Search for dissertations about: "power of language"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 174 swedish dissertations containing the words power of language.

  2. 6. Imagineering Place : The Branding of Five Chinese Mega-Cities

    Author : Emma Björner; Per Olof Berg; Ali Yakhlef; Xiucheng Fan; Mihalis Kavaratzis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China; Chinese mega-cities; city branding; fieldwork; ideology; imagery; images; imaginaries; imagineering; language; multiple case-study; place branding; power; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Cities, regions, nations and other places have in recent decades become active participants in the global competitive economy, and now operate in a global marketplace, competing with other places all over the world for investors, tourists, residents and workforce. As a result, places use marketing and branding strategies and practices to gain reputation and competitive advantage. READ MORE

  4. 7. Logics and politics of professionalism : the case of university English language teachers in Vietnam

    Author : Mai Trang Vu; Asbjörg Westum; Nafsika Alexiadou; Carin Jonsson; Pavel Zgaga; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; professionalism; professionalisation; university English language teachers; higher education management; policy; embedded case study; Vietnam; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : Set against a changing backdrop of reforms in higher education and English language teaching (ELT), the thesis explores the notion of professionalism for university English teachers in Vietnam: What is defined as professionalism in this particular period of time? How is professionalism constructed in this context?The research approaches professionalism as a critical concept: A list of aspired traits and features are always value-laden and concern the question of power. From this premise, the thesis discusses a “kaleidoscope” relationship between different actors in the making of professionalism. READ MORE

  5. 8. Code-switching in Chicano Theater : Power, Identity and Style in Three Plays by Cherríe Moraga

    Author : Carla Jonsson; Patricia Poussa; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Linguistics; code-switching; Chicano theater; Chicano; Chicano discourse; power; identity; language ideology; third space; style; hybridity; code-mixing; Lingvistik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; engelska; English; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

    Abstract : The thesis examines local and global functions of code-switching and code-mixing in Chicano theater, i.e. in writing intended for performance. The data of this study consists of three published plays by Chicana playwright Cherríe Moraga. READ MORE

  6. 9. Primitive Direcursion and Difunctorial Semantics of Typed Object Calculus

    Author : Johan Glimming; Karl Meinke; John Power; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; denotational semantics; axiomatic domain theory; coalgebra; primitive co recursion; object-based programming; typed object calculus; Computer science; Datavetenskap; datalogi; Computer Science;

    Abstract : In the first part of this thesis, we contribute to the semantics of typed object calculus by giving (a) a category-theoretic denotational semantics using partial maps making use of an algebraic compactness assumption, (b) a notion of "wrappers'' by which algebraic datatypes can be represented as object types, and (c) proofs of computational soundness and adequacy of typed object calculus via Plotkin's FPC (with lazy operational semantics), thus making models of FPC suitable also for first-order typed object calculus (with recursive objects supporting method update, but not subtyping). It follows that a valid equation in the model induces operationally congruent terms in the language, so that program algebras can be studied. READ MORE

  7. 10. Towards application of service oriented architecture in wireless sensor networks

    Author : Rumen Kyusakov; Zach Shelby; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industriell elektronik; Industrial Electronics;

    Abstract : Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are a foreseeable source of innovation in many fields and the number of WSN deployments is expected to grow rapidly in the near future. One of the key challenges in designing, implementing, deploying and maintaining complex systems that use WSNs is provisioning and integration of sensor data with existing communication infrastructures. READ MORE