Sökning: "historical pragmatics"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden historical pragmatics.
1. Verbala förolämpningar i 1630-talets Uppsala : En historisk talaktsanalys
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates verbal insults recorded in judicial protocols in the Swedish university townUppsaladuring the 1630s. The aim of the study is to analyze insults as linguistic formulations and social acts in Early Modern Swedish society. LÄS MER
2. Second Person Singular Pronouns in Early Modern English Dialogues 1560-1760
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a corpus-based investigation examining thou and you from 1560 to 1760 in three speech-related genres: Trials, Depositions, and Drama Comedy. Previous research has focused on Drama Comedy; especially little attention has been paid to Depositions. LÄS MER
3. The Growth of Phrases. User-centred Design for Activity-based Voice Output Communication Aids
Sammanfattning : An activity-based vocabulary for Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) was designed and evaluated through a user-centred, iterative design process, using expressions from the Gothenburg Spoken Language Corpus as well as other recorded, natural conversations. The growth and development of the vocabulary, called Phrases, was closely linked to its evaluation. LÄS MER
4. On Causal Attribution
Sammanfattning : This dissertation treats of the problem of attributing the occurrence of an individual event or state to a single cause — a problem commonly understood either as a question of distinguishing the cause from the mere conditions or as a matter of singling out, from several causes, one cause, as the cause. The main purpose of the study is to clarify some basic concepts, and some criteria of ascertainment of the cause, that may be discerned in the literature on causal attribution. LÄS MER
5. Att ställa till en scen : Verbala konflikter i svensk dramadialog 1725–2000
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with interactional patterns in verbal disputes as portrayed in the written dialogue of Swedish drama over three centuries. The overarching aim is to contribute to research into conflict talk in Swedish dialogue, but also to contribute to historical pragmatics and linguistic stylistics. LÄS MER