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  1. 11. Kontroll i svenskan. Den optimala tolkningen av infinitivers tankesubjekt. : Controll in Swedish. The optimal interpretation of implicit subjects in infinitival clauses

    Författare :Benjamin Lyngfelt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; control; PRO; interpretation; infinitive; non-finite clause; optimality theory; subjektsregeln; corpus linguistics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an account of control phenomena in Swedish, focusing on the interpretation of PRO in infinitival clauses. The investigation consists of a corpus-based study of approximately 20,000 Swedish infinitives and an Optimality-theoretic analysis of the same data. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Temporal Adverbs in Modern Standard Chinese : A Decompositional Inquiry

    Författare :Jens Karlsson; Kinesiska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; decompositionality; semantics; temporality; Chinese; word class theory; temporal adverbs;

    Sammanfattning : Temporal adverbs (时间副词 shíjiān fùcí) in Modern Standard Chinese (MSC) are a group of words assuming the role of adverbial modifier (状语 zhuàngyǔ), expressing a temporal notion. Both characteristics are problematic; adverbs (副词 fùcí) are defined as a word class with the sole function of assuming the role of adverbial modifier, but several words traditionally categorized as temporal adverbs have syntactic functions outside this scope. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Language as structured sequences : a causal role of Broca's region in sequence processing

    Författare :Julia Uddén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : In this thesis I approach language as a neurobiological system. I defend a sequence processing perspective on language and on the function of Broca's region in the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG). This perspective provides a way to express common structural aspects of language, music and action, which all engage the LIFG. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Verb-erst-Deklarativsätze. Grammatik und Pragmatik

    Författare :Olaf Önnerfors; Tyska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; German language and literatur; Germanic languages; performative use; German; declarative clause; clause-initial position of the finite verb; syntax; topic-comment structure; information structure; theticity; narrativity; enumeration; deontic modality; exclamation; causality; Tyska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to describe and explain independent declarative clauses in German which have the finite verb in absolute clause-initial position. They are called verb-first declarative clauses. It is shown that this type of clause can be found in a variety of Germanic languages. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Le gérondif en français et les structures correspondantes en suédois : Étude contrastive

    Författare :Birgitta Hellqvist; Hans Kronning; Coco Norén; Hans-Petter Helland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; French gerund; infinite form; converbs; simultaneity; contrastive analysis; grammaticalisation; gérondif; forme infinie; simultanéité; analyse contrastive; grammaticalisation; Romance Languages; Romanska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The present study deals with the French gerund and the Swedish syntactic correspondences in a parallel corpus. The analysis is based on 3,988 authentic instances of the gerund and their corresponding structures in Swedish texts. LÄS MER