Search for dissertations about: "power of language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 174 swedish dissertations containing the words power of language.

  2. 16. Literacy Practices in and out of School in Karagwe : the Case of Primary School Literacy in Rural Tanzania

    Author : Åsa Wedin; Karsten Legère; Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literacy practices; bilingualism; Tanzania; Karagwe; language ideologies; literacy education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : This study has investigated the question of relation between literacy practices in and out of school in rural Tanzania. By using the perspective of linguistic anthropology, literacy practices in five villages in Karagwe district in the northwest of Tanzania have been analysed. READ MORE

  4. 17. Source Language of Lexical Transfer in Multilingual Learners : A Mixed Methods Approach

    Author : Hannah Neuser; Maria Kuteeva; Philip Shaw; Camilla Bardel; Scott Jarvis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; multilingualism; third language acquisition; lexical transfer; crosslinguistic influence; modal differences; proficiency; recency; exposure; psychotypology; L2 status; transferability; markedness; lexical organization; activation; lexical access; English; engelska;

    Abstract : The study reported in this thesis investigates the source language of lexical transfer in multilingual learners using a mixed methods approach. Previous research has shown that the source language of crosslinguistic influence can be related to factors such as proficiency, recency/exposure, psychotypology, the L2 status, and item-specific transferability. READ MORE

  5. 18. Apologising in British English

    Author : Mats Deutschmann; Patricia Poussa; Terttu Nevalainen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; apology; speech act; politeness; Brown Levinson; power; solidarity; sociolinguistic variation; pragmatics; BNC; corpus linguistics; British English; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English; Other Germanic languages; Sociology; Linguistic subjects;

    Abstract : The thesis explores the form, function and sociolinguistic distribution of explicit apologies in the spoken part of the British National Corpus. The sub-corpus used for the study comprises a spoken text mass of about five million words and represents dialogue produced by more than 1700 speakers, acting in a number of different conversational settings. READ MORE

  6. 19. Engagement in urban planning as a consequence of trust : an explorative study of the Slussen redevelopment project opposition

    Author : Sofie Rådestad; Tigran Haas; Matthew Carmona; Kristina Grange; KTH; []
    Keywords : Stockholm; trust; urban planning; power; Slussen; redevelopment; public space; public interest; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : This study is about the phenomenon of trust as applied in urban planning processes. The study views this concept through the lens of “the opposition” – the dissenting voices to the official narratives of urban planning projects. READ MORE

  7. 20. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

    Author : Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

    Abstract : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. READ MORE