Search for dissertations about: "subjunctive"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word subjunctive.

  2. 1. Modality and Subordinators in the Germanic Languages and beyond

    Author : Jackie Nordström; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Germanic languages; factuality; subordinators; modality; propositional modality; general subordinators; that; if; whether; indicative; subjunctive; epistemic modality; irrealis; realis; Swedish;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that general subordinators, such as the Germanic THAT and IF, denote propositional modality. Propositional modality stands for the “speaker’s attitude to the truth-value or factual status of the proposition” (Palmer 2001:24) and is otherwise expressed by moods such as the indicative-subjunctive and epistemic-evidential modal markers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sentential Object Complements in Modern Standard Arabic

    Author : Maria Persson; Arabiska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semiotics; semantics; Grammatik; Baskien samt sumeriska; semantik; syntax; semiotik; Languages and literatures of Asia Minor; Caucasian languages and literatures; `an and `anna.; syntactic-semantic correlations; subordinate clause; functionalistic linguistics; sentential object complements; corpus-based study; complement-taking predicates; complementizer; complementation; complementiser; Basque; Sumerian; Språk och litteratur från Mellanöstern och Kaukasien;

    Abstract : This dissertation comprises a corpus-based study of the form and function of sentential object complements in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The study is motivated by the scarcity of investigations into MSA syntax as opposed to the syntax of Classical Arabic. READ MORE

  5. 3. A Linguistic Description of Mbugwe with Focus on Tone and Verbal Morphology

    Author : Vera Wilhelmsen; Anju Saxena; Maarten Mous; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bantu; grammar; fieldwork; Tanzania; tone; TAM; morphology; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Mbugwe is an endangered Bantu language spoken in north central Tanzania. This PhD dissertation is a description of the Mbugwe language with a focus on tone and verbal morphology, based on the author’s fieldwork. This is the first detailed description of the language. Thus far, only a short grammatical sketch of Mbugwe has been available. READ MORE