerns the nature of the loss, and investigates the relationship between attrition and age and pre-attrition proficiency. READ MORE