Search for dissertations about: "meaning potential"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 232 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning potential.

2. 1. Mining for Meaning : using computational text analysis for social inquiry

   Author : Miriam Hurtado Bodell; Marc Keuschnigg; Måns Magnusson; Peter Hedström; Laura Nelson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Text-as-data; Analytical sociology; Meaning-making; Computational text analysis; Computational social science;

   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

4. 2. Striving for meaning - a study of innovation processes

   Author : Åsa Öberg; Yvonne Eriksson; Roberto Verganti; Koenraad Debackere; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; meaning; interpreting; innovation process; hermeneutics; exposing; criticising; mening; tolkande; innovations processer; hermeneutik; blottlägga; kritiskt förhållningssätt; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : Traditionally, innovation processes have often focused on creatively solving problems with the help of new technology or business models. However, when describing products in terms of function or visual appearance, the reflection on a less visible dimension, the product meaning, is left out. READ MORE

5. 3. Potential for self-care : Assessing and describing self-care ability among elderly people

   Author : Olle Söderhamn; Per-Olof Sandman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : adaptedness; ageing; health; phenomenology; scale testing; self-care agency; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore the nature of elderly people's potential for selfcare from a nursing perspective. The research was performed within an empirical frame of reference as well as within a phenomenological frame at a descriptive and hermeneutical level. READ MORE

6. 4. Encountering Evolution : Children's Meaning-Making Processes in Collaborative Interactions

   Author : Johanna Frejd; Magnus Hultén; Karin Stolpe; Konrad Schönborn; Christina Siry; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Meaning-making processes; Science Education; Evolution; Multimodality; Collaborative Interaction; Exploratory studies; Meningsskapandeprocesser; Naturvetenskapsundervisning; Evolution; Multimodalitet; Interaktion; Explorativa studier;

   Abstract : This thesis explores preschool class children’s meaning making processes when they encounter evolution. By adopting social semiotic and sociocultural perspectives on meaning making, three group-based tasks were designed. Video data from the activities were analysed using a multimodal approach. READ MORE

7. 5. On Compositionality

   Author : Martin Jönsson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Natural Language Semantics; Linguistic Creativity; Compositionality; Productivity; Systematicity; Jerry Fodor; Semantic Theories; Meaning; Paul Horwich; Semantic Principles; Peter Pagin;

   Abstract : The goal of inquiry in this essay is to ascertain to what extent the Principle of Compositionality – the thesis that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meaning of its parts and its mode of composition – can be justifiably imposed as a constraint on semantic theories, and thereby provide information about what meanings are. Apart from the introduction (Chapter One) and the concluding chapter (Chapter Seven) the thesis is divided into five chapters addressing different questions pertaining to the overarching goal of inquiry. READ MORE