Search for dissertations about: "Incongruity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word Incongruity.

  2. 1. Incongruity and humour

    Author : Göran Nerhardt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Humor;

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  4. 2. Challenging consistency : effects of brand-incongruent communications

    Author : Fredrik Törn; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This is a thesis on how established brands can enhance their strength, interestingness, and vitality. A threat to contemporary established brands is that they may in fact be too well established to be interesting and stimulate curiosity among consumers. READ MORE

  5. 3. Word Learning in the Developing Brain : ERP Dynamics of Learning Word-Object Associations

    Author : Kristina Borgström; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Word Learning; Language development; EEG; ERP; N400;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigated electrophysiological measures of individual differences in toddlers’ ability to learn novel object labels and process familiar object words and their referents. The studies measured both visual and auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to pictures of objects and words in a longitudinal sample of 20- to 24-month-olds, an age of dynamic vocabulary development. READ MORE

  6. 4. Living Simultaneity: On religion among semi-secular Swedes

    Author : Ann af Burén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; simultaneity; semi-secular; liminal; secularity; religious incongruence; fuzzy fidelity; the subjective turn; lived religion; the inadequacy approach; religious and secular; Stockholm; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at contributing to a critical discussion on the supposedly far-reaching secularity of Sweden on the one hand, and on the incongruence and inconsistency of lived religion on the other. At the center are people referred to as semi-secular Swedes – a group that is often neglected in the study of religion. READ MORE

  7. 5. Illegal yet Licit : Justifying Informal Purchases of Work in Contemporary Sweden

    Author : Lotta Björklund Larsen; Christina Garsten; Michael Blim; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; service economy; informal work; reciprocity; justification; tax; Sweden; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : Svart arbete, informal purchases of work, is a widely debated societal phenomenon in Sweden. It is often seen as detrimental to contemporary welfare society, eroding taxpaying morals, fair competition and solidarity with fellow citizens. Acknowledged as wrong, it is in many instances also an acceptable and commonplace exchange practice. READ MORE