Search for dissertations about: "lexical meaning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words lexical meaning.

  2. 1. Ambiguity at work : lexical blends in an American English web news context

    Author : Daniel Kjellander; Marlene Johansson Falck; Maria Rosenberg; Suzanne Kemmer; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; lexical blending; data collection methodology; corpus-based investigation; ambiguity; figurativity; cognitive linguistics; teleskopord; datainsamlingsmetod; korpusundersökning; mångtydighet; figurativitet; kognitiv lingvistik; engelska; English; language studies; språkvetenskap; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : The present study investigates the word formation process of lexical blending in the context of written US web news between January 2010–March 2018. The study has two interrelated aims. First, it aims to develop a transparent, rigid, and replicable method of data collection. READ MORE

  4. 2. Labile Verbs in English : Their Meaning, Behavior and Structure

    Author : Alan McMillion; Magnus Ljung; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Ulf Magnusson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; labile verbs; ergative verbs; transitivity; causative; constructions; English language; Engelska språket;

    Abstract : English has many verbs that syntactically occur in both transitive and intransitive clausal patterns. A subset of such verbs are called labile verbs, and these have a causative sense when they occur in the transitive pattern and a non-causative or inchoative sense in the intransitive pattern. READ MORE

  5. 3. Risk, language and discourse

    Author : Max Boholm; Sven Ove Hansson; Niklas Möller; Terje Aven; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice.          Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE

  6. 4. Semantic change in interaction: Studies on the dynamics of lexical meaning

    Author : Bill Noble; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semantic change; dialogue; computational linguistics; computational sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates how word meanings change. In particular, it's concerned semantic change at the levels of interaction and the speech community. To this end, the compiled studies employ methods from both formal and computational semantics. READ MORE

  7. 5. Bit : an examination of the explanatory power of a meaning potential approach to the description of lexical meaning

    Author : Jenny Hartman; Carita Paradis; Britt Erman; Elizabeth C. Traugott; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cognitive semantics; construal; configurations; SCALE; INDIVIDUATION; DEGREE; EXTENT; AMOUNT; PART-WHOLE; English; engelska;

    Abstract : Through a detailed examination of the use of the lexical item bit in four English language corpora, this study assesses whether the assumptions guiding a meaning potential perspective on lexical meaning (e.g. READ MORE