Essays about: "experiencer"

Found 3 essays containing the word experiencer.

1. 1. Adjectives expressing sadness in Swedish and English : A contrastive lexical analysis

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Sandra Magni; [2023]
   Keywords : sadness; lexical typology; predicative; attributive; experiencer; stimulus; edsenhet; lexikal typologi; predikativ; attributiv; upplevare; stimulus;

   Abstract : This study examines how Swedish and English adjectives relating to the semantic domain of SADNESS are used and what some of their semantic and syntactic characteristics are. The primary objectives of this study are to determine whether the adjectives in question are used more often attributively or predicatively, whether they are used more frequently along with the semantic role of stimulus or experiencer and whether there are any syntactic, semantic or lexical disparities in how Swedish and English encode the domain of SADNESS. READ MORE

3. 2. Unagi-sentences in Japanese and Korean: A comparative study based on acceptability judgments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ante Kärrman; [2017]
   Keywords : unagi-sentence; Japanese; Korean; topic-comment; frame setter; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Unagi-sentences are, as defined in this thesis, sentences where there is a mismatch between the literal interpretation of the sentence and its meaning in context, often accompanying an apparent violation of selection restrictions of the predicate. This thesis argues that the phenomenon of unagi-sentences shows more variation than previously thought, as well as provides a much needed comparison of the use and underlying structures of unagi-sentences in Japanese and Korean. READ MORE

4. 3. Long Object Shift does not apply to objects

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Mikael Berger; [2015]
   Keywords : Object Shift; Long Object Shift; argument structures; Case assignment; θ-role assignment; transitivity; Old Swedish; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The term 'Object Shift' means that a weak object pronoun has been raised to a position to the left of a sentence adverbial. In Swedish, there are mainly two positions to which a weak object pronoun can be raised; one of them is called 'Long Object Shift' or 'LOS'. READ MORE