Search for dissertations about: "philology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the word philology.

  2. 1. The Politics of Tradition : Examining the History of the Old English Poems The Wife's Lament and Wulf and Eadwacer

    Author : Berit Åström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; anamorphosis; feminism; identity; literature; metaphor; metonymy; Old English; Old English literature; Old English poetry; philology; theory; tradition in literature; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English;

    Abstract : Old English literary studies is a fascinating field of research which spans many various approaches including philology and linguistics as well as literary and cultural theories. The field is characterised by a certain conservatism, what in this thesis is referred to as tradition. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Grin without a Cat 1 : 'Adversus Iudaeos' Texts in the Literature of Medieval Russia (988–1504)

    Author : Alexander Pereswetoff-Morath; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hilarion of Kiev; Addresses to a Jew on the Incarnation; Life of Constantine; Margaritai; Life of Gregentios; Jerusalem Disputation; Doctrine of Jacob; John Chrysostom; homiletics; disputations; literature of Rus ; Anti-Judaism; manuscript dissemination; Russian language and literature; Ryska språk och litteratur ; Philology; Språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study, which is the first and main part of a two-volume work, is concerned with the history and philology of original and translated works Adversus Iudaeos circulating among the Eastern Slavs from the baptism of Rus' c.988 till the early 16th century. Excluded is the literature of Lithuanian Ruthenia from the 14th century onwards. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Textual History of Kavikumārāvadāna : The relations between the main texts, editions and translations

    Author : Leif Asplund; Claus Oetke; Roland Steiner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; buddhism; avadana; editions; Sanskrit; Tibetan; manuscripts; philology; indology; Nepal; NGMPP; Indology; indologi;

    Abstract : This study consists of three main parts. Part I contains introductory matter and a presentation of the manuscript material which contains stories about Kavikumāra, one of the Buddha’s earlier lives, and a rough classification of the material. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Grammar of Lalo

    Author : Susanna Björverud; Kinesiska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; minority languages; Philology; descriptive linguistics; Sino-Tibetan; Tibeto-Burman; Lolo-Burmese; Burmese-Lolo; Central Yipho; Burmese-Yipho; Western Yi; Lalo; Språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis is a descriptive reference grammar of the present-day Lalo language as spoken in Longjie township in Yunnan province of Southwestern China. It constitutes a presentation of empirical data collected during field work in Longjie township, and includes as survey of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nominal Compounds in Old Latvian Texts in the 16th and 17th Centuries

    Author : Kristina Bukelskytė-Čepelė; Jenny Larsson; Peteris Vanags; Jurgis Pakerys; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nominal compounds; compounding; Old Latvian; Lithuanian; Baltic languages; philology; historical linguistics; determinative compounds; possessive compounds; verbal governing compounds; copulative compounds; baltiska språk; Baltic Languages;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the system of compounding attested in the earliest written Latvian texts of the 16th and 17th centuries. The philological analysis presented in this work is the first systematic attempt to extensively treat compounds in Old Latvian. READ MORE