Essays about: "cognitive semiotics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words cognitive semiotics.

1. 1. Construal of motion events and linguistic relativity: Comparing German and Spanish speakers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Laura Rebecca Dominique Timm; [2022]
   Keywords : aspect; boundedness; cognitive semiotics; construal; linguistic relativity; motion events; phenomenology; Semiotic Hierarchy; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates a possible influence of language on thought in the domain of motion event descriptions using a cognitive-semiotic framework. Previous studies (e.g., von Stutterheim et al. READ MORE

3. 2. Emotional grammar: Is there a relationship between emotions and grammatical creativity?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Toke Laursen; [2022]
   Keywords : Emotions; mood; grammatical structures; mind and body; Danish language; linguistics; construction grammar; cognitive semiotics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore whether there is a relationship between emotional state and the degree of creative use of grammatical constructions. Based on previous literature on the relationship between mood (used interchangeably with emotional state) and creativity a hypothesis was formulated: Speakers in a more positive mood will be more creative in their use of grammatical constructions. READ MORE

4. 3. Spectators’ Experience of Watching Dance without Music: A cognitive semiotic exploration of kinesthetic empathy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik

   Author : Khatia Chikhladze; [2021]
   Keywords : empathy; kinesthetic empathy; qualitative kinetic dynamics; qualities of movement; vitality affects; emotional arousal; respiration; skin conductance; consciousness; phenomenology; intentionality; classical ballet; contemporary dance.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Empathy is our ability to experience and understand the mental states of others. In movement perception, and in particular in dance spectatorship, it has been argued that we experience observed movements through our own bodies: kinesthetic empathy. READ MORE

5. 4. A medical device for spinal motion restriction : Development of a device for safe and efficient patient handling

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Ylva Jersenius; Erika Möller; [2020]
   Keywords : Medical device; Prehospital emergency care; Spinal motion restriction; Paramedics; Industrial design engineering; Human-centred design; Usability; Medicinteknisk produkt; Prehospital akutsjukvård; Spinal rörelsebegränsning; Ambulanssjukvårdare; Teknisk design; Användarcentrerad design; Användbarhet;

   Abstract : Prehospital emergency care is facing a paradigm shift. Spinal motion restriction (SMR) is a way to treat trauma patients with symptoms of spinal injury. It was earlier entitled as ‘routine SMR’, and included spine board and cervical collar. READ MORE

6. 5. Dizziness of Freedom: The influence of maladaptive anxiety on metaphorical meaning-making and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Kalina Moskaluk; [2020]
   Keywords : Anxiety; Cognitive semiotics; Metaphor; Metaphor identification; Metaphors in psychotherapy; Motivation Sedimentation Model; Phenomenology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates and compares metaphors used in the context of psychotherapy by people who experience various forms of maladaptive anxiety and anxiety disorders (anxiety sample, AS) and people who experience stress caused by various events in their lives (stress sample, SS). It is grounded in a cognitive-semiotic theory called the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM), which defines three levels of meaning-making. READ MORE