Search for dissertations about: "conceptualization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 225 swedish dissertations containing the word conceptualization.

  2. 1. Perspectives on fixedness: applied and theoretical

    Author : Jean Hudson; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptualization; grammaticalization; pragmatic inferencing; reanalysis; univerbation; English language and literature; structuration; discourse; complex adverb; salience; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : This thesis is about fixedness, or the process whereby orthographic words group together and congeal into fixed expressions that might subsequently reduce and become single words. The discussion focuses on three levels: realization, conceptualization, and discourse. READ MORE

  4. 2. Agreement with Collective Nouns in English

    Author : Magnus Levin; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; markedness; Longman Spoken American Corpus; grammatical change; corpus; conventionalization; concord; conceptualization; collective nouns; British National Corpus; British English; BNC; Australian English; American English; agreement; Agreement Hierarchy; pronouns; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik; agreement; English language; Engelsk språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It is based on material from newspaper corpora and spoken corpora. The findings suggest that dialectal, stylistic, diachronic, syntactic and semantic factors interact in the selection of singular and plural agreement. READ MORE

  5. 3. Thoughts in Motion : The Role of Long-Term L1 and Short-Term L2 Experience when Talking and Thinking of Caused Motion

    Author : Guillermo Montero-Melis; Emanuel Bylund; T. Florian Jaeger; Henriëtte Hendriks; Lars Fant; Barbara C. Malt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Linguistic relativity; language and thought; conceptualization; thinking for speaking; semantic typology; lexicalization patterns; events; caused motion; bilingualism; second language acquisition; transfer; adaptation; priming; Spanish; Swedish; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

    Abstract : This thesis is about whether language affects thinking. It deals with the linguistic relativity hypothesis, which proposes that the language we speak influences the way we think. This hypothesis is investigated in the domain of caused motion (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 4. Service Design : a conceptualization of an emerging practice

    Author : Katarina Wetter Edman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; service design; design practice; design management; user involvement; service marketing management; service-dominant logic; tjänstedesign; designpraktik; design management; användarinvolvering; Service; service design; design practice; design management; user involvement; service marketing management; Service-Dominant logic;

    Abstract : Service design is an emerging design practice with an interdisciplinary heritage. Most previousresearch has been based on what service designers do; with the increased academic interestin service design over the past decade, the time has come to conceptualize the underlyingdiscourses. READ MORE

  7. 5. Employee responsibility – Conceptualization, validation, determinants, and outcomes

    Author : Wajda Irfaeya; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personal responsibility; personal initiative; accountability; obligation; modern work life; non-managers; managers; job characteristics; job performance; job satisfaction;

    Abstract : The term 'personal responsibility' is frequently found in organizational research and heard in daily life. In the literature, the term 'responsibility' is used inconsistently, ambiguosly, and variously. As a result, some researchers describe 'responsibility' as 'an essentially contested' notion and a 'container' concept. READ MORE