Essays about: "lexical typology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words lexical typology.

1. 6. A micro-typological study of Pashai varieties in Afghanistan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Vanessa Quasnik; [2019]
   Keywords : Hindu Kush; Indo-Aryan languages; micro-typology; Pashai; Hindu Kush; Indoariska språk; microtypology; Pashai;

   Abstract : The Hindu Kush region stretches from Afghanistan over Pakistan to North India and is home to what is commonly known as the Dardic languages. The Dardic langagues are a group of Indo-Aryan languages that have in isolation and under contact developed or retained features that can not be found in Indo-Aryan languages outside the region. READ MORE

3. 7. Quantifying loanwords: A study of borrowability in the Finnish lexicon

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

   Author : Sandra Cronhamn; [2018]
   Keywords : loanwords; Finnish; Uralic languages; language contact; borrowing; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The current study set out to investigate patterns of loanwords in a sample of 1,460 lexical meanings in the Finnish lexicon by means of quantitative methods. The methodology used was borrowed from the Loanword Typology project (Haspelmath & Tadmor 2009a), and consisted of a template including various fields, where information about each lexical item was coded. READ MORE

4. 8. Kinship terminology in the greater Hindu Kush

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Jane Ogawa; [2018]
   Keywords : Kinship terms; Hindu Kush; areal semantics; lexical typology;

   Abstract : This is a study of the kinship terminology used for one’s parents and their siblings in the languages in the greater Hindu Kush area (GHK). GHK stretches over the mountainous borderlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and India and homes a range of various languages from six different genera, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman, and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

5. 9. Nouns on fire in Mainland Scandinavian : A lexico-typological study of selected nouns referring to FIRE in Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål) and Swedish

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Carolina Lindmark; [2017]
   Keywords : Typology; semantics; lexical typology; lexical frames; fire; nouns; compounds; parameters;

   Abstract : The current study investigates the use of a selected group of nouns in the domain of FIRE in written Mainland Scandinavian languages, i.e. Danish, Norwegian (bokmål) and Swedish. READ MORE

6. 10. Metaphorical uses of verbs of animal sounds in Swedish

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Vilma Couturier Kaijser; [2017]
   Keywords : metaphor; Swedish; verbs of sound; verbs of animal sound; combinatorial lexical typology; metafor; svenska; ljudverb; lexikal typologi; verb;

   Abstract : Animals often act as source domain is metaphorical shifts. In European languages, there are often several lexicalised verbs for specific sounds with a prototypical animal as subject. READ MORE