Essays about: "conditional markers"

Found 3 essays containing the words conditional markers.

  1. 1. Mood and Verbals in North Common Tulu

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Emil Magnus Mannby; [2024]
    Keywords : Tulu; Dravidian languages; mood; inflection; morphology; finiteness;

    Abstract : In the Dravidian language Tulu, spoken in the south of present day India, in the states of Karnataka and Kerala, several verb forms exist which have hitherto been poorly described in the scientific literature. A set of these code different modal distinctions, and are thus labeled moods. READ MORE

  2. 2. Use of Deontic Consequent Clauses with Conditional to and ba in Written Japanese: Effects on Comprehension and Perceived Proficiency

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : William Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : error analysis; deontic modality; conditional markers; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study investigates the effects of violating deontic constraints on the Japanese conditional markers to and ba. Via an online survey, native speakers reviewed sentences containing violations of these constraints, evaluating their own ability to understand the sentence and the proficiency of the sentences’ authors. READ MORE

  3. 3. 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