Essays about: "Tense and aspect"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words Tense and aspect.

  1. 11. Conditional Constructions in Damascus Arabic : Form and meaning

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Jenni Jalonen; [2017]
    Keywords : linguistics; semitic languages; Arabic; dialect; dialectology; Damascus; Damascus Arabic; conditionals; conditional constructions; lingvistik; semitiska språk; arabiska; konditionalsatser; dialektologi; dialekt; damaskus; damaskusarabiska;

    Abstract : This paper treats the relationship between form and meaning in conditional constructions in Damascus Arabic (DA). More specifically, it treats two, main formal categories of DA conditional constructions: the conditional marker and the verb morphology and, further, how these are related to various degrees of conditional hypotheticality. READ MORE

  3. 12. Only for the rich? Low-carbon energy transition in the Vauban (Freiburg, Germany)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Sophie Schwer; [2017]
    Keywords : Energy justice; Vauban; Freiburg; Energy Transition; Urban development; inequality; renewable energy; Science General;

    Abstract : This thesis examines a local low-carbon energy transition in an urban context with regard to energy justice. It takes the Vauban district in Freiburg (Germany) as a case study which has been described as a successful case of energy transition and a model for sustainable urban development. READ MORE

  4. 13. Processing of tense and aspect manipulations on-line in the first and second language: a self-paced reading study with Russian advanced learners of English.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Elena Eriksson; [2016]
    Keywords : tense-aspect agreement violations; self-paced reading; L1 processing; L2 processing; present perfect; tense; Aspect; telicity; L1 interference; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present study investigates how native speakers of British English (n=12) and advanced Russian learners of English (n=24) handle two types of tense-aspect mismatches: present perfect mismatches, where the present perfect form does not match the preceding adverbial (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 14. Fusion, exponence, and flexivity in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Rönnqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : Hindukush; language contact; areal typology; morphological typology; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

    Abstract : Surrounding the Hindukush mountain chain is a stretch of land where as many as 50 distinct languages varieties of several language meet, in the present study referred to as “The Greater Hindukush” (GHK). In this area a large number of languages of at least six genera are spoken in a multi-linguistic setting. READ MORE

  6. 15. Case and case alignment in the Greater Hindukush : An areal-typological survey

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Richard Kowalik; [2015]
    Keywords : Case; case alignment; grammatical relations; Hindukush; areal typology; Indo-Iranian; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski; Turkic; Kasus; kasusmarkeringssystem; grammatiska relationer; Hindukush; areal typologi; indo-iranska; tibetoburmanska; burushaski; turkspråk;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns languages in the Greater Hindukush, the area in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, where a total of about 50 languages are spoken. The thesis’ topic is case systems and case alignment systems of nouns in an areal-typological perspective. This is investigated by using a representative sample. READ MORE