Search for dissertations about: "descriptive translation studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words descriptive translation studies.

  2. 1. The Taming of a Viking : August Strindberg, Translation and Post-Victorian Censorship

    Author : Lars Liljegren; Carin Franzén; Lars-Håkan Svensson; Cecilia Alvstad; Dirk Delabastita; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; translation studies; descriptive translation studies; imagology; multiple translatorship; reception theory; polysystem theory; post-Victorian censorship; habitus; panopticon.; August Strindberg; translation studies; descriptive translation studies; imagologi; multiple translatorship; receptionsteori; polysystemteori; post-victoriansk censur; habitus; panopticon.;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies August Strindberg’s two-volume collection of short stories, Giftas (1884, 1886) and its first English translation, Ellie Schleussner’s Married (1913). The purpose is to demonstrate that Married deviates from the original in many ways, primarily on the very aspects that were generally associated with the work. READ MORE

  4. 2. Topics in the grammar of Kuot, a non-Austronesian language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

    Author : Eva Lindström; William McGregor; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deskriptiv grammatik; papuanska språk; kuot; descriptive linguistics; descriptive grammar; Papuan languages; New Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Papua nya guinea; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis describes certain areas in the grammar of the little-known Kuot language, spoken by some 1,500 people in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Kuot is an isolate, and is the only non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of that province. The analyses presented here are based on original data from 18 months of linguistic fieldwork. READ MORE

  5. 3. Self-care: the way to find balance in life : development and evaluation of a self-care questionnaire for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Ulrica Lovén Wickman; Gunilla Hollman Frisman; Pia Yngman Uhlin; Henrik Hjortswang; Jan Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disease activity; inflammatory bowel disease; instrument development; health-related quality of life; questionnaire; reliability; self-care; symptoms; translation; validity; well-being; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and Crohn’s disease (CD) occur worldwide and are life-long chronic conditions. The symptoms, which include abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea, cause limitations in life. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Decontextual Stylistics Study of the Genji Monogatari : With a Focus on the "Yûgao" Story

    Author : Stina Jelbring; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Machiko Midorikawa; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Genji Monogatari; Yûgao; Japanese literature; Murasaki Shikibu; Heian Period; monogatari; waka; poetry; stylistics; narratology; poetics; genre; metaphor; allusion; symbol; translation studies; Japanology; Japanologi; Japanology; japanologi;

    Abstract : The dominant part of the research on the “Yûgao” (The Twilight Beauty) story of the Japanese eleventh-century classic the Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is philological and often excludes a general literary analysis. This story has also been related to Japanese and Chinese literary influences, thereby placing the text in its literary context. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami

    Author : Richard Kowalik; Ljuba Veselinova; Henrik Liljegren; Matti Miestamo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Saami; Saamic languages; grammar; phonology; morphology; syntax; language description; language documentation; fieldwork; heritage language; minority language; Åarjelsaemien gïele; grammatihke; Sydsamiska; samiska språk; grammatik; Sørsamisk; grammatikk; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This thesis is a grammatical description of South Saami, a Uralic language traditionally spoken in central Sweden and Norway. South Saami has today around 500 speakers, many of whom live far from each other. The language has the status of an official language in Norway and is an officially recognized minority language in Sweden. READ MORE