Sökning: "Word Formation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden Word Formation.

  1. 1. Word formation in BSL

    Författare :Mary Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Sign Language; teckenspråk;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the interlocking strands of productive morphology in British Sign Language (BSL), the language used by the Deaf Community in Britain. It examines how users of the language, 'signers', are able to create 'new* lexical items on a regular everyday basis. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Modern Icelandic Word Formation

    Författare :Yair Sapir; Henrik Williams; Raimo Raag; Veturliði Óskarsson; Gunlög Josefsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Icelandic language; Icelandic; Scandinavian; word formation; morphology; neologisms; calque; language planning; language contact; linguistic purism; Isländska; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : Icelandic is known for its conservative word formation, largely involving native sources. The main focus of the present research is to describe which mechanisms are used in forming words in Modern Icelandic. Furthermore, a postulated additional category within Icelandic complexes, introduced here under the label compilations, is examined. LÄS MER

  4. 3. La formation agentive en français : les composés [VN/A/Adv/P]N/A et les dérivés V-ant, V-eur et V-oir(e)

    Författare :Maria Rosenberg; Olof Eriksson; Mats Forsgren; Georgette Dal; Bernard Fradin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; agentive formations; agent nouns; compounds; contrastive; derivations; diachrony; French; instrument; lexeme; morphology; polysemy of agent; productivity; semantic patterns; semantics; Swedish; synchrony; VN compounds; verb stem; word formation; French language; Franska språket; French; franska;

    Sammanfattning : This study addresses the French morphological construction [VN/A/Adv/P]N/A. The main objectives are to posit a single rule for its formation and to question the implications of the agent polysemy. The theoretical framework is lexeme-based morphology, which adheres to weak lexicalism. LÄS MER

  5. 4. On the principles of word formation in Swedish

    Författare :Gunlög Josefsson; Svenska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Originator; Force; Telicity; Event measurer; LF-lexicon; PF-lexicon; List of Morphemes; Property; Thing; Event; prefix; major ontological categories; suffix; compound; derivation; linking element; asymmetry; Move; Merge; Generalized Transformations; word class; inflection;

    Sammanfattning : My thesis is an attempt to give a minimalist account of word formation in Swedish. (See Chomsky (1993) and (1994).) In the main part of my thesis I demonstrate how the proposed system accounts for the central aspects of Swedish word formation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The G-Word : Virtuosity and Violation, Negotiating and Transforming graffiti

    Författare :Jacob Kimvall; Magdalena Holdar; Hans Hayden; Håkan Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Graffiti; Graffiti Art; Street Art; Berlin Wall; Zero Tolerance; Hip-Hop; Art Institutions; Nolltolerans; Art History; Visual Analysis; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Sammanfattning : Contemporary public discussions on graffiti are characterized by co-existence of contradictory claims. On the one hand graffiti is described as vandalism, and on the other as an artistic movement. LÄS MER