Essays about: "demonstratives"

Found 5 essays containing the word demonstratives.

1. 1. What do Swedish demonstratives encode? : A study of exophoric demonstrative preferences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Balder Ask Zaar; [2021]
   Keywords : Swedish demonstratives; den här; den där; semantics of demonstratives; semantic analysis of demonstratives; David Wilkins demonstrative questionnaire; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Swedish exophoric demonstratives have often been seen as words that encode distance-based concepts. Based on the studies of demonstrative systems of several other languages the view of demonstratives as distance-oriented has recently been put into question. READ MORE

3. 2. Anaphoric demonstratives in student academic writing : A cross-disciplinary study of (un)attended this and these

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Elisabete Ferreira; [2019]
   Keywords : cohesion; demonstratives; anaphoric reference; disciplinary variation; student writing;

   Abstract : Cohesive devices such as anaphoric reference play an important role in written discourse. This thesis investigates the extent to which the anaphoric demonstratives this and these are used as determiners (‘attended’) or pronouns (‘unattended’) by first-year undergraduate students from four different academic disciplines. READ MORE

4. 3. Distance and visibility in Gawri demonstratives

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Noa Lange; [2017]
   Keywords : Demonstratives; exophora; invisible; accessibility; Gawri; Hindukush Indo-Aryan; Pakistan; Demonstrativor; exofor; osynlig; tillgänglighet; gawri; Hindukush-indoariska; Pakistan;

   Abstract : This is a study of demonstratives in Gawri [ISO 639-3: gwc] (Hindukush Indo-Aryan, HKIA), based on field data collected in Islamabad, Pakistan during the winter of 2016–2017. Previous studies of HKIA languages report systems of third-person pronouns with a three-way demonstrative contrast – two terms distinguishing between proximal and distal referents, and one used with accessible referents out of sight. READ MORE

5. 4. Demonstrative contrasts in Hindukush Indo-Aryan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Noa Lange; [2016]
   Keywords : Demonstrative; Hindukush Indo-Aryan; invisible; areal typology; The Greater Hindukush; Demonstrativor; Hindukush-indoariska; osynlig; arealtypologi; The Greater Hindukush;

   Abstract : Hindukush Indo-Aryan (HKIA) is a disputed subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages spoken within a linguistically diverse area stretching from northeastern Afghanistan, across northern Pakistan to northwestern India, principally covering the mountainous region of Hindukush–Karakoram–Western Himalaya. A noteworthy feature of some of these languages is a three-way demonstrative system, or three deictic terms used by speakers to direct one another’s attention to referents at different distances in their environment. READ MORE

6. 5. A Linguistic Analysis of the Written Production of Second Language Learners : The Variation of Article Usage by Adult Chinese Learners of English

   University essay from Engelska

   Author : Junyu Wu; [2014]
   Keywords : second language acquisition; corpus linguistics; keyword analysis;

   Abstract : This study aims to test Robertson’s lexical transfer principle, which posits that Chinese learners use demonstratives (particularly this) and the numeral one as markers of definiteness and indefiniteness. This is tested by analysing Chinese learners’ written production collected from the Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners 2. READ MORE