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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 uppsatser innehållade ordet grammaticalization.
11. Variation of English passives used by Swedes : A corpus-based study of the usage of be-passives and get-passives
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the grammatical constructions of be-and get-passives and their usage by Swedes writing in English. The investigation is based on findings from four different corpora, two of which were compiled for the purpose of this study. LÄS MER
12. Exploring a recent grammatical change : A corpus-based investigation of the core modals will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to in newspapers and blogs written by Swedes
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate how the modal auxiliaries will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to are used to express futurity by individuals whose first language is Swedish. The study is corpus based, and the corpora used in this study consist of Swedish newspapers in English (SWENC) and material from blogs which are written in English by Swedes (BESC). LÄS MER
13. Expressive Particles in Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek and Kurdish
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskapSammanfattning : A common feature in the Balkan Sprachbund is the use of expressive particles, such as bre, be, vre, re, more, mori and ma in colloquial speech. In some sources the origin of the particles has been claimed to be the Greek moros, 'moron'. LÄS MER
14. (A)rise and (a)wake : An investigation of two verb pairs
Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för humanioraSammanfattning : In this corpus-based study, the two verb pairs arise and rise and awake and wake are investigated. The paper focuses on seven research questions that are related to the meanings of the verbs in question, the semantic specialisations of those verbs, and the semantic relation of the specific verb pair constituents. LÄS MER
15. Att hålla stilen
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/JapanskaSammanfattning : Japanska anses ofta vara obevekligt i sitt artighetsspråk i det att råder ett direkt samband mellan artighetsnivån i ett samtal och den sociala kontexten, något som beskrivs av exempelvis Harada (1976). Denna uppsats ifrågasätter detta, likt tidigare studier av Cook (1996b; 1998; 2006), Maynard (1991; 1993) och Ikuta (1983). LÄS MER