Search for dissertations about: "dispositions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the word dispositions.
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1. Moved by Morality : An Essay on the Practicality of Moral Thought and Talk
Abstract : It is part of our everyday experience that there is a reliable connection between moral opinions and motivation. Thinking that an act is right (wrong) tends to be accompanied by motivation to (avoid to) perform the act in question. This is mirrored in moral talk. READ MORE
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2. Objects in Time : Studies of Persistence in B-time
Abstract : This thesis is about the conceptualization of persistence of physical, middle-sized objects within the theoretical framework of the revisionary ‘B-theory’ of time. According to the B-theory, time does not flow, but is an extended and inherently directed fourth dimension along which the history of the universe is ‘laid out’ once and for all. READ MORE
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3. Making sense of TV-narratives : Children's readings of a fairy tale
Abstract : The present study deals with young children's' reading and reception of television fiction. Theoretically, the study is inter-disciplinary, combining text-reader oriented approaches within literature theory and sociocultural approaches within psychology and sociology. READ MORE
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4. Bilingual and Monolingual Children's Narration : Discourse Strategies and Narrative Styles
Abstract : This thesis investigates twenty bilingual and twenty monolingual 6-year-old preschool children's discourse strategies and narrative styles. It is theoretically based on an interdiciplinary framework combining theories of narration with discourse theories. READ MORE
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5. Everyday Language Practices and the Interplay of Ideologies, Investment and Identities – Language Use and Dispositions among Young Adolescents in Multilingual Urban Settings in Sweden
Abstract : Sweden is a multilingual country, and an increasing number of children and adolescents grow up using one or more languages in additions to Swedish. This has purred an interest in multilingual practices and the educational needs of minority language children and youths. READ MORE