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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 69 avhandlingar innehållade orden semantic change.
1. Sparsamkeit und Geiz, Grosszügigkeit und Verschwendung : ethische Konzepte im Spiegel der Sprache
Sammanfattning : The object of this study is to analyse the lexemes and phraseological units that constitute the semantic fields employed in naming four abstract domains, greed, thrift, generosity, and extravagance that make up the ethical concept in German. On the assumption that ideas are accessible to us through the lexicalised items of a language, recent theories in the field of semantic analysis and conceptualisation were applied to the source material. LÄS MER
2. Ditransitives in Swedish : A Usage-Based Study of the Double Object Construction and Semantically Equivalent Prepositional Object Constructions 1800–2016
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the use of the Swedish double object construction (the DOC) and compares this with the use of three semantically equivalent prepositional object constructions (POCs): the till-POC, the åt-POC and the för-POC. The thesis has a diachronic perspective, investigating changes in the use of these four constructions between 1800 and 2016. LÄS MER
3. Man, en och du : Generiska pronomen i svenskans historia
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
4. Lieber Gott, mach mich fromm ... : Zum Wort und Konzept “fromm” im Wandel der Zeit
Sammanfattning : Based on current research in historical and cognitive linguistics this thesis examines the German semantic field (), partly contrasting it with its Swedish correspondent . Starting at the time of Old High German the analysis follows the historical development of word and concept, exploring how attitudes to the Christian religion are verbalised in different ages. LÄS MER
5. Semantic change in interaction: Studies on the dynamics of lexical meaning
Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis investigates how word meanings change. In particular, it's concerned semantic change at the levels of interaction and the speech community. To this end, the compiled studies employ methods from both formal and computational semantics. LÄS MER