Essays about: "Funny"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Funny.

1. 1. Venture Capital Money, must be Funny, in a Rich Man’s World : A Qualitative Study About How Women Entrepreneurs Successfully Raise Venture Capital

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Klara Eklöf; Moa Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Women entrepreneur; Venture capital; Entrepreneurship; Gender gap; Gender equality;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurs who need funding often turn to the venture capital industry. In Sweden, women entrepreneurs represent a third of the total number of entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, women-owned businesses only raise one percent of the total venture capital in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Jokes are funny; murder is dramatic : A comparative study of the effects of breaking maxims in Fresh Prince of Bel Air and How to get away with murder

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Ämnesforskning

   Author : Elda Tosic; [2020]
   Keywords : conversational maxims; H.P Grice; cooperative principle; implicature; konversationmaximer; H.P Grice; sammarbetsprincipen; implikatur;

   Abstract : There are rules that regulate how conversation should be conducted, these are called conversational maxims. This paper aims to identify instances of breakings of the conversational maxims in the Tv-series Fresh Prince of Bel Air and How to get away with murder; one of which is a comedy series and the other a drama series. READ MORE

4. 3. Was that funny? Multi-modal wordplay translation and audience types

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Nikolas Olof Winegarner; [2020]
   Keywords : Translation Studies; Wordplays; Humor; Comic Strips; Multimodality; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper I will set out to show what effect the intended audience of a text has on how one approaches the translation of word play as it appears in comic strips, and how one should analyze those translation. I will do this by analyzing a set of comic strips, all featuring an instance of wordplay which combines the visual and textual elements of the text, which I translated according to metrics proposed by the literature and my own audience types. READ MORE

5. 4. The rise and demise of a meme : A study on what a meme is and why people are spreading them

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Amanda Karlsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Internet meme; Reddit; Social media; Spreadability;

   Abstract : Social media content, as well as how it is being used and the impact it has on the society, have underwent significant transformations and nowadays they are quite different from what they were when social media just came around. Analysing the transformations is important for understanding both the current state and further development of the technology that stands behind social media. READ MORE

6. 5. Interesting, funny, weird or just incomprehensible? A study on Swedish Japanese learning students’ comprehension, thoughts and attitudes towards Wasei-eigo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Therese Rogland; [2019]
   Keywords : wasei-eigo; gairaigo; loanwords; Japanized-English; comprehension; thoughts; attitude; categories; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates to what extent Swedish students of Japanese can understand wasei-eigo, as well as their thoughts and attitudes toward it. It further investigates if some word categories are more incomprehensible than others and what aspects can determine their comprehension. READ MORE