Essays about: "small clauses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words small clauses.

1. 1. Describing scent : On the translation of hyphenated premodifiers in a text about perfume

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Evelina Magnusson; [2021]
   Keywords : translation studies; English; Swedish; hyphenated premodifiers; noun modification; explication; simplification;

   Abstract : This small-scale study examines the translation of a text about perfumes, focusing on how hyphenated premodifiers in the English source text were translated into Swedish. A quantitative analysis was carried out, where the various premodifying structures present in the source text were identified and categorized according to their individual constituents and frequencies of the various categories were calculated. READ MORE

3. 2. Mandatory Retirement’s Effect on Mutual Agreement Severance Pay : Evidence from a Swedish Reform

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Henning Ottmer; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : With a novel approach, I study the utility of mandatory retirement clauses in labor contracts, by using severance payment deals to measure employers’ willingness to pay to get rid of olderworkers. I compile a data set covering 5,363 incidences of severance payments from a sampleof Swedish public employers. READ MORE

4. 3. The Swedish absolute reflexive construction in a cross-linguistic perspective

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Alice Bondarenko; [2020]
   Keywords : absolute reflexive; reflexive verb; aggressive verb; antipassive; reciprocal; Swedish; grammaticalization; absolut reflexiv; reflexivt verb; aggressivt verb; antipassiv; reciproka verb; svenska; grammatikalisering;

   Abstract : Swedish has the absolute reflexive construction, where a reflexive marker appears to be usedas an antipassive marker. Similar constructions, with omitted objects and reflexive marking on the verb, are found in Slavic and Baltic languages and is only possible with a small set of verbs. READ MORE

5. 4. Gender differences in syntactic complexity amongst Swedish L2 learners of English

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Adam John; [2019]
   Keywords : syntactic complexity; gender; L2 learners; ULEC; linear regression;

   Abstract : Internationally, female L2 learners of English are believed to outperform males in all areas including writing. However, in the context of Sweden, the gender gap has been reducing in recent decades. READ MORE

6. 5. Swedish relative clause extractions: The Small Clause Hypothesis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för svenska, danska och isländska, tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Christiane Müller; [2014]
   Keywords : acceptability judgement test; extraction; island constraints; locality; relative clauses; small clauses; syntax; Swedish; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : On the basis of data from Swedish, this thesis investigates the Small Clause Hypothesis put forth by Kush et al. (2013). The hypothesis is suggested to account for the rare possibility of relative clause extraction, a phenomenon that poses a challenge for syntactic theories of locality. READ MORE