Essays about: "Robert Farren"

Found 2 essays containing the words Robert Farren.

1. 1. Topicalisation and Left-Dislocation in European Portuguese

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Robert Farren; [2016]
   Keywords : clitic left-dislocation; topicalization; topicalisation; CLLD; Portuguese; intonation; prosody; pragmatics; information structure; topic; Languages and Literatures; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Topicalisation (TOP) and clitic left-dislocation (CLLD) are syntactic strategies in which some constituent occurs sentence-initially rather than in canonical position further to the right. European Portuguese is exceptional among Romance languages, as both TOP and CLLD can be used to place verbal arguments in clause-initial position. READ MORE

3. 2. Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Robert Farren; [2014]
   Keywords : Irish; Middle Irish; Old Norse; loanwords; semantic domains; lexical borrowing; Vikings; prototypicality; radial networks; semantic change.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study questions the received wisdom that surviving Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish are fewer than 50 in number and are mostly shipping-related. The eventual goal is a complete survey of all Old Norse loanwords still “in common use in modern Irish” (Greene 1976: 80), since nothing of the sort has been found in the literature. READ MORE