Essays about: "Erik Svärd"

Found 3 essays containing the words Erik Svärd.

  1. 1. Grammatical gender in New Guinea

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2015]
    Keywords : agreement; grammatical gender; indexation; New Guinea; Papuan languages; typology; grammatiskt genus; indexering; kongruens; Nya Guinea; papuanska språk; typologi;

    Abstract : The present study investigates the gender systems of 20 languages in the New Guinea region, an often overlooked area in typological research. The languages were classified with five criteria used by Di Garbo (2014) to classify gender systems of African languages. READ MORE

  3. 2. Discourse Markers in Dardic Languages : Palula ba and ta in a comparative perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2014]
    Keywords : Dardic; Indo-Aryan; Chitral; Palula; Dameli; discourse; topic; conjunctions; Shina; Kohistani; dardiska; indoariska; Chitral; palula; dameli; diskurs; topik; konjunktioner; shina; kohistani;

    Abstract : The present study investigates discourse markers in Dardic languages (Indo-Aryan; Pakistan), focusing on the discourse markers ba and ta in Palula in comparison with other languages of the region, particularly Dameli in which two markers with the same form and similar functions have been observed. The results showed that Palula ba functions as a topic-marker, in addition to other functions, whereas ta only signals subsequence, except in an adversative construction ta. READ MORE

  4. 3. Selected Topics in the Grammar of Nalca

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2013]
    Keywords : grammar; Mek languages; Nalca; New Guinea; New Testament; Papuan languages; parallel text; grammatik; Irian Jaya; mek; nalca; Nya Guinea; Nya Testamentet; papuanska språk; parallelltext;

    Abstract : The present study analyzes a selection of topics in the grammar of Nalca (Mek language; Papua), with a focus on verbs and nominals. No published grammar or dictionary is available for Nalca, but a translation of the New Testament was used as a parallel text. READ MORE