Sökning: "Predication"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 uppsatser innehållade ordet Predication.

  1. 1. ‘NOTHING IS IN VAIN': Non-Standard Negation and Cyclical Change in Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Aron Zahran; [2023-10-31]
    Nyckelord :Engelska; Bantu; Morphosyntax; Historical Linguistics; Grammaticalization; Descriptive Linguistics; Typology; Negation; Possessive Predication; Locational Predication; Negative Existentials; Semantic Change;

    Sammanfattning : This work concerns the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of an item bule in the under described Tanzanian Bantu languages, Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo. Through collection and analysis of field data, it is shown that the original adverbial element bule ‘for free, in vain, for no reason’ has developed a wide range of functions within the domain of non-standard negation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. On Predicating Is it done non-committally?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Författare :Erik Jansson; [2023-01-24]
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    Sammanfattning : Two proponents of the Act-Based view on propositions, Hanks and Soames, have taken two different stances on how we should view predication. Soames views it as a non-committal act and Hanks views it as a committal act. Hanks has argued that Soames’s view is incoherent. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Johanna Åberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

    Sammanfattning : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. LÄS MER

  5. 4. "Särskilt sådana som ändå ska utvisas" : En kritisk diskursanalys av Sverigedemokraternas partiledare Jimmie Åkessons sommartal i Almedalen 2022.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Författare :Sofia Olsson; Ellen Härgestam; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Discourse Historical Approach; DHA; Sverigedemokraterna; Jimmie Åkesson; Almedalen; The Other; othering; discursive constructions; Kritisk diskursanalys; CDA; DHA; Discourse Historical Approach; Sverigedemokraterna; Jimmie Åkesson; Almedalen; Den Andre; andrafiering; diskursiva konstruktioner;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the discursive constructions of a right-wing populist politician, especially examining the discursive constructions of immigrants. The study focuses on Sverigedemokraterna, examining the party leader Jimmie Åkesson, during a speech in Almedalsveckan 2022. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Locative clauses and existential constructions in Khowar

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Författare :Hilda Appelgren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Khowar; locative clauses; existential clauses; non-verbal predication; Hindu Kush;

    Sammanfattning : The current study investigates how locative clauses and existential constructions are realized and differentiated in the language of Khowar [ISO 693–3: khw] (Hindu Kush Indo-Aryan, HKIA). Khowar is one of several under-researched languages in the Hindu Kush, and as of yet there is no comprehensive description of its linguistic structure. LÄS MER