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1. 16. The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words : A Diachronic Study

   Författare :Donald MacQueen; Merja Kytö; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; number-word universals; historical corpus linguistics; variationist study; American vs British English; newspapers; grammaticalization; iconicity; gradience; English language; Engelska språket; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Sammanfattning : This corpus-based variationist study traces the history of the English number word MILLION from its first attested use in the 14th century, focusing on the diachronic shift in function from one of heading its noun phrase (NP), as in the obsolescent (Obs) construction three millions of citizens, to one of a post-determiner of its NP head, as in Present-day English (PdE) three million citizens. The authentic historical materials used include both numerous electronic linguistic corpora and, more innovatively, very-large-scale general collections available online, especially historical newspaper collections from the US and UK comprising tens of billions of words. LÄS MER

3. 17. Utan minne inget liv : en analys av Valentin Rasputins "Avsked från Matëra" och Čingiz Ajtmatovs "Och dagen varar längre än ett sekel"

   Författare :Kerstin Olofsson; Peter Alberg Jensen; Jostein Børtnes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rasputin; Valentin Grigorʹevič; 1937-; Ajtmatov; Čingiz Torekulovič; 1928-2008;

   Sammanfattning : The point of departure for this dissertation is the interest in memory that has characterized Soviet cultural life during the 1970s and early 1980s. This theme is developed through an examination of the role of memory in two noted works of the period - Valentin Rasputin's Farewell to Matyora from 1976 and Chingiz Aitmatov's And the Day is Longer Than a Century from 1980. LÄS MER

4. 18. Das präteritale Konzept im Frühneuhochdeutschen : Zur Distribution von Präteritum und präteritalem Perfekt in Flugschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts

   Författare :Camilla Amft; Stefan Mähl; Elvira Glaser; Mechthild Habermann; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Präteritumschwund; tense; present perfect; preterite; present perfect readings; tense change; tense variation; Early High German; pamphlets; Präteritumschwund; Perfektausweitung; Perfekt; Präteritum; Perfektlesarten; Tempus; Frühneuhochdeutsch; Flugschriften; German; Tyska;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the decline of the preterite tense, referred to as der Oberdeutsche Präteritumschwund (Upper German Preterite Loss), in favour of the present perfect tense. Its main focus is to examine and compare the distribution of the two tenses. LÄS MER

5. 19. The extended voice : Instances of myth in the Indo-European corpus

   Författare :Peter Jackson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Indo-European poetics; Vedic religion; Greek religion; pre-Christian Scandinavian religion; myth; oral tradition; oral literature; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Proceeding from the presence of recurrent, poetic phrases and verbal collocations in early texts composed in Indo-European languages, this study is an attempt to elucidate some fundamental problems of myth, tradition and culture. The scholarly study of Indo-European religions and mythology-initiated during the 19th century and proceeding up to modem times with varying success-has often been devoted to the task of restoring a homogeneous system of Indo-European religious beliefs by searching for deep-seated reflexes of such a system in the historically attainable cultures. LÄS MER