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Showing result 16 - 20 of 306 swedish dissertations containing the word Chinese.
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16. The Physical Foundation of the Patterning of Physical Action Verbs : A Study of Chinese Verbs
Abstract : This work is a study of verbal semantics with a focus on the discussion and illustration of the role of body parts and the semantic incorporation into verbal roots of the actions that involve various body parts. Following a general discussion of the basic issues of language construction and human body actions with the image schemas of force-dynamics presented in line with the framework of cognitive semantics, it is argued that the event structures of physical action verbs are not arbitrarily constructed but rather the constructions are built through systematic cognitive processes in relation to both human physical reality and concrete reality in the world. READ MORE
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17. Long Story of Short Forms : The Evolution of Simplified Chinese Characters
Abstract : A script reform was carried out in China between 1955 and 1964 by simplifying the shape of a number of characters. Most of the simplified forms adopted had already been in popular use for a long time before this reform, while a few were invented for the occasion.One objective of this dissertation is to estimate the proportion of invented forms. READ MORE
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18. Japanese achievement, Chinese aspiration : a study of the Japanese influence on the modernisation of the Late Qing novel
Abstract : This dissertation concerns the early years of the modernisation of the novelin Japan and China, at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning ofthe twentieth century'. Taking as a starting point a speech made by ZhouZuoren (1885-1965) in 1918, the field of study is presented. Two of the foremostfigures in the process of modernisation, i.e. READ MORE
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19. Approaches to energy efficient building development : studying under Chinese contexts
Abstract : This thesis presents a general description of approaches to energy efficient building development under Chinese contexts. The purpose of the work is to discuss how Chinese building development can be approved from an energy saving perspective. Building development is a complicated process that relates to many stakeholders’ interests. READ MORE
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20. Conflicting Times : Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
Abstract : This dissertation explores the intersection of temporality and politics in contemporary Chinese science fiction. Building on previous research on Chinese science fiction, science fiction studies, as well as narrative theory and historical theory, the investigation focuses on eight key texts written by the writers Han Song, Liu Cixin, and Baoshu. READ MORE
