Search for dissertations about: "voice type"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words voice type.

2. 1. Organizing the Voice of Women : A study of the Polish and Swedish women's movements' adaptation to international structures

   Author : Eva Karlberg; Adrienne Sörbom; Apostolis Papakostas; Håkan Johansson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizing; Social Movements; Meta-Organization; Social Movement Coalitions; Decided Order; Resource Mobilization; the Women’s Movement; Interest Representation; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : The European Union has become an important arena for international politics. Various actors try to influence the European-level executive and legislative authorities. Lobbyists in Brussels are not the only type of actors promoting the interests of others. READ MORE

4. 2. Passive voices : be-, get- and prepositional passives in recent American English

   Author : Sarah Schwarz; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Anne Curzan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; passive voice; get-passive; prepositional passive; corpus linguistics; American English; historical syntax; adversativity; situation type; thematic role; affectedness; prescriptivism; colloquialization; grammaticalization; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American English. Empirical, corpus methods are employed in order to examine the syntactic, semantic, and stylistic preferences of three English passive constructions across time and genre in American English. READ MORE

5. 3. In Search of 'Community' in Zimbabwe's Fast Track Resettlement Area of Mazowe District

   Author : Mabel Hungwe; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; COMMUNITY; LAND REFORM; EXIT; LOYALTY; NEGLECT; VOICE; INNOVATION; UNHU; UBUNTU; MAZOWE; ZIMBABWE;

   Abstract : The thesis discusses community development in fast track resettlement areas of Zimbabwe. The land reform programme designated as the Third Revolution (Chimurenga) or fast track land reform was launched in 2000. This programme saw 12 million hectares of farming land being taken over by the state for resettlement. READ MORE

6. 4. The female voice in vocally demanding professions : field studies using portable voice accumulators

   Author : Annika Szabo Portela; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Objectives: Methods to register voice use outside the voice clinic, at work, are important for assessment of work-related voice disorders. Such methods must be reliable and valid and at the same time practical and easy to handle. READ MORE

7. 5. A Linguistic Analysis of Peer-review Critique in Four Modes of Computer-mediated Communication

   Author : Irina Frisk; Terry Walker; Mats Deutschmann; Philip Shaw; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; CMC; Conversation Analysis; conversation management; discussion boards; feedback category; mode of CMC; peer-review discussion; politeness theory; pragmatic strategy; speech act of critique; text-based chat; type of politeness; voice-based chat; VoiceThread;

   Abstract : Abstract The present work is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of pragmatic strategies for delivering critique, and types of politeness, used by undergraduate L2 students of English at different stages of peer-review discussion. The material examined consists of four corpora of authentic conversations between students, the main purpose of which was to give feedback on each other’s contributions during an English A-level course, at Mid-Sweden University. READ MORE