Search for dissertations about: "Iconic order"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Iconic order.

2. 1. Fragments from a mountain society : tradition, innovation and interaction at Archaic Monte Polizzo, Sicily

   Author : Christian Mühlenbock; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Monte Polizzo; Sicily; Colonization; Elymians; Archaic Age; Iconic order; Identity; Interaction; Pottery; Architecture; Human Practice; Post-colonial theory; Traditionalism; Wine; Feasting.;

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4. 2. Trees of Knowledge : Science and the Shape of Genealogy

   Author : Petter Hellström; H. Otto Sibum; Jenny Beckman; Hanna Hodacs; John Tresch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural history of science; science and metaphor; science and visual representation; family trees; tree diagrams; information management; classification; natural history; philology; music theory; genealogy; evolution; secularisation; Enlightenment; French Revolution; Augustin Augier 1758–1825 ; Félix Gallet 1773–c. 1840 47 ; Henri Montan Berton 1767–1844 .; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Abstract : This study investigates early employments of family trees in the modern sciences, in order to historicise their iconic status and now established uses, notably in evolutionary biology and linguistics. Moving beyond disciplinary accounts to consider the wider cultural background, it examines how early uses within the sciences transformed family trees as a format of visual representation, as well as the meanings invested in them. READ MORE

5. 3. The Performative Structure : Ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I

   Author : Nils Billing; Eva Hellman; Harold Hays; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Pyramid Texts; monumentality; iconicity; performativity; Pepy I; reconstitution; manifestation; resurrection; ascension; ritual agency; mortuary temple; cult; pyramid; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Abstract : This study investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a ritualized structure. In accordance with an indigenous cultural pattern, the category of an eternal architecture had been created at the beginning of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2700 B.C. READ MORE

6. 4. The building blocks of sound symbolism

   Author : Niklas Erben Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sound symbolism; Iconicity; typology; language evolution; lexicon;

   Abstract : Languages contain thousands of words each and are made up by a seemingly endless collection of sound combinations. Yet a subsection of these show clear signs of corresponding word shapes for the same meanings which is generally known as vocal iconicity and sound symbolism. READ MORE

7. 5. Object marking in the signed modality : Verbal and nominal strategies in Swedish Sign Language and other sign languages

   Author : Carl Börstell; Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm; Irit Meir; Roland Pfau; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sign language; object marking; differential object marking; argument structure; transitivity; valency; directionality; handshape; pronoun; perspective; Swedish Sign Language; Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language; Israeli Sign Language; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : In this dissertation, I investigate various aspects of object marking and how these manifest themselves in the signed modality. The main focus is on Swedish Sign Language (SSL), the national sign language of Sweden, which is the topic of investigation in all five studies. READ MORE