Search for dissertations about: "Male role"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 468 swedish dissertations containing the words Male role.

  2. 1. Great men and charming creatures : on male and female terms in eighteenth century novels

    Author : Anna-Lena Wallin-Ashcroft; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eighteenth century; sociolinguistics; semantics; experiential realism; gender role; conceptual model; prototype; frame; domain; collocation; metaphor; male; female; epicene; spirit matter; power dependency; active passive; varied limited;

    Abstract : A corpus of terms for human beings collected from 18th century novels is studied from a broad sociolinguistic perspective. A summary of recent linguistic theories and a survey of 18th century culture and society are provided as background. READ MORE

  4. 2. Male Subfertility and Prostate Cancer Risk: Epidemiological and Genetic Studies

    Author : Yasir Ruhayel; Malmö Molekylärgenetisk reproduktionsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cytoplasmic and nuclear; Receptors; Prostatic neoplasms; genetic; Polymorphism; male; Infertility; Hypogonadism; Genetic association studies; Case–control studies; Androgens;

    Abstract : Androgen action plays a pivotal role in male reproductive tract physiology and pathology. The androgen receptor (AR) gene harbors two codon repeat tracts: the CAG and GGN repeats, encoding corresponding amino acid sequences of variable length; the polyglutamine and polyglycine stretches, respectively. READ MORE

  5. 3. Masculinizing fatherhood : sexuality, marriage and race in the U.S. Fatherhood Responsibility Movement

    Author : Anna Gavanas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; U.S. Fatherhood Responsibility Movement; Fatherhood; Paternal role; Male role; Family; Family politics; United States; Fadersrollen; Familjer; Familjepolitik; Förenta staterna; Mansrollen; Manlighet;

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  6. 4. "Honourable" or "Highly-sexed" : Adjectival Descriptions of Male and Female Characters in Victorian and Contemporary Children's Fiction

    Author : Hanna Andersdotter Sveen; Merja Kytö; Claudia Claridge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; 19th-century English; adjectives; attributive; British National Corpus; characters; children s fiction; contemporary; corpus linguistics; description; evaluative meaning; female; gender; male; part description; predicative; semantic domains; syntactic function; Victorian; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This corpus-based study examines adjectives and adjectival expressions used to describe characters in British children’s fiction. The focus is on diachronic variation, by comparing Victorian (19th-century) and contemporary (late 20th-century) children’s fiction, and on gender variation, by comparing the descriptions of female and male characters. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sex-role reversal in two pipefish (Syngnathidae) species : paternal care and male limitation of female reproductive success

    Author : Ingrid Ahnesjö; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

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