Search for dissertations about: "yes no- questions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words yes no- questions.

  2. 1. Yes/no-questions in Bulgarian and Macedonian : form

    Author : Birgitta Englund Dimitrova; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

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  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Managing Medical Emergency Calls

    Author : Karl Hedman; Vesa Leppänen; Jakob Cromdal; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conversation Analysis; emergency call operator; emotion management; instruction giving; medical emergency calls; nurse; physician; questioning; risk management; Swedish; Conversation Analysis; emergency call operator; emotion management; instruction giving; medical emergency calls; nurse; physician; questioning; risk management; Swedish;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a conversation analytic examination of recurrent practices of interaction in medicalemergency calls. The study expands the analytical focus in past research on emergency calls betweenemergency call operators and callers to pre-hospital emergency care interaction on the phone betweennurses, physicians and callers. READ MORE