Essays about: "lingvistik"
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1. The Demographic Objection and the Limits of Competence
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Epistocrats argue that political power should be distributed according to competence. Under universal suffrage the electorate at any given election will be comprised of both competent and incompetent voters due to varying degrees of knowledge and rationality within the polity. READ MORE
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2. A Grammar Sketch of Owininga
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : .... READ MORE
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3. Mood and Verbals in North Common Tulu
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : 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
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4. THE BEST GOVERNMENT BASED ON CICERO’S DE RE PUBLICA AND DE LEGIBUS
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : In Cicero’s De re publica and De legibus, Cicero established that nature would determine an ideal state but given human nature, this ideal cannot be achieved. I will discuss what kind of political organization Cicero proposes as best suited to human nature, what ways it departs from the ideal and what it preserves... READ MORE
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5. Standard Arabic and Scottish Gaelic: Shared typological features
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Although Celtic languages and Semitic languages belong to separate language families, they share numerous typological similarities that are common to Semitic languages but not shared by Standard Indo-European languages. The occurrence and the reasons for these similarities have been the focus of a whole research field, concerned with linguistic, historical, and anthropological hypotheses about possible reasons for said similarities, as well as with linguistic analyses and comparisons of specific Celtic and Semitic languages, such as Hebrew, Welsh and Breton. READ MORE