Search for dissertations about: "meaning of sound"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning of sound.
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1. Emergence of words : Multisensory precursors of sound-meaning associations in infancy
Abstract : This thesis presents four experimental studies, carried out at the Phonetic laboratory, Stockholm University, on infants’ ability to establish auditory-visual sound-meaning associations as a precursor of early word acquisition. Study I reports on the effect of linguistic variance on infants’ ability (3- to 20-months) to establish sound-meaning associations. READ MORE
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2. The sounds of radio : on radio as an auditive means of communication
Abstract : The primary purpose of this doctoral thesis is to present a theoretical framework for analysis of communication through radio, taking the sounding dimension of the medium as a primary characteristic. My theoretical approach is manifold, but I explicitly use writings from the field of ethnomethodology/microsociology (linguistic communication) of Alfred Schutz (sociology of everyday life) and Gerhard Maletzke (mediated communication). READ MORE
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3. Perception of Sound and Vibration in Heavy Trucks
Abstract : Interior truck cabin sound has for some time been a concern for manufacturers. Today reasonably low sound pressure levels have been achieved using passive absorption. However low frequency sound is difficult to passively absorb and will hence dominate the interior sound. READ MORE
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4. Techniques of Ecstasy: Rumori - Tracing Sound
Abstract : This doctoral thesis proposes the philosophical concept of ontopoetics in relation to an artistic practice of sound (music) and listening. The concept of ontopoetics is used as the backdrop of the developed notion of techniques of ecstasy essentially as an intermediary between listening and language. READ MORE
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5. The building blocks of sound symbolism
Abstract : Languages contain thousands of words each and are made up by a seemingly endless collection of sound combinations. Yet a subsection of these show clear signs of corresponding word shapes for the same meanings which is generally known as vocal iconicity and sound symbolism. READ MORE