Search for dissertations about: "style shifting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words style shifting.

  2. 1. Language Choice and Code-Switching in the Azerbaijani Community in Tehran : A conversation analytic approach to bilingual practices

    Author : Helena Bani-Shoraka; Carina Jahani; Gisela Håkansson; Jens Normann Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Iranian languages; Language maintenance; Language shift; Code-switching; Style-shifting; Conversation analysis; Bilingualism; Azerbaijani; Persian; Language policy; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : This study examines language choice and code-switching patterns found in the Azerbaijani speech community in Tehran, Iran. Two empirical studies have been combined. READ MORE

  4. 2. Investment Decisions and Risk Preferences among Non-Professional Investors

    Author : Anders Karlsson; Lars Nordén; Paul Söderlind; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio Choice; Pension savings; home bias; individual investors; Style investing; Defined Contribution; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : I analyze a large number of investment decisions based on theories that have been developed and formalized over the past 50 years. Previous work in this field unveils a number of biases which affect ones choices when the outcome is uncertain. READ MORE

  5. 3. The diversity of mind wandering : The role of individual differences and cognitive factors

    Author : David Marcusson-Clavertz; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mind wandering; daydreaming; executive control; experience sampling; dissociative experiences; attachment;

    Abstract : Many individuals spend a substantial portion of their waking time thinking about topics unrelated to current activities and surroundings (mind wandering). This dissertation sought to contribute to our knowledge of why some people mind wander more than others. READ MORE

  6. 4. Disciplined reasoning : Styles of reasoning and the mainstream-heterodoxy divide in Swedish economics

    Author : Anders Hylmö; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of economics; heterodox economics; styles of reasoning; disciplinarity; quality evaluation; ekonomisociologi; heterodox ekonomi; vetenskapliga stilar; vetenskapliga discipliner; kvalitetsbedömning;

    Abstract : Economics is one of the most influential social science disciplines, with a high level of internal consent around a common theoretical and methodological approach to economic analysis. However, marginalised schools of thought have increasingly unified under the term “heterodox” economics, with their critical stance towards the “neoclassical mainstream” as common denominator. READ MORE

  7. 5. Picturing Dissolving Views : August Strindberg and the Visual Media of His Age

    Author : Vreni Hockenjos; Astrid Söderbergh-Widding; Stephan Michael Schröder; Sara Danius; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; media history; 1870–1912; visual culture; media in literature; Sweden; early cinema; magic lantern; panorama; instantaneous photography; graphic reproduction; theatre; science; perception; Film; Filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

    Abstract : The subject of this study is August Strindberg’s interaction with the visual media of his day. Its dual aim is to examine Strindberg’s work in the light of media history and to allow Strindberg’s work in turn to illuminate the media history of the fin de siècle. READ MORE