Search for dissertations about: "meaning extension"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning extension.
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1. Mining for Meaning : using computational text analysis for social inquiry
Abstract : People interpret their surroundings through associations, determining what they perceive as belonging or not belonging together. For instance, one individual may view immigrants as a beneficial addition to the domestic labor market, while another may perceive them as a threat to job opportunities for native citizens. READ MORE
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2. Technology, Language and Thought : Extensions of Meaning in the English Lexicon
Abstract : In this thesis, the relationship between technological innovation and the development of language and thought is analysed. For this purpose, three different fields of technology are investigated: 1) the steam engine, 2) electricity, and 3) motor vehicles, roads and ways. READ MORE
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3. Interpretive Functions of Adjectives in English : A Cognitive Approach
Abstract : This thesis presents a theoretical discussion of meaning creation in general, and interpretive functions of English adjectives in particular. The discussion rests on a dynamic view of meaning and interpretation, according to which there are no fixed linguistics meanings – not even for single lexemes. READ MORE
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4. Negotiating normality and deviation : father's violence against mother from children's perspectives
Abstract : The aim of this study is to contribute to understanding of how children try to understand and interpret their own father and his (possibly) violent actions against their mother in relation to their general conceptualizations concerning fathers and violence. A general social psychological and interactionist approach is related to the children’s selves as the organizing and experiencing structures, the family as the arena for experiences and communicative interaction, and society as a structure of norms and general ideas. READ MORE
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5. Friluftsliv och naturmöten i utbildningspraktik
Abstract : The overall interest of this thesis is to contribute with knowledge about meaning making processes in educational encounters with nature in different educational practices. The exploration consists of four studies based on a pragmatic perspective on meaning making inspired by the works of John Dewey and Ludwig Wittgenstein. READ MORE