Search for dissertations about: "the role of grammar in english language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words the role of grammar in english language.

2. 1. Shun the Pun, Rescue the Rhyme? : The Dubbing and Subtitling of Language Play in Film

   Author : Thorsten Schröter; Moira Linnarud; Patrick Zabalbeascoa; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family films; screen translation; similes; idioms; modified expressions; play with foreign words; nonce formations; play with grammar; rhymes; half-rhymes; alliteration; repetition; dubbing; subtitling; compensation; humour; language-play; wordplay; puns; metaphors; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : Language-play can briefly be described as the wilful manipulation of the peculiarities of a linguistic system in a way that draws attention to these peculiarities themselves, thereby causing a communicative and cognitive effect that goes beyond the conveyance of propositional meaning. Among the various phenomena answering this description are the different kinds of puns, but also more strictly form-based manipulations such as rhymes and alliteration, in addition to a host of other, sometimes even fuzzier, subcategories. READ MORE

4. 2. Agreement with Collective Nouns in English

   Author : Magnus Levin; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; markedness; Longman Spoken American Corpus; grammatical change; corpus; conventionalization; concord; conceptualization; collective nouns; British National Corpus; British English; BNC; Australian English; American English; agreement; Agreement Hierarchy; pronouns; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik; agreement; English language; Engelsk språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It is based on material from newspaper corpora and spoken corpora. The findings suggest that dialectal, stylistic, diachronic, syntactic and semantic factors interact in the selection of singular and plural agreement. READ MORE

5. 3. The Physical Foundation of the Patterning of Physical Action Verbs : A Study of Chinese Verbs

   Author : Hong Gao; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; verbal semantics; trajector; semantic representation; pyscholingistics; polysemy; physical reality; physical foundation; physical action verbs; observability; motion; lexicalization patterning; landmark; intentionality; innateness; physical contact; force-dynamics; combinability; conflation; cognitive semantics; active zone; affectability; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : This work is a study of verbal semantics with a focus on the discussion and illustration of the role of body parts and the semantic incorporation into verbal roots of the actions that involve various body parts. Following a general discussion of the basic issues of language construction and human body actions with the image schemas of force-dynamics presented in line with the framework of cognitive semantics, it is argued that the event structures of physical action verbs are not arbitrarily constructed but rather the constructions are built through systematic cognitive processes in relation to both human physical reality and concrete reality in the world. READ MORE

6. 4. (De)coding Modality : The Case of Must, May, Måste and Kan

   Author : Anna Wärnsby; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; semiotics; syntax; modal verbs; modality; English-Swedish Parallel Corpus; epistemic; deontic; dynamic; indeterminacy; Controllability; Transitivity; Data Mining; pragmatics; Engelska språk och litteratur ; semantics; Grammar; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : This study investigates the mechanisms of (de)coding modality, focusing on the interpretation of utterances containing the modals must, may, måste, and kan. The main research question posed in this study is what enables the interlocutors to interpret modal expressions so that communicative goals are achieved. READ MORE

7. 5. What's in a dialogue? : On the dynamics of meaning-making in English conversation

   Author : Nele Pöldvere; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; spoken dialogue; constructions; stance-taking; intersubjectivity; engagement; prosody; language change; Cognitive-Functional Linguistics; corpus linguistics; London-Lund Corpus 2; reliability; experimentation;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with spoken dialogue and the dynamic negotiation of meaning in English conversation. It serves two aims, one theoretical and the other practical. READ MORE