Search for dissertations about: "wh-questions"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word wh-questions.

2. 1. Mastering the question : the acquisition of interrogative clauses by Finnish-speaking children

   Author : Raija Kangassalo; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finnish; child language development; acquisition; interrogative clause; wh-questions; yes no- questions; disjunctive questions; wh-question word; interrogative particle; discourse function;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to chart the development of interrogative syntax among Finnish-speaking children between the ages of 1 to 4 years living in Sweden. The material consists of language samples taken from eleven Sweden-Finnish children with Finnish as their first language. READ MORE

4. 2. The Evaluability Hypothesis : The Syntax and Semantics of Polarity Item Licensing in Swedish

   Author : Johan Brandtler; Svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; downward entailment; long-distance; wh-questions; edge-feature; Spec-CP; negation; NPIs; PPIs; veridicality; term logic;

   Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the empirical and theoretical aspects of polarity item licensing in Swedish. I argue that polarity items are semantically sensitive to evaluability, a concept that refers to the possibility of accepting or rejecting a clause as true in a communicative exchange. Clauses are either evaluable or non-evaluable. READ MORE

5. 3. Studies in Swedish sign language

   Author : Brita Bergman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Teckenspråk;

   Abstract : The present thesis consists of six studies in Swedish Sign Language, the primary language of the Swedish deaf community. Unlike spoken language, which is vocal-auditive with respect to manner of production and perception, signed language is gestural-visual. READ MORE

6. 4. Conversational Writing : A Multidimensional Study of Synchronous and Supersynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication

   Author : Ewa Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; CMC; computer-mediated communication; conversational writing; chat; computer chat; ICQ; IRC; Internet relay chat; multidimensional; Biber’s dimensions; synchronous CMC; supersynchronous CMC; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study is a linguistic investigation of two genres of computer-mediated communication (CMC), namely two modes of conversational writing: ‘Internet relay chat’ (synchronous CMC) and ‘split-window ICQ chat’ (supersynchronous CMC). The study employs Douglas Biber’s multifeature multidimensional methodology, taking into account the six dimensions of textual variation in English identified in his 1988 book Variation across speech and writing (i. READ MORE