Search for dissertations about: "language typology"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words language typology.
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16. Transitivity in discourse : A comparison of Greek, Polish and Swedish
Abstract : This work assumes that various linguistic forms in different languages are related to common cognitive functions and semantic properties. A cognitive function - presumably universal - is information transmission. READ MORE
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17. Progressives in use and contact : A descriptive, areal and typological study with special focus on selected Iranian languages
Abstract : Progressives are grammatical patterns primarily used to refer to events that are ongoing at a specific time. This thesis investigates uses of such patterns in a number of languages as well as the interaction of a number of progressives in contact. READ MORE
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18. Rhythm and Intonation in Halh Mongolian
Abstract : This dissertation provides the first comprehensive account of the prosody of Halh (Khalkha) Mongolian as spoken in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the Republic of Mongolia. The phonological description is based on acoustic analysis of speech data collected from nine Mongolian-speakers. READ MORE
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19. A typology of action nominal constructions
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20. Disfluency in Swedish human–human and human–machine travel booking dialogues
Abstract : This thesis studies disfluency in spontaneous Swedish speech, i.e., the occurrence of hesitation phenomena like eh, öh, truncated words, repetitions and repairs, mispronunciations, truncated words and so on. READ MORE