Search for dissertations about: "signing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word signing.

  2. 1. Signing and Singing : Children in Teaching Dialogues

    Author : Tina Kullenberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; teaching; children; singing; sociocultural perspective; social interaction; cultural tools; communicative activity type; double dialogicality; signing; music; educational science;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines children’s dialogical sense-making in task-oriented teaching activ- ities, the aim of which is to explore children’s values and ideas in musical learning, in order to investigate how musical knowledge is constructed collaboratively through different levels of dialogicality. Hence, the study addresses the organizational resources and values at stake when children take part in pedagogical dialogues. READ MORE

  4. 2. Signing in the brain : sign language perception studied by neuroimaging techniques

    Author : Birgitta Söderfeldt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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  5. 3. Studies in Swedish Sign Language : Reference, Real Space Blending, and Interpretation

    Author : Anna-Lena Nilsson; Brita Bergman; Terry Janzen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish Sign Language; INDEX-c; first person pronoun; non-dominant hand; buoys; Real Space blending; token blend; surrogate blend; signing space; constructed dialogue; constructed action; sign language interpreting; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four separate studies of the same material: a ten-minute Swedish Sign Language monologue. Study I describes the form, meaning, and use of the sign INDEX-c, a pointing toward the chest traditionally described as a first person pronoun. READ MORE

  6. 4. Communicating Your Way to a Theory of Mind. The development of mentalizing skills in children with atypical language development

    Author : Kerstin Falkman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive development; Kommunikationspsykologi; Language development;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to study the development of theory of mind (ToM) in two groups of children with atypical language development, using a longitudinal design. The two groups were children with cerebral palsy and severe speech impairment (SSPI) (aged between 5 and 7 years at the first data collection) and deaf non-native, early signing, children (aged between 7 and 10 years at the first data collection), the emphasis being on the deaf children. READ MORE

  7. 5. Signs for Developing Reading : Sign Language and Reading Development in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

    Author : Emil Holmer; Mikael Heimann; Mary Rudner; Ruth Campbell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deaf and hard-of-hearing; intervention; sign language; reading development; word reading; reading comprehension; working memory; imitation; Theory of Mind; Döva och hörselskadade barn; intervention; teckenspråk; läsutveckling; ordläsning; läsförståelse; arbetsminne; imitation; Theory of Mind;

    Abstract : Reading development is supported by strong language skills, not least in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The work in the present thesis investigates reading development in DHH children who use sign language, attend Regional Special Needs Schools (RSNS) in Sweden and are learning to read. READ MORE