Search for dissertations about: "proper names"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words proper names.

2. 1. Empty Names and Reference

   Author : Anna Bjurman; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; disquotational reference; pretense; possible individuals; fictional world; intensional fictional operator; rigidity; empty names; reference; Philosophical logic; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

   Abstract : The problem of empty names derives from the fact that empty names fail to refer. The reference failure of empty names implies that sentences containing empty names lack truth-conditions. As a consequence those sentences are meaningless, according to many theories of meaning. READ MORE

4. 2. Olfactory Metacognition : A Metamemory Perspective on Odor Naming

   Author : Fredrik Jönsson; Mats Olsson; Henrik Olsson; Egon P. Köster; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; odor identification; odor naming; metamemory; confidence; tip of the tongue experience; tip of the nose experience; feeling of knowing; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Although many aspects of odor naming have received attention during the years, the participants' own cognitions (metamemory) about their naming attempts have not. (i) We showed that feeling of knowing (FOK) judgments accompanying odor naming failures are predictive of later recognition (Study I) or retrieval (Study III) of the missing name, but to a lesser degree than equivalent judgments about names of persons. READ MORE

5. 3. English and other foreign linguistic elements in spoken Swedish : studies of productive processes and their modelling using finite-state tools

   Author : Anders Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the question of what native speakers of Swedish do when items originating in English and several other foreign languages occur in their native language. This issue is investigated at the phonological and morphological levels of contemporary Swedish. READ MORE

6. 4. In Murky waters : Swedish demosponges and their genealogies

   Author : Raquel Pereira; Mikael Thollesson; Hanna Johannesson; Dirk Erpenbeck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Porifera; Swedish sponge fauna; Spongilla lacutsris; population structure; Suberites; Suberitida; Syringella; Systematics; Biology with specialization in Systematics; Biologi med inriktning mot systematik;

   Abstract : Swedish Sponge fauna last updated happened over 80’s years ago. This fact explains, partially, the country’s low sponge. READ MORE

7. 5. Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language : From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs

   Author : Marianna Hatzopoulou; Brita Bergman; Richard P. Meier; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; deaf children; Greek Sign Language; personal pronouns; pointing; pointing signs; reference; sign language acquisition; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the emergence of the linguistic use of pointing as first- and non-first-person pronoun in Greek Sign Language. Despite the similarity in form between the pointing gesture and pronominal pointing signs, children acquiring sign language pass through the same stages and acquire personal pronouns at about the same age as children acquiring spoken language. READ MORE