Search for dissertations about: "Hesitation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word Hesitation.
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1. Nativelike Performance : A Corpus Study of Pragmatic Markers, Repair and Repetition in Native and Non-native English Speech
Abstract : This is a corpus study of native (N) and non-native (NN) communicative performance in speech as realised through pragmatic markers, repair and repetition. The concept of fluency and what it encompasses is discussed in the section dealing with the theoretical background of the study. READ MORE
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2. Elderly people's perceptions about care and the use of assistive technology services (ATS)
Abstract : Values associated with the care of the elderly have changed and developed during the last decades due to socio-political changes. Dignity is a basic concept for quality care regardless of how and where care is given. Assistive Technology Services (ATS) are used to promote quality care and support for care-dependent elderly living at home. READ MORE
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3. Specific Language Impairment in Swedish: Grammar and Interaction
Abstract : The main purpose of this work was to explore grammar in Swedish children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), that is children with impaired language development in the presence of normal hearing and otherwise normal development. In four differents studies, spontaneous data from six children with SLI were analysed and compared with data from either younger children with phonological impairment but normal grammar (PI), or from younger controls with typical development. READ MORE
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4. Understanding in Real-Time Communication : Micro-Feedback and Meaning Repair in Face-to-Face and Video-Mediated Intercultural Interactions
Abstract : Human communication is profoundly social. In social activities, it is not uncommon that people are understood in many different ways, which may have various consequences for social and interpersonal communication. READ MORE
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5. Constructing communities : The establishment and demographic development of sawmill communities in the Sundsvall district, 1850-1890
Abstract : This dissertation studies the establishment and demographic development of the sawmill communities that emerged in the Sundsvall district during the latter half of the 19th century. The intention is to highlight the importance of the sawmill communities and their resident populations by discussing community construction from a demographic perspective as well as socially and symbolically. READ MORE