Search for dissertations about: "indeterminacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word indeterminacy.

2. 1. Free Ensemble Improvisation

   Author : Harald Stenström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; aleatorics; artistic research; attractor state; central tone; chaotic systems; collective understanding; comprovisation; conceptual model; directed motion; ensemble size; feedback and feedforward; free ensemble improvisation; gesture; importance of rhythm; indeterminacy; interactional skill; listening skill; musical evaluation; musical interaction; musical maturity; musical chemistry; musical interpretation; musical composition; non-idiomatic improvisation; rhythmic flow; sound properties; stylistic influences;

   Abstract : The aim of this doctoral project has been to study so-called non-idiomatic improvisation in ensembles consisting of two or three musicians who play together without any restrictions regarding style or genre and without having predetermined what is to be played or how they should play. The background to this thesis has been the author’s own free improvising, which he has pursued since 1974, and the questions that have arisen whilst music-making. READ MORE

4. 2. (De)coding Modality : The Case of Must, May, Måste and Kan

   Author : Anna Wärnsby; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; semiotics; syntax; modal verbs; modality; English-Swedish Parallel Corpus; epistemic; deontic; dynamic; indeterminacy; Controllability; Transitivity; Data Mining; pragmatics; Engelska språk och litteratur ; semantics; Grammar; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Abstract : This study investigates the mechanisms of (de)coding modality, focusing on the interpretation of utterances containing the modals must, may, måste, and kan. The main research question posed in this study is what enables the interlocutors to interpret modal expressions so that communicative goals are achieved. READ MORE

5. 3. Currency Markets - Equilibrium and Expectations

   Author : Joakim Ekstrand; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Economics; econometrics; Indeterminacy; Overlapping Generations; Temporary Equilibrium; Currency Prices; Exchange Rates; Expectations; Uncertainty;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of three essays on currency markets, equilibrium and expectations. The first essay examines currency markets in the setting of a temporary equilibrium model with two currencies and two central banks, where consumers have one-point expectations. READ MORE

6. 4. Exercising musicianship anew through soundpainting : Speaking music through sound gestures

   Author : Bruno Faria; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Soundpainting; Artistic transactions; Musical signs; Musical gestures; Music indeterminacy; Improvisation;

   Abstract : In this thesis I focus on soundpainting-mediated musical experiences. Proposed in the mid seventies by the American musician Walter Thompson (b. 1952), soundpainting is a conventionalized artistic practice designed to create artistic works in real time. READ MORE

7. 5. How It All Relates : Exploring the Space of Value Comparisons

   Author : Henrik Andersson; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; värderelationer; vaghet; paritet; ojämförbarhet; värdejämförelser; svåra jämförelser; transitivitet; kollapsprincipen; Value relations; vagueness; parity; incomparability; incommensurability; indeterminacy; value comparisons; hard cases of comparison; transitivity; the collapsing principle;

   Abstract : This thesis explores whether the three standard value relations, “better than”, “worse than” and “equally as good”, exhaust the possibilities in which things can relate with respect to their value. Or more precisely, whether there are examples in which one of these relations is not instantiated. READ MORE