Essays about: "existential clauses"

Found 2 essays containing the words existential clauses.

1. 1. Locative clauses and existential constructions in Khowar

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Hilda Appelgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Khowar; locative clauses; existential clauses; non-verbal predication; Hindu Kush;

   Abstract : The current study investigates how locative clauses and existential constructions are realized and differentiated in the language of Khowar [ISO 693–3: khw] (Hindu Kush Indo-Aryan, HKIA). Khowar is one of several under-researched languages in the Hindu Kush, and as of yet there is no comprehensive description of its linguistic structure. READ MORE

3. 2. Acquiring distributional patterns in a closely related second language : Referent introduction, maintenance and prefield constituents in Dutch and Swedish

   University essay from Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Josefin Lindgren; [2010]
   Keywords : L2 acquisition; Dutch; Swedish; information structure; referent introduction; referent maintenance; prefield constituents; Carroll von Stutterheim; Bohnacker Rosén;

   Abstract : This paper presents an explorative study of informal written narratives and oral picture descriptions in the native language as well as in the second language (L2) of six intermediate/advanced Dutch L1 learners of Swedish. Data from six Swedish L1 native controls, performing the same tasks as the learners, were also collected. READ MORE