Sökning: "Comparative linguistics"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade orden Comparative linguistics.

1. 21. A typology of comparatives in Sinitic : grammaticalization, patterns and language contact

   Författare :Ansaldo Umberto; David Gil; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation offers a window on the grammatical diversity of Chinese languages, hereafter referred to as Sinitic. It focuses in particular on comparative constructions of southern varieties such as Cantonese, Minnan and Hakka and compares these to northern Mandarin as well as some non- Sinitic languages of Southeast Asia. LÄS MER

3. 22. Sociolinguistic, comparative and historical perspectives on Scandinavian gender: With focus on Jamtlandic

   Författare :Briana Van Epps; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammatical gender; Jamtlandic; Swedish dialects; dialectology; dialect loss; language variation and change; gender assignment; Scandinavian; gender variability; diachrony; Old Norse; Old Swedish; Swedish; Norwegian; Elfdalian;

   Sammanfattning : The present thesis investigates gender assignment in Jamtlandic from a sociolinguistic and historical/comparative perspective. Jamtlandic is a language variety spoken in northwestern Sweden in the province of Jämtland. It maintains a three-gender system, in contrast to Standard Swedish, which has a two-gender system. LÄS MER

4. 23. Non-canonical case-marking on core arguments in Lithuanian : A historical and contrastive perspective

   Författare :Valgerður Bjarnadóttir; Jenny Larsson; Peteris Vanags; Nicole Nau; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Case-marking; non-canonical subjects; core arguments; Lithuanian; Old Lithuanian; Lithuanian dialects; pain verbs; oblique anticausative; Icelandic; historical linguistics; contrastive linguistics; Construction grammar; Role and Reference grammar; Baltic Languages; baltiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a description and analysis of non-canonical case-marking of core arguments in Lithuanian. It consists of an introduction and six articles, providing historical and/or contrastive perspective to this issue. LÄS MER

5. 24. The Arabic Dialect of Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba/Shaykh Taba (northern Lebanon) in its Regional context

   Författare :Mahmut Ağbaht; Eleanor Coghill; Arnold Werner; Shabo Talay; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language documentation; Levantine Arabic dialects; Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba Shaykh Taba; northern Lebanon; pausal phenomena; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : This study provides the first grammatical description of a sedentary type of Arabic from Akkar (محافظة عكار), the northernmost governorate of Lebanon. It deals with the Arabic dialect spoken in Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba/Shaykh Taba (الشيخ طابا) and covers the main features of its phonology (with focus on pausal phenomena) and morphology, as well as selected semantic fields within the lexicon. LÄS MER

7. 25. L’atténuation en traduction : Étude traductologique des marqueurs de probabilité en français et en suédois

   Författare :Sofia Wastesson; Olof Eriksson; Hans Petter Helland; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; epistemic markers; modality; epistemic modality; evidentiality; modal particle; modal adverb; modal auxiliairy; mental state predicate; translation studies; comparative study; translationese; French language; Franska språket; Franska med språkvetenskaplig inriktning; French linguistics;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a comparative study of how epistemic markers in French and Swedish are treated in translation. The study focuses on epistemic markers indicating high probability, such as säkert, nog, jag tror (att) and epistemic (not deontic) måste in Swedish, and, in French, certainement, sans doute, je crois (que), epistemic devoir etc. LÄS MER