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Adjektivet <em>grann</em> i svenska dialekter [Elektronisk resurs] : En semantisk och dialektgeografisk undersökning
No full textThis study follows and describes the various ways in which the adjective grann is used in Swedish dialects. These dialects are variations of the spoken language which have developed over centuries in different parts of the country. The author believes that a study of usages and meanings of words in the dialects can contribute to the understanding of changes of meaning. Since no word-semantic study based on Swedish dialect material of this kind and scope has been made before (although there are many fine studies of semantic fields), the focus is directed toward the material and the limitations it poses on methods of analysis. A concept of semantic main word (HOsem) is introduced. Dialect-geographical methods are used to find and explain connections between usages and meanings. In this way one can, for example, show that the use of the expression grant om together with a personal subject in a part of Northern Sweden in meanings ranging from 'careful (of)' to 'fond (of)' has been developed locally, whereas the use of the adverb grant in the meaning 'clearly, sharply' with certain verbs is a loan from Denmark. The author also takes a stand in the discussion of the etymology of grann. The context in which the word grann appears is examined and collocations, idioms, proverbs, riddles, etc., in which it appears have been studied. Semantic relations such as synonyms, antonyms and homonyms are also discussed, along with the question of homonymy versus polysemy. For example, the words smal, tunn, klen, fin are very rarely synonyms, but have either the function of describing a different dimension than grann (which refers to the small dimension of a long, more-or less cylindrical object), or are equivalents, that is, they have the same meaning but have different geographical locations.</p
The adjective grann in Swedish dialect : A semantic and dialect-geographic study
No full textThis study follows and describes the various ways in which the adjective grann is used in Swedish dialects. These dialects are variations of the spoken language which have developed over centuries in different parts of the country. The author believes that a study of usages and meanings of words in the dialects can contribute to the understanding of changes of meaning. Since no word-semantic study based on Swedish dialect material of this kind and scope has been made before (although there are many fine studies of semantic fields), the focus is directed toward the material and the limitations it poses on methods of analysis. A concept of semantic main word (HOsem) is introduced. Dialect-geographical methods are used to find and explain connections between usages and meanings. In this way one can, for example, show that the use of the expression grant om together with a personal subject in a part of Northern Sweden in meanings ranging from 'careful (of)' to 'fond (of)' has been developed locally, whereas the use of the adverb grant in the meaning 'clearly, sharply' with certain verbs is a loan from Denmark. The author also takes a stand in the discussion of the etymology of grann. The context in which the word grann appears is examined and collocations, idioms, proverbs, riddles, etc., in which it appears have been studied. Semantic relations such as synonyms, antonyms and homonyms are also discussed, along with the question of homonymy versus polysemy. For example, the words smal, tunn, klen, fin are very rarely synonyms, but have either the function of describing a different dimension than grann (which refers to the small dimension of a long, more-or less cylindrical object), or are equivalents, that is, they have the same meaning but have different geographical locations.Doktorsavhandling vid Uppsala universitet, 1993.</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
En ny svensk etymologisk ordbok
Get PDFAnmelt værk:Birgitta Ernby: Norstedts etymologiska ordbok. Stockholm: NorstedtsAkademiska Förlag 2008
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Vem läser en dialektordbok? - Vem skriver vi för?
Get PDFThat writers of dialect dictionaries have had different categories of readers in mind is apparent from their prefaces, their choice of given information and their presentation of it. This is illustrated by examples from different dialect dictionaries, both regional and local, as well as from the two earlier dictionaries covering all of Sweden by J. Ihre and J. E. Rietz, respectively. The new Swedish Dialect Dictionary undertakes to present all the Swedish dialects in present-day Sweden to schalars as well as to interested laymen. Our approach to this task is ill ustrated by an article from the dictionary. F inally, same changes in progress are presented. These focus on making the dictionary easier to use, especially for the layman. They also include providing some encyclopedical data for the better understanding of words denoting objects, processes, etc., from a rural environment little known to the reader oftoday or ofthe future
Historisk lexikografi i praktiken. Om momentordningen i SAOB
Get PDFThe Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) aims to describe the historicaldevelopment of Swedish language from 1521 to the present. The first volume waspublished in 1898, and the latest in 2005, ending with the word tojs. During this timesemantic theory as well as lexicographical practice has changed and changes havebeen made in SAOB, but in all essentials we still follow the lines of direction laidout in the beginning. In this paper I focus on the presentation order in SAOB.Principles of choosing first meaning are discussed, especially the principle ofchoosing as first meaning the one which corresponds closest to the original oneaccording to the etymology of the word, as opposed to the first one according to thechronology of quotations. Logical versus chronological presentation order ofmeanings in historical dictionaries is also discussed. In SAOB the first meaning ischosen according to the etymological principle, and the following meanings areprimarily presented according to the tradition of logical development of meanings.However, the chronology of the quotations is also taken into consideration. Equally,although we do not embrace the views of natural hierarchy held by our predecessors,we continue to use their presentation order of homographs (male before femalebefore neuter, for example) for practical reasons and reasons of continuity
Ellips – ett beskrivningsproblem i en historisk ordbok
Get PDFWe often use ellipsis in spoken and written language. We shorten and leave out where the context will show what we mean. In time, elliptical uses may become established and form new words. A common type of shortening in Swedish is the exclusion of one of the elements of a compound word so that only one of the elements remains, the first element (spark from sparkstötting) or the last (konvalj from liljekonvalj). In a historical dictionary, like the SAOB, ellipsis can sometimes cause problems. Compounds are presented under the word which forms the first element, the headword. However, the elliptical form of a compound may well be identical to one of its original elements, and it can sometimes be difficult to separate the ellipsis from the element. Also, new compounds can be created with an elliptical form as one of the elements, and in practice it may be impossible to know whether a compound is a primary formation or contains an ellipsis. Furthermore, it can be difficult to judge whether a particular meaning of a simplex form is the result of an ellipsis of a compound, or whether it is a case of change of meaning in the original word. To follow a logical or chronological model can consequently meet with difficulties when ellipsis is involved. In my paper I will discuss the presentation of ellipsis in the SAOB
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