Search for dissertations about: "Gesture and linguistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Gesture and linguistics.

2. 1. I tweet like I talk : Aspects of speech and writing on Twitter

   Author : Peter Wikström; Erica Sandlund; Solveig Granath; Andrea C. Schalley; Ruth Page; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social media; Twitter; speech; writing; orality; literacy; CMC; remediation; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates linguistic and metalinguistic practices in everyday Twitter discourse in relation to aspects of speech and writing. The overarching aim is to investigate how the spoken–written interface is reconfigured in the digital writing spaces of social media. READ MORE

4. 2. Gesture as a Communication Strategy in Second Language Discourse : A Study of Learners of French and Swedish

   Author : Marianne Gullberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second language acquisition; communication strategies; applied linguistics; gestures; Lingvistik; Linguistics; French; Swedish;

   Abstract : Gesture is always mentioned in descriptions of compensatory behaviour in second language discourse, yet it has never been adequately integrated into any theory of Communication Strategies (CSs). This study suggests a method for achieving such an integration. READ MORE

5. 3. Representing discourse referents in speech and gesture

   Author : Sandra Debreslioska; Språkinlärning; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; discourse; gestures; bimodal reference; narrative; German; cohesion; speech-gesture co-expressivity; speech-gesture relationship; language production; language perception; elicitation task; reaction time experiment; psycholinguistics;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the way that speech and gestures are used together to represent referents in discourse. The starting point is the generally acknowledged observation that gestures are a constitutive part of language (Kendon, 2004; McNeill, 1992). READ MORE

6. 4. A comparative study of Yucatec Maya Sign Languages

   Author : Josefina Safar; Johanna Mesch; Olivier Le Guen; Victoria Nyst; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Yucatec Maya Sign Language; Yucatec Maya; Mexico; Mesoamerica; shared sign language; village sign language; language emergence; language evolution; sociolinguistic variation; gesture-sign interface; grammaticalisation; lexicalisation; cardinal numbers; size-and-shape specifiers; translanguaging; noun-verb distinction; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : In my dissertation, I focus on the documentation and comparison of indigenous sign languages in Yucatán, Mexico. I conducted fieldwork in four Yucatec Maya communities with a high incidence of deafness. READ MORE

7. 5. Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language : From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs

   Author : Marianna Hatzopoulou; Brita Bergman; Richard P. Meier; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; deaf children; Greek Sign Language; personal pronouns; pointing; pointing signs; reference; sign language acquisition; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the emergence of the linguistic use of pointing as first- and non-first-person pronoun in Greek Sign Language. Despite the similarity in form between the pointing gesture and pronominal pointing signs, children acquiring sign language pass through the same stages and acquire personal pronouns at about the same age as children acquiring spoken language. READ MORE