Essays about: "Material Semiotics"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Material Semiotics.
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16. Comic Books - Images, Words and Language Acquisition : Using comic books as an alternative material for teaching the English language.
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The purpose of the research described in this essay is, by analysing the content of comic books, to (1) evaluate comic books as material for teaching, (2) if possible, to create an exercise that could be used in the classroom in which comic books are used for teaching ESL and (3) to suggest innovative material and related tasks that could be used to introduce students to issues related to meaning, with the focus on “literal or speaker meaning”, “multimodality” and “deixis”, and drawing upon principles and concepts described within the disciplines of semiotics, semantics and pragmatics. Accordingly, the thesis questions of this essay are described as follows: If possible, how could comic books be used in the classroom as an alternative material for teaching the ESL? If possible, how could comic books be used to introduce students to issues related to meaning through linguistic approaches, with the aid of semantics, semiotics and pragmatics? Comic books, in theory and in practice, could be used in the classroom as an alternative material for teaching the English language and introduce students to issues related to meaning through linguistic approaches, with the aid including semantics, semiotics and pragmatics. READ MORE
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17. Signs From Above
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis looks into cross-cultural in-store marketing and how, with the use of contemporary symbols, marketing messages can cross language barriers. In the context of cosmopolitan cities with large populations of international inhabitants, being able to market to all individuals regardless of linguistic abilities and cultural backgrounds is critical for firms to stay competitive. READ MORE
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18. Faustin Linyekula : Postcolonial perspective and heterodoxy in dramaturgy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : ABSTRACT Bachelor´s thesis in Performance Studies, Stockholm University Spring 2018 Faustin Linyekula: Postcolonial perspective and orthodoxy in dramaturgy Marc-Antoine Vumilia Muhindo This thesis aims to bring to the fore the means through which artistic postcolonial practices could qualitatively impact the evolution of the performance field in the Western. Research questions include the existence or not of a postcolonial aesthetics. READ MORE
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19. Remembering, living and hoping for 'the good life'. Spirituality of youth that live on the streets in Nairobi.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : Striving to contribute to research on child- and youth spirituality and African theology with a contextually grounded, non-western, qualitative youth perspective, the aim of this study is to seek an understanding of the spirituality of male youth that live on the streets in Nairobi. To fulfil this aim, the research task carried out is an analysis of the source material from six focus group interviews with 27 research participants (14-34 years old). READ MORE
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20. A conversation on milk : Exploring Swedish milk history on Arla's milk panels
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Sweden is one of the heaviest milk consuming countries in the world. The milk- and dairy ‘giant’ Arla, is the largest distributing company of milk- and dairy in Sweden. Since, 1975 Arla began to use the back of their own milk packages as a channel for advertisement, facts, and information. READ MORE