Search for dissertations about: "Linguistic subjects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words Linguistic subjects.

2. 1. Apologising in British English

   Author : Mats Deutschmann; Patricia Poussa; Terttu Nevalainen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; apology; speech act; politeness; Brown Levinson; power; solidarity; sociolinguistic variation; pragmatics; BNC; corpus linguistics; British English; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English; Other Germanic languages; Sociology; Linguistic subjects;

   Abstract : The thesis explores the form, function and sociolinguistic distribution of explicit apologies in the spoken part of the British National Corpus. The sub-corpus used for the study comprises a spoken text mass of about five million words and represents dialogue produced by more than 1700 speakers, acting in a number of different conversational settings. READ MORE

4. 2. Internationally Adopted Children in Communication : A Developmental Study

   Author : Boel De Geer; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistic subjects; Lingvistikämnen;

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5. 3. The Boys from Colombia : A Study of the Language Switching Process of Internationally Adopted Children - The First Three Months After Adoption

   Author : Boel De Geer; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistic subjects; Lingvistikämnen;

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6. 4. Linguistic Communication as Action and Cooperation

   Author : Jens Allwood; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : This thesis falls within the type of approach: 'The study of linguistic behavior in relation to other human characteristics'. It is explicitly interdisciplinary in its aim, trying to integrate linguistics with subjects like psychology, philosophy, social psychology and sociology... READ MORE

7. 5. Political corrections : Language activism and regimentation among high school youth

   Author : Henning Årman; Rickard Jonsson; Tommaso Milani; Sari Pietikäinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth studies; language activism; school ethnography; language policy; linguistic landscapes; language socialization linguistic anthropology; affect; language ideology; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with senior high school students’ language activism and their efforts to navigate linguistic norms and language ideological geographies in contemporary Sweden. Guided by the traditions of child and youth studies (e.g., James & Prout, 1990) and linguistic anthropology (e. READ MORE