Essays about: "syntactic movement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words syntactic movement.

1. 1. Topicalisation and Left-Dislocation in European Portuguese

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Robert Farren; [2016]
   Keywords : clitic left-dislocation; topicalization; topicalisation; CLLD; Portuguese; intonation; prosody; pragmatics; information structure; topic; Languages and Literatures; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Topicalisation (TOP) and clitic left-dislocation (CLLD) are syntactic strategies in which some constituent occurs sentence-initially rather than in canonical position further to the right. European Portuguese is exceptional among Romance languages, as both TOP and CLLD can be used to place verbal arguments in clause-initial position. READ MORE

3. 2. Should it move or should it stay? How speakers of two Basque dialects organize meaningful elements in transitive clauses

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Anne Goergens; [2015]
   Keywords : free word order; Basque; Navarrese-Lapurdian; Gipuzkoan; focus; information structure; structural priming; economy; Galdegaia; in situ; pied-piping; markedness; complexity; syntactic movement; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates word order patterns in spoken Basque for two dialects, Navarrese-Lapurdian and Gipuzkoan. The data for the analysis was elicited with stimuli pictures in an experiment in dialogue form. The 26 participants were from Hazparne (Lapurdi), Donostia, and Andoain (both Gipuzkoa). READ MORE

4. 3. Online processing of syntactic constructions unique to the second language: An eye-movement study of subject–verb agreement with Swedish advanced learners of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Josine Greidanus; [2015]
   Keywords : L2 processing; syntactic constructions unique to the L2; complex subject–verb agreement; eye-tracking; reading research; Shallow Structure Hypothesis; structural distance; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : It is a hotly debated issue whether second language (L2) learners can achieve target-like online syntactic processing of relations not instantiated in their first language (L1). The Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH) predicts that L2 learners will not process configurations with structural distance in a target-like online fashion (Clahsen & Felser, 2006 a,b,c), whereas some studies find that target-like processing is possible (e. READ MORE

5. 4. Effects of visual feedback on the temporal aspects of argumentative writing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Vesna Mirkoska; [2012]
   Keywords : visual feedback; pause; argumentative text production; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The effects of visual feedback in writing have mainly been investigated in the context of L1 handwriting and findings generally point to the detrimental effects of visual suppression, in terms of lower quality of the text, shorter clauses and lack of coherence. An investigation of visual feedback effects in computer-based L2 text production has not been undertaken yet. READ MORE

6. 5. Regular Word Order in The Wanderer

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Andrew Cooper; [2011]
   Keywords : Wanderer; eardstapa; Anglo-Saxon; Old English poetry; syntax; stæfcræft; phrase structure; free word order;

   Abstract : Background: Grammars of Old English held at least until the 1960s that word orderin Anglo-Saxon texts was essentially “free”, that is, determined entirely or primarily by stylistic choice rather than syntactic rules.  Although prose word order has been shown to be regular in several models, the same cannot be said of poetry. READ MORE