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Showing 1 to 20 of 526 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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Extraction from relative clauses in Swedish
… of extraction from relative clauses (ERC) in Swedish, where a phrase outside a relative clause (RC) is related to a gap or a resumptive pronoun inside the RC. The aim of the study is to provide an analysis of Swedish ERC-sentences based on spontaneously produced examples, questionnaire data, …
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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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Signal box optimisation at the Swedish railway
The transport sector faces major challenges in meeting the increasing demands of energy. Work is carried out to optimize energy consumption in the railway signalling system. However, no studies have been made of what the actual power requirement is for the signal boxes along the railway. This …
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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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On Dental Caries and Dental Erosion in Swedish Young Adults
… dental caries and dental erosion in a cohort of Swedish 20 year-olds, with special reference to the influence of previous caries experience and lifestyle as well as parental, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors. Material and Methods: The study was prospective, longitudinal and cross-sectional …
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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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Dynamic Investment Models, Employment Generation and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Data
… modified model. Using both simulated data and Swedish 2-digit sectoral data for the manufacturing industry, we show that the main argument of the real options model – that the responses of the capital stock to demand shocks are weaker at higher levels of uncertainty – still holds, implying that …
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