Essays about: "Pragmatic transfer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Pragmatic transfer.

  1. 1. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-04-19]
    Keywords : English; culture; speech act of refusal; pragmatic; pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics; politeness theory; refusal strategies;

    Abstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE

  3. 2. PRAGMATIC TRANSFER: A STUDY OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES AMONG CHINESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Yang Song; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : English; Cross-cultural refusals; Refusal strategies; Chinese learners of English; Pragmatic transfer; Language proficiency;

    Abstract : The present study aims at exploring how negative pragmatic transfer has affected Chinese learners of English in terms of the completion of cross-cultural refusals and the correlation between their linguistic proficiency and pragmatic competence. The empirical data were collected through an elicitation instrument, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 3. The link between transfer pricing and the EU customs valuation law: is there any and how could it be strengthened?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Juha Tuominen; [2018]
    Keywords : arm s length principle; customs law; customs valuation; Hamamatsu; tax law; transfer pricing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Transfer pricing and EU customs law are regulated by two separate sets of rules. Ultimately, the objective of transfer pricing, as a tax measure, is to ensure that the transactions between associated enterprises are conducted in accordance with the same terms as between independent enterprises. READ MORE

  5. 4. The creation of a management fashion - contextualization in practice: A case study of value-based health care's introduction at the Karolinska University Hospital, in Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Oskar Kolmodin; [2017]
    Keywords : Translation; Institutionalization; Organizational change; Power; Sensemaking;

    Abstract : This study charts how "Value based health-care delivery", a management idea created by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg, and promoted by the Boston Consulting Group, has been translated in a Swedish context, up until August 2017. It traces the travel of the concept, from its origins, to its meteoric rise within the Swedish healthcare system, culminating in its operationalization at the Karolinska University Hospital, as the cornerstone of a wide ranging reorganization. READ MORE

  6. 5. A study of the different views of the financial gap issues for university spin-offs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/CIRCLE

    Author : Carl-Fredrik Hårsmar; Nils Åsheim; [2014]
    Keywords : financial gap; technology transfer; technology transfer office; venture capital; university spin-offs; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Stimulation of innovation is a hot topic around the world. The developed economies are nowadays significantly dependent on innovation for further growth. One central source of innovation is universities and their ability to turn new knowledge into value-adding innovations. READ MORE