Essays about: "utterance"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 44 essays containing the word utterance.

  1. 6. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Southern Nambikwara; subjectivity; epistemic marking; egophoricity; co-distributions;

    Abstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE

  3. 7. “If this is true, then he’s a corrupt politician.” : The use of hedging in the two U.S. presidential debates of 2020

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Elsa Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : hedging; political debates; discourse analysis; rhetorical strategy; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : This study compares the frequency and types of hedging devices used in the presidential debate of 2020 between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Many studies have investigated hedging in political discourse, which has been shown to function as a rhetorical strategy in contexts such as political press interviews and political debates. READ MORE

  4. 8. ‘Masculinity, Migration and Marginalization’: How Male Asylum Seekers are Perceived by the Swedish Migration Agency and its Implications for the Asylum Process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jessie Jern; [2021-11-19]
    Keywords : men; asylum; vulnerability; street-level bureaucrats; Swedish Migration Agency; gender mainstreaming; decision-making; masculinities;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a particular interest in the determination of state granted protection needs amongst male asylum seekers in Sweden. Using a mixed research method consisting of textual analysis on official documents by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) and semi-structured interviews with SMA officials, along with a feminist post-colonial theoretical framework, this thesis scrutinizes the relationship between masculinity, migration, and vulnerability. READ MORE

  5. 9. Corporations, Social Movements, and Social Media. Investigating Corporate Engagement with the Black Lives Matter Movement on Twitter.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Nils Lange; [2021-07-27]
    Keywords : Corporate Communication; Social Media; Social Movement; Black Lives Matter; Engagement; Twitter; Dialogue Theory; Public Relations; Strategic Communication;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates to what extent corporations engage with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on Twitter. The purpose is to facilitate a better understanding of corporate communication on social media in general, and around social movements in particular. READ MORE

  6. 10. Who's there? : monologues on painting, indexicality and perception. A thinking process.

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Eva Spikbacka; [2021]
    Keywords : art; painting; contemporary; perception; labour; aesthetics; the sublime; Immanuel Kant; Rudolf Otto; ugliness; indexicality;

    Abstract : What we encounter in painting is not so much the authentically revealed self of the painter, but rather signs that insinuate that this absent self is somewhat present in it. /Isabelle Graw/ So, then what is a painting? Perhaps it is all about time, a certain amount of time in the constant murmuring stream of consciousness and the unconscious. READ MORE