Search for dissertations about: "syntactic arguments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words syntactic arguments.

  2. 1. Argument Differentiation. Soft constraints and data-driven models

    Author : Lilja Øvrelid; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; syntactic arguments; parsing; lexical acquisition; animacy; Scandinavian syntax; soft constraints; data-driven models; machine learning;

    Abstract : The ability to distinguish between different types of arguments is central to syntactic analysis, whether studied from a theoretical or computational point of view. This thesis investigates the influence and interaction of linguistic properties of syntactic arguments in argument differentiation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Manner Modifiers as Syntactic Heads

    Author : Victor Bogren Svensson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; manner modifier; Incorporation; affixation; adverbial verb; morphology-syntax interface; Inuit languages; Formosan languages;

    Abstract : The present dissertation concerns typologically unusual ways of encoding manner information, namely verbal affixes (manner affixes), incorporated constituents (incorporated manner modifiers) and auxiliary verbs (manner adverbial verbs). A key proposal is that all three are overt realizations of syntactic heads merged in the clausal spine, thereby presenting novel data that can be used to probe into the relationship between morphology and syntax. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Purpose of Romans

    Author : Michael Öberg; Jonas Holmstrand; James Anthony Kelhoffer; Samuel Byrskog; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paul; Romans; the Purpose of Romans; the Good News; the Apostolic Call; the Syntactic Structure; Close Reading; Missionary Purpose; Ethical Demands; Apostolic Work in Rome; Biblical Exegesis; Bibelvetenskap; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : This study determines the purpose of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, a purpose that does justice to the content and the flow of argument as well as to the syntactic structure of the letter text. The overall approach is to conduct a particularly close reading and detailed analysis of the introductory and concluding parts of Romans. READ MORE

  6. 4. Probes, pronouns and binding in the Minimalist Program

    Author : Fredrik Heinat; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Grammar; probes; agree; pronouns; distributed morphology; syntax; minimalims; semantics; semiotics; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

    Abstract : In chapter 2, I claim that not only heads, but phrases, too, are probes. I show that there are in fact no theoretical and empirical problems involved if we abandon the stipulation that only heads may probe. In chapter 3, I explore the structure of nominal expressions. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Syntax of the Swedish Present Participle

    Author : Camilla Thurén; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adjunct; participial clause; internal structure; complex predicate; Swedish; syntax; present participle;

    Abstract : Abstract The Syntax of the Swedish Present Participle offers a generative analysis of the Swedish present participle with the central goal of accounting for its distribution and function. The analysis offered rests on three hypotheses: (i) Present participles are verbs, (ii) Present participles can appear in complex predicates, and (iii) Adjunct present participial clauses may be interpreted through Control, where Control is assumed to equal an Agree relation. READ MORE