Search for dissertations about: "semantic concept analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words semantic concept analysis.

2. 1. Risk, language and discourse

   Author : Max Boholm; Sven Ove Hansson; Niklas Möller; Terje Aven; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice.          Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE

4. 2. Guilt and shame in end-of-life care : the next-of-kin's perspectives

   Author : Carina Werkander Harstäde; Åsa Roxberg; Birgitta Andershed; David Brunt; Unni Lindström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; end-of-life care; guilt; hermeneutics; next-of-kin; relatives; secondary analysis; semantic concept analysis; shame; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and describe the concepts of guilt and shame and gain a greater understanding of the next-of-kin’s experiences of guilt and shame in end-of-life care.Methods: Study I was a qualitative secondary analysis of 47 interviews with next-of-kin searching for experiences of guilt and shame. READ MORE

5. 3. Semantic analysis of irrelevant speech in dementia

   Author : Ing-Mari Tallberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : confabulation; dementia; discourse construction; semantic projections; disease specific patterns; cognitive system and process; identity and interaction;

   Abstract : This thesis demanded for studies within an interface between semantics, interaction and neuropsychology. The topic for the thesis was irrelevant discourse caused by dementia and foremost so called confabulation. READ MORE

6. 4. The Balance of Meaning : Exploring the possibility of a recognition-transcendent meaning of religious and existentially important terms

   Author : Thord Svensson; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metaphilosophy; competent user; grammar; reference; semantic meaning; conceptual analysis; intuition; Social externalism; natural kind externalism; experimental philosophy; concept-possession; community-view; ‘life’; ‘knowledge’;

   Abstract : Can we be mistaken or ignorant about the meaning of our own words? This dissertation explores this question. More specifically it investigates to what extent and in what sense, if at all, the semantic meaning of religious and existentially important words – like ‘God’, ‘friendship’, ‘justice’ or ‘life’ – can be recognition-transcendent to the competent user of them. READ MORE

7. 5. Adverbials as semantic and pragmatic operators : a functional approach to the analysis of English fiction language

   Author : Maria Vedin; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Svenska med didaktisk inriktning; Swedish and Education;

   Abstract : Adverbials as Semantic and Pragmatic Operators. A Functional Approach to the Analysis of English Fiction Language investigates the function and use of some English adverbials as tools for creating literary meaning and effect. READ MORE