Search for dissertations about: "Japanese"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 127 swedish dissertations containing the word Japanese.
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1. The Japanese Imperative
Abstract : The present thesis explores Japanese imperative constructions from a general linguistic perspective, as well as examining the imperative as a cross-linguistic object of study. On the definitional side, a terminological apparatus for the description and analysis of imperatives and directives is presented. READ MORE
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2. Spirit of Christ Inculturated- A Theological Theme Implicit in Shusaku Endo's Literary Works
Abstract : Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is a Roman Catholic, Japanese novelist. From 1950 to 1953, he studied French literature in Lyon, France. Returning from Lyon, Endo began his career as a novelist. His early works include: White Men, Yellow Men(1954), A Wonderful Fool(1959), The Women in the Bible(1960), Foreign Studies(1965), etc. READ MORE
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3. Deictic Demonstratives in Japanese, Finnish and Swedish : First and Third Language Perspectives
Abstract : The goal of this thesis is twofold. Firstly, it investigates the actual, native use of spatial-deictic demonstratives in Japanese, Finnish and Swedish. READ MORE
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4. 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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5. Deconstructing Tradition in Japanese Music : A Study of Shakuhachi, Historical Authenticity and Transmission of Tradition
Abstract : In the present study I examine the vertical bamboo flute shakuhachi, as an example of how a tradition can be constructed. There are two main issues: the historical authenticity of the believed origins and development of the shakuhachi tradition, and how the transmission of this tradition is conducted. READ MORE