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Showing 1 to 20 of 413 for “"Swedish"”.
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Swedish Word Accents
"Swedish words are assigned one of two possible melodic contours. These have traditionally been called accent 1 and 2. ""It has been demonstrated... that the distinction between Accent 1 and Accent 2 is in the timing of a HL pattern relative to the stressed syllable"" (Bailey 1990). For tone …
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Prosodic Phrasing in Spontaneous Swedish
… related studies on prosodic phrasing in Swedish, since a spontaneous, Southern Swedish speech material is investigated. The study is, however, not primarily intended as a study of the Southern Swedish dialect; rather Southern Swedish is used as a convenient object on which to test various …
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On the Swedish pitch accents
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1995.
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Swedish word accents in sentence perspective
Abstract is not available
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Alcohol Use in Swedish Halls of Residence
In the year 2000, the alcohol habits of 1460 Swedish university students living in residence halls were assessed. The students had a mean age of 23.8 years, and 64% were male. The results from this baseline assessment show that the mean AUDIT score (± sd) was 10.3 ± 5.2 for males and 8.1 ± 4.7 for …
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Strategic Analysis of the Swedish Prison & Probation Service
This study examines the strategic analysis of the Swedish Prison & Probation Service, and how it is perceived by employees at Kumla Prison. The strategic analysis was conducted by examining and comparing official information to a strategic framework by Steinþórsson (2003b), based on four …
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Small Clauses in Swedish : Towards a Unified Account
… account of the small clauses involved in Swedish object-with-infinitive constructions (ECM), object predicative constructions and absolute constructions. In the present framework, this similarity is conceptually appealing and is also supported by empirical data. My account extends to other …
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Dealing with Intergenerational Disagreements. Parental Authority in Swedish Families
… disagreements. The first aspect dealt with Swedish parents' preferences for discipline with respect to the national emphasis on child democracy. Parents of preschool children were interviewed so as to examine their responses to hypothetical situations typical of common child misbehavior and …
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Downsizing: Personnel Reductions at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, 1915-1939
… investigates how a state-owned enterprise, the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, reduced its labour inputs because of changed consumer preferences and mechanization in the 1920s and 1930s. By combining qualitative and quantitative evidence, the study addresses questions about the ways of achieving …
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Swedish Social Welfare and its Application to American Welfare Systems
<p>Swedish Social Welfare and its Application to American Welfare Systems concerns itself with the issue of determining the origins of the modern Swedish social welfare system. Additionally, the causes behind the formation of the system are evaluated for their relevancy concerning the formation of …
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Myth and respectability in Swedish and Dutch fascism, 1931-40
… Dutch National Socialist Movement (NSB) and the Swedish National Socialist Workers’ Party (NSAP), using a cultural pragmatic approach to analyse the practicalities and implementation of mythopoeia comparatively. A variety of fascist performances, scripted and unscripted, are considered as having …
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Lagom: Intersects of nationalism and populism in Swedish parliamentary elections
… are not the first nationalist party to enter the Swedish parliament, but are the first to survive multiple parliamentary elections and are currently the third largest party in parliament. This thesis argues the Sverigedemokraterna do not constitute a political party, but remain a populist movement …
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Shaping Justice : Defining the disability benefit category in Swedish social policy
… qualifies to be characterised as disability in Swedish social security legislation and which principles are used to decide who is entitled to social security benefit as disabled. The thesis brings into focus which definitions of needs and criteria that are found 'worthy' and acceptable to …
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A comparative analysis of Keynesian and Swedish theory of economic fluctuations
… is to examine critically both Keynesian and Swedish theories of economic fluctuations. It is a well known fact that in Sweden K. Wicksell was very skeptical about Say's law. With his skepticism, Wicksell occupied a position close to Keynes' General Theory. However, Wicksell could not present …
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Home Swede Home: The Archaeology of Swedish Cultural Identity at a Western Homestead
… site under the direction of Dr. Mark Warner at a Swedish homestead just east of Troy, Idaho. The field school unearthed a plethora of historical artifacts including metal, glass, ceramic, and faunal items left behind by the inhabitants of the Johanson homestead in Nora, Idaho. Historical …
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