Sökning: "grammaticalization"

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  1. 6. From Interaction to Grammar : Estonian Finite Verb Forms in Conversation

    Författare :Leelo Keevallik; Raimo Raag; Bengt Nordberg; Auli Hakulinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Estonian language; Particles; grammar; grammaticalization; interactional linguistics; pragmatics; telephone conversation; conversation analysis; Estonian; Estniska; Estonian language; Estniska språket;

    Sammanfattning : This study contributes to the research tradition of interactional linguistics. It demonstrates how interactional patterns and sequences of actions are, or emerge as, part of the syntagmatic structure of a language, and why the transitions from interaction to grammar as well as from content to function items, are to be regarded as gradual and continuous. LÄS MER

  3. 7. 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

  4. 8. Passive voices : be-, get- and prepositional passives in recent American English

    Författare :Sarah Schwarz; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Anne Curzan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; passive voice; get-passive; prepositional passive; corpus linguistics; American English; historical syntax; adversativity; situation type; thematic role; affectedness; prescriptivism; colloquialization; grammaticalization; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American English. Empirical, corpus methods are employed in order to examine the syntactic, semantic, and stylistic preferences of three English passive constructions across time and genre in American English. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Perspectives on fixedness: applied and theoretical

    Författare :Jean Hudson; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptualization; grammaticalization; pragmatic inferencing; reanalysis; univerbation; English language and literature; structuration; discourse; complex adverb; salience; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about fixedness, or the process whereby orthographic words group together and congeal into fixed expressions that might subsequently reduce and become single words. The discussion focuses on three levels: realization, conceptualization, and discourse. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Man, en och du : Generiska pronomen i svenskans historia

    Författare :Sanna Skärlund; Svenska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; generic pronouns; language change; grammaticalization; subjectification; Swedish; man; en; du; Old Swedish; semantic change; syntactic change; generic pronouns; language change; grammaticalization; subjectification; Swedish; man; en; du; Old Swedish; semantic change; syntactic change;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the development of three generic pronouns in the history of the Swedish language, from the year of ca. 1225 until today. LÄS MER