Search for dissertations about: "Leelo Keevallik"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Leelo Keevallik.
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1. From Interaction to Grammar : Estonian Finite Verb Forms in Conversation
Abstract : This study contributes to the research tradition of interactional linguistics. It demonstrates how interactional patterns and sequences of actions are, or emerge as, part of the syntagmatic structure of a language, and why the transitions from interaction to grammar as well as from content to function items, are to be regarded as gradual and continuous. READ MORE
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2. ‘Collaborative Competition’ : Stance-taking and Positioning in the European Parliament
Abstract : The European Parliament (EP) is the scene where certain issues concerning over 500 million ‘Europeans’ are publicly debated and where politically relevant groupings are discursively coconstructed. While the Members of the Parliament (MEPs) pursue their political agendas, intergroup boundaries are drawn, reinforced, and/or transgressed. READ MORE
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3. Bodies to suit the music : Depictions in opera rehearsals
Abstract : This thesis investigates how participants in 20 hours of video-recorded scenic opera rehearsals make use of depictions (Clark, 2016), a communicative strategy based on iconicity, to create performance bodies, i.e. what the performers should do on stage to music. READ MORE
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4. Robot Sound in Interaction : Analyzing and Designing Sound for Human-Robot Coordination
Abstract : Robots naturally emit sound, but we still know little about how sound can serve as an interface that makes a robot’s behavior explainable to humans. This dissertation draws on insights about human practices for coordinating bodily activities through sound, investigating how they could inform robot design. READ MORE