Search for dissertations about: "text speak"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words text speak.

  2. 1. Mining for Meaning : using computational text analysis for social inquiry

    Author : Miriam Hurtado Bodell; Marc Keuschnigg; Måns Magnusson; Peter Hedström; Laura Nelson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Text-as-data; Analytical sociology; Meaning-making; Computational text analysis; Computational social science;

    Abstract : People interpret their surroundings through associations, determining what they perceive as belonging or not belonging together. For instance, one individual may view immigrants as a beneficial addition to the domestic labor market, while another may perceive them as a threat to job opportunities for native citizens. READ MORE

  4. 2. Building the city from the inside : architecture and urban transformation in Los Angeles, Porto, and Las Vegas

    Author : Hannes Frykholm; Daniel Koch; Catharina Gabrielsson; Roemer van Toorn; Albena Yaneva; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Interior urbanism; architecture; urban transformation; threshold; lobby; temporality; labor; atmosphere; aesthetics; estetik; design; design; Stadsbyggnad;

    Abstract : Positioned in the research field of “interior urbanism” (Rice, 2016), this thesis considers entrance situations that occur between buildings and cities in order to develop new ways of investigating the relationship between architecture and urban transformation. From the main research question—How does architecture mediate urban transformation?—the thesis focuses on experience-driven narratives about the city (Pine & Gilmore, 2011). READ MORE

  5. 3. Deliberating value : On the theory and practice of valuation of nature from neoclassical to ecological economics

    Author : Lina Isacs; Cecilia Håkansson; Jasper Kenter; Therese Lindahl; Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Neil Ravenscroft; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecological economics; neoclassical environmental economics; value; valuation; deliberative democracy; green GDP; alien invasive species; social cost of carbon; SCC; carbon values; stated preferences; trade-offs; Alan Holland; Dasgupta; ontology; epistemology; critical realism; autoethnograhpy; critical theory; reflexive methodology; ekologisk ekonomi; neoklassisk miljöekonomi; värde; värdering; deliberativ demokrati; grön BNP; invasiva arter; skadekostnader; klimat; modeller; SP; preferenser; trade-offs; ontologi; epistemologi; kritisk realism; autoetnografi; kritisk teori; reflexiv metodologi; Miljöstrategisk analys; Environmental Strategic Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis is about whether it is a good idea to place monetary value on nature, to remedy the fact that we treat it as having no particular value to us humans, although it clearly has. The thesis is based on five research papers that can be said to position themselves on opposite sides in the debate on monetisation of nature. READ MORE

  6. 4. Confronting Value Strain : Press Coverage of Health Care Reform in Sweden and the United States

    Author : Susan Holmberg; W. Lance Bennett; Peter May; Steven Hanson; Seattle University of Washington; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health care reform; Sweden; United States; media coverage; press coverage; value strain; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the journalistic discourse surrounding health care reform debates in Sweden and the US in the early 1990's. It found that in both countries, the challenging value (i.e. READ MORE

  7. 5. Swedish Numerals in an International Perspective

    Author : Magnus Olsson; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; synchrony; round numbers; base; vacillation; parallelism; affinity; inflection; derivation; dualism; affix; language change; language planning; dates; number; measurement; typology; homonymy; semantics; syntax; phonology; morphology; designation transition; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : Swedish numerals are here treated from different points of view. The book is however not intended to be a textbook of Swedish numerals, though one may learn a great deal about the system herein - more than the general user of the language knows. Phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics all get their fair share of attention. READ MORE