Search for dissertations about: "verbal description"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words verbal description.

2. 11. Metaphor as a mode of interpretation : An essay on interactional and contextual sense-making processes, metaphorology, and verbal arts

   Author : Claes Entzenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetics; context; contextualization; active determination; interpretation; linguistic item; metaphor; sense-making; understanding; Estetik; Aesthetics; Estetik; Aesthetics; estetik;

   Abstract : This essay is an attempt to assess the oddity and importance of metaphor, both viewed as inseparable, internal aspects of the metaphorical sense-making activity. To outline the "challenge" of metaphor, arguments are made against the traditional approaches to metaphor, namely the idea that metaphor is a thing, an entity out there in the discourse or text, whose meaning is embedded within its discrete units and parts. READ MORE

4. 12. The first hour of life : description of the early reciprocal interaction : mother-infant behaviour and development of their mutual relationship

   Author : Britt Wiberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First hour post partum; mother-infant behaviour; early interaction between mother and infant; observations; development; follow-up; Mahler s theory of symbiosis and individuation;

   Abstract : The immediate post partum period may be particularly important for the developing relationship between mother and infant. This report consists of two studies: the first study (paper I) gives descriptions of the interaction between infants and their parents during the first hour post partum and the second study (papers II-IV) in this report examines the effect of extra contact during the first hour following delivery. READ MORE

5. 13. Singing, background music and music-events in the communication between persons with dementia and their caregivers

   Author : Eva Götell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Background music; caregiver; caregiving; concept; dementia; emotion; mood; movements; music events; patient; singing; sensory awareness; verbal communication;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to illuminate the impact of singing and music on persons with dementia and their caregivers, and to describe a concept based on caregiver singing. The aim of Study I was to illuminate the importance of music events and the reactions and social interactions of patients with dementia or suspected dementia and their caregivers before, during and after such events, including the reminder of the day. READ MORE

6. 14. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE

7. 15. Tracking the Mind's Eye

   Author : Roger Johansson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates, in three studies based on eye-tracking experiments, the relationship between eye movements and mental imagery. The first study is an investigation of eye movements during mental imagery elicited both visually and verbally. READ MORE