Search for dissertations about: "thesis on grammar"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 118 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on grammar.

2. 21. 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

4. 22. English in Primary Education in Sweden and Vietnam : Teaching practices, learner outcomes and out-of-school exposure

   Author : Vi Thanh Son; Språkinlärning; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; L2 English; primary school; procedural; ; declarative; grammar; 3-sg-s; Sweden; Vietnam; out-of-school exposure;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the interaction between teaching and learning of English in young learners in Sweden and in Vietnam. It thus brings together two perspectives – teaching and learning – that are seldom compared between cultural contexts. The main focus of the study is to examine procedural and declarative knowledge of English grammar. READ MORE

5. 23. V1 Declaratives in Spoken Swedish : Syntax, Information Structure, and Prosodic Pattern

   Author : Maria Mörnsjö; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages and literature; spoken language; perception test; dynamicity; downstep; F0 slope; focal accent; narrative; discourse; topic; cohesion; V2; V1; prosody; information structure; declarative; Spec-CP; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : The topic of the present thesis is V1 declaratives in spoken Swedish. Such constructions constitute an interesting object for research due to the fact that Swedish is a V2 language where V1 word order is grammaticalized for yes/no questions. Hitherto we have lacked a thorough study of the phenomenon. READ MORE

6. 24. Basic Tendencies of Adjectival Accentological Development in Contemporary Russian

   Author : Julia Larsson; Öst- och centraleuropakunskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ryska språk och litteratur ; Russian language and literature; semantisation; grammaticalisation; pragmatic factor; explicit norm; language norm; Russian; stress variant; variation; accentology; Stress; accentuation; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : The present doctoral thesis is a study of the problem of "variation" in relation to word stress in Russian adjectives, in both their short and long forms. The stress variation in adjectival forms is investigated from various viewpoints, the main of which is the revelation of the basic processes of stress reorganisation in these groups of words and the establishment of main tendencies of adjectival stress development in contemporary Russian. READ MORE

7. 25. 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