Essays about: "Carl-Staffan Svenbro"

Found 2 essays containing the words Carl-Staffan Svenbro.

1. 1. Is the development of the English progressive in L1 children a U-shaped curve?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Carl-Staffan Svenbro; [2019]
   Keywords : progressive aspect; overgeneralization; U-Shaped development; L1; children; stative verbs; child language development; Eve; Adam; Sarah; Brown corpus; Carterette and Jones corpus; pattern-matching algorithm; adjusted frequencies; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay is concerned with whether the progressive aspect is overgeneralized by children, using it with stative verbs. The study targets the age interval 1 to 10 years and adults. The matter was investigated in several child corpora and adult corpora. READ MORE

3. 2. Which vs. that: a corpus study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Carl-Staffan Svenbro; [2017]
   Keywords : subject gap; queries; query; British English; American English; corpora; corpus; restrictive; object gap; relevance index; frequency index; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Based on corpora and earlier studies, this paper mainly attempts to answer the question how constructions of restrictive [i]which[/i] and [i]that[/i] have developed in comparison to one another in American and British English news until today. Corpus queries are designed to match patterns of particular object and subject gap constructions, such as [i]I like the ball that/which is green[/i] with subject gap and [i]It is the toy that/which I prefer[/i], which has object gap. READ MORE