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  1. 6. Triangulating Perspectives on Lexical Replacement : From Predictive Statistical Models to Descriptive Color Linguistics

    Författare :Susanne Vejdemo; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; Bernhard Wälchli; Majid Asifa; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semantics; lexical typology; semantic typology; historical linguistics; historical semantics; lexical replacement; lexical change; rate of lexical replacement; color; regression models; Swedish; English; German; Danish; Norwegian; Icelandic; method triangulation; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate lexical replacement processes from several complementary perspectives. It does so through three studies, each with a different scope and time depth. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Language contact and structural change : An Old Finnish case study

    Författare :Merlijn De Smit; Erling Wande; Kaisa Häkkinen; Raimo Anttila; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finnish; historical linguistics; language contact; Whitehead; Finnish language; Finska språket;

    Sammanfattning : The object of this study is to shed new light on both the influence exerted on Finnish by the Swedish language, and on the mechanisms by which language contact in structural domains takes place. It is argued that syntactic borrowing should be regarded as a subtype of reanalysis and extension rather than as an independent mechanism. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Objects in Time : Studies of Persistence in B-time

    Författare :Tobias Hansson Wahlberg; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; B-time; three-dimensionalism.; stage theory; tenselessness; persistence; perdurance; mereology; four-dimensionalism; dispositions; endurance; B-theory of time; change; temporary intrinsics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the conceptualization of persistence of physical, middle-sized objects within the theoretical framework of the revisionary ‘B-theory’ of time. According to the B-theory, time does not flow, but is an extended and inherently directed fourth dimension along which the history of the universe is ‘laid out’ once and for all. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Modalitet och förändring : En studie av må och kunna i fornsvenska

    Författare :Peter Andersson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modality; language; change; modals; root modality; epistemic modality; force dynamics; grammaticalization; degrammaticalization; unindirectionailty; Old Swedish; conditionals; cognitive semantics; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the development of root and non-root meanings of modal verbs through an empirical study of the verbs må and kunna in Old Swedish. Modality is taken to refer domains in which possibility contrasts with necessity. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Shallow Brooks and Rivers Wide : A Study of Lexical and Semantic Change in English Nouns Denoting Watercourse

    Författare :Gabriella Rundblad; Dieter Kastovsky; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study is intended to provide new insight into the change and stability of lexical fields by means of a new theoretical model for the identification, description and interpretation of the mechanisms of lexical and semantic change.The first part of the study is a detailed investigation of the origin and innovation of the nouns within the lexical field ‘watercourse’ in order to be able to account for the patterns of creation, especially in relation to the current status of the nouns. LÄS MER