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2. 1. Dissonant Voices : Philosophy, Children's Literature, and Perfectionist Education

   Author : Viktor Johansson; Klas Roth; Nicholas C. Burbules; Martin Gustafsson; Paul Standish; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dissonance; Philosophy; Education; Perfectionism; Children s Literature; Childhood; Cavell; Wittgenstein; pedagogik med inriktning mot utbildningsvetenskap; Educational Science;

   Abstract : Dissonant Voices has a twofold aspiration. First, it is a philosophical treatment of everyday pedagogical interactions between children and their elders, between teachers and pupils. READ MORE

4. 2. Other Voices : A Study of Christian Feminist Approaches to Religious Plurality East and West

   Author : Helene Egnell; Sven-Erik Brodd; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Ursula King; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Missionary studies; feminism; feminist theology; interfaith dialogue; intercultural theology; theology of religions; theology of religious difference; the Other; change; relation; margins; anti-Judaism; Women s Interfaith Journey; Gabriele Dietrich; Chung Hyun Kyung; Kwok Pui-lan; Wong Wai-ching; Diana L. Eck; Rosemary Radford Ruether; Rita M. Gross; Maura O Neill; Michael Barnes; Missionsvetenskap; Missionary studies; Missionsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the contribution of feminist theology and feminist dialogue praxis to interfaith dialogue and theology of religions. Feminist dialogue praxis is studied through interviews and documentation from women’s interfaith projects; and feminist approaches to religious plurality through the works of a number of Christian feminist theologians, with special attention to Asian theologians, who in their theologizing consciously make use of their multireligious context. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Invisible voices : understanding the sociocultural influences on adult migrantsʼ second language learning and communicative interaction

   Author : Mozhgan Zachrison; Pirjo Lahdenperä; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult migrants; second language learning; communicative interaction; sociocultural context; life-world; habitus; symbolic capital; social capital; Svenska som främmande språk; Andraspråksinlärning; Kommunikationssociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a qualitative study exploring the sociocultural influences on adult migrants’ second language learning and the communicative interaction through which they use the language. Guided by a theoretical perspective based on the concepts of life-world, habitus, social capital, symbolic honor, game, and the idea of the interrelatedness of learning and using a second language, this study aims to understand how migrants’ everyday life context, attachments to the home country, and ethnic affiliations affect the motivation for and attitude towards learning and using Swedish as a second language. READ MORE

7. 5. Touching voices : components of direct tactually supported speechreading

   Author : Gunilla Öhngren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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