Search for dissertations about: "third gender"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 308 swedish dissertations containing the words third gender.

  2. 16. Gender-Related Terms in English Depositions, Examinations and Journals, 1670–1720

    Author : Sara Lilja; Merja Kytö; Pia Norell; Thomas Kohnen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : English language; adjectives; corpus linguistics; A Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760; demonstratives; depositions; Early Modern English; examinations; female; gender; gender-related terms; historical sociolinguistics; journals; male; Salem Witchcraft Papers; Engelska; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on gender-related terms as well as adjectives and demonstratives in connection with these terms used in texts from the period 1670–1720. The material in the study has been drawn from both English and American sources and comes from three text categories: depositions, examinations and journals. READ MORE

  4. 17. A typology of classifiers and gender : From description to computation

    Author : Marc Tang; Michael Dunn; Christine Lamarre; Sebastian Fedden; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Classifiers; Gender; Nominal classification; Functions; Random Forests; Phylogeny; Word Embeddings; Neural Networks; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Categorization is one the most relevant tasks realized by humans during their life, as we consistently need to categorize the things and experience that we encounter. Such need is reflected in language via various mechanisms, the most prominent being nominal classification systems (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 18. Labor, firm and wealth effects of gender and sexuality

    Author : Erwan Dujeancourt; Marcel Garz; Andrea Schneider; Andreas Stephan; Ali Ahmed; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The prevalence of LGBTQ+ individuals, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and additional identities, is steadily increasing in society. Global surveys conducted in 2023 indicate that 9% of adults in the world identify as LGBTQ+ individuals, with the proportion increasing to 18% among the youngest generation (Jackson, 2023). READ MORE

  6. 19. Discursive skin : Entanglements of gender, discourse and technology

    Author : Katherine Harrison; Nina Lykke; Anne Scott Sørensen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : gender; discourse; technology; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blog; biotechnology; genus; diskurs; teknik; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blogg; bioteknik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between gender, discourse and technology, and the resulting construction of bodily norms, in a contemporary environment dominated by info- and bio-technologies. The premise from which this study starts is that the ‘intra-action’ between gender, discourse and technology plays a central role in shaping contemporary identities. READ MORE

  7. 20. Talking and taking positions : An encounter between action rsearch and the gendered and racialised discourses of school science

    Author : Eva Nyström; Gaby Weiner; Christina Ottander; Lyn Yates; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; action research; discourse analysis; power relations; processes of inequality; science classroom; the Swedish upper secondary school; Gender studies; Genus;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns processes of power relations in and about the science classroom. It draws on action research involving science and mathematics teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school (for students between 16 and 19 years). For the analysis, feminist post-structuralism, gender, and discourse theories (e.g. READ MORE