Search for dissertations about: "time in cognitive linguistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words time in cognitive linguistics.

  2. 1. Social networks and proficiency in Swedish : a study of bilingual adolescents in both mono- and multicultural contexts in Sweden

    Author : Ingrid Wiklund; Sally Boyd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Tvåspråkighet; Sverige; Elever; sociala nätverk; Invandrarungdomar; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : According to official statistics, bilingual students make up a disproportionate share of the students who attend individual programmes (programmes designed for students who cannot follow the ordinary national programmes) in the upper secondary school in Sweden. This seems to indicate that national programmes cause problems for many bilingual students. READ MORE

  4. 2. Writing in deaf and hard-of-hearing children : A bimodal bilingual perspective on their written products and writing processes

    Author : Moa Gärdenfors; Krister Schönström; Victoria Johansson; Naomi Caselli; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; DHH; CODA; cochlear implants; hearing aids; sign language; bilingualism; literacy; writing development; keystroke logging; writing fluency; revision; linguistic complexity; lexical density; lexical diversity; spelling; cross-linguistic influence; transfer; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis presents unique insights into the written products and writing processes of Swedish deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children using a keystroke logging tool. Writing processes encompass the activities (such as planning or revision) that writers engage in during the production of the written text. 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. Experience and Expertise in Conference Interpreting : An investigation of Swedish conference interpreters

    Author : Elisabet Tiselius; Birgitta Englund Dimitrova; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Åse Johnsen; Gun-Viol Vik; Ricardo Muñoz Martín; Norge Universitetet i Bergen Institutt for Fremmedspråk; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interpreting; translation; interpreting studies; translation studies; expertise; cognitive processes; tolkning; översättning; översättningsvetenskap; expertkunnande; kognitiva processer; Translation Studies; översättningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Avhandlingen undersöker tolkningsprocessen och tolkprodukten hos konferenstolkar med olika lång tolkerfarenhet. Detta görs utifrån expertteorin (jmf Ericsson, Charness och Hoffman 2007) tillämpad på tolkning. 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