Denne studien tar for seg bruk av dialekt i skriftspråket i debattar på tre norske nettstader. Nettstadene heiter nordlending.no, Fjordaglimt og mittglomdal.no og er knytt til nettavisene an.no (Avisa Nordland), firda.no og glomdalen.no gjennom nettsamfunnet Origo. Materialet som ligg til grunn for analysen, er sett saman av debattinnlegg som er publisert i diskusjonsfelta under saker som dei tre ...

In this thesis Optimality Theory is described in as non-linguistic terms as possible with the goal of making it possible to compare it to other theories of the mind, especially with regards to GEN, CON and EVAL. GEN is the generator of output candidates, CON are the available constraints and EVAL is a structure that evaluates the constraints based on some criteria. Connectionism, Motivational ...

The knowledge associated with lexical items can be seen as including relations of meaning across words and relations of meaning within a single word. Words that share a similarity of meaning are said to be synonyms. A word that has multiple meanings is termed polysemous. This study focuses on a set of Spanish verbs that exhibit both these features: arrojar, echar, lanzar and tirar (all can be glossed ...

This master thesis discusses the unusual phenomenon of multiple constituents in German verb second sentences. The approach is based on the topological field model. After dividing apparent multiple fronting from actual multiple fronting, several example sentences are discussed. For the analysis of two arguments in front of the finite verb a brief survey confirming the grammatically judgment completes ...

Dát dutkkus gieđahallá davvisámegiela nulla subjeavttaid. Davvisámegiella gullá gielaide, main subjeaktasátni ii álo leat oidnosis. Dán barggus iskkan, mo dán sáhttá čilget generatiivva syntávssa vuođul. Dutkansuorgin lea minimalismma prográmma. Subjeavtta ja vearbba gaskasaš soabadeapmi lea dehálaš unna pro oktavuođas ja lean dás čájehan, mo unna pro doibmá. Infinihttahámit gusket ges stuorra PRO:ii ...

The thesis discusses the metaphors used in the speeches of US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The framework is Cognitive Metaphor Theory, which introduces the idea that cognitive metaphors are conceptualizations or patterns of thought, not lingusitic phenomena, although these metaphors give rise to linguistic metaphors. The metaphorical mapping, the relations between conceptual ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om kjønnsdiskriminert språk i spansk. Målet for oppgaven er å se i hvilken grad en mannssentrert (androsentrisk) kultur gjenspeiler seg i det spanske språket. Dette gjør jeg ved å studere et utvalg spanske yrkestitler, da jeg tror at yrkeslivet kan reflektere eventuelle kjønnsforskjeller i samfunnet og således i språket. I første omgang vil jeg se om yrkestitlene har så ...

Dán čállosis geahčan movt infinitiiva doaibmá davvisámegiel syntávssas. Čilgen infinitiivvaid minimalismma teoriijja vuođul. Go lean minimalismma teoriija geahččan, de lea mu váldogáldun leamašan Adger (2004) Core syntax. A mimimalist approach. Geahčan dušše daid osiid minimalismma teoriijas, main lea mearkkašupmi mu bargui. Geahčan álggus infinitiivvaid mat leat modálavearbbaide komplemeantan, ja ...

In my thesis, I will explore applicatives in ditransitive constructions in Mandarin Chinese and English. In English we only find Low Recipient Applicatives while in Mandarin we have both Low Recipient Applicatives and Low Source Applicatives, in addition to High Applicatives of a certain kind. Motivated by the puzzle of IO interpretation in English, I compare these two languages with respect to their ...

The aim of this thesis is to provide a study of sociolinguistic aspects of the Spanish variety spoken in Cádiz, city in the province with the same name, located in Andalucía. The focus will be on the following subjects: the linguistic attitudes of the community in Cádiz towards their own speech and the use of the address forms in the same city, concentrating on the young generation. Here, the main ...