Essays about: "Semiotic Hierarchy"

Found 5 essays containing the words Semiotic Hierarchy.

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. Non-diegetic film music as a narrative agency in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Interstellar; non-diegetic music; Christopher Nolan; Hans Zimmer; implicit narrative functions; semiotic concepts; leitmotif; denotation; connotation; film and media history; film music; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study sets out to investigate the non-diegetic music in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) in order to highlight its implicit narrative functions and meanings. The theoretical approach consists of semiotic concepts such as ‘Cognitive denotative’ and ‘Cognitive connotative’ functions by Emilio Audissino, ‘Myth’ and ‘Anchorage’ by Barthes as well as Claudia Gorbman’s ‘Connotative Cueing’. READ MORE

4. 3. Choice Awareness and Manipulation Blindness: a cognitive semiotic exploration of choice-making and memory

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

   Author : Alexandra Mouratidou; [2019]
   Keywords : Cognitive Semiotics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : “Choice blindness” (CB) refers to a certain tendency to accept a choice that is presented to us as if it were our own, even when we have never made it. In the last decade, CB has been treated as a research tool in a series of experiments in different domains and modalities (e.g. Johansson et al. READ MORE

5. 4. Functional Punishment. A discursive study of functional punishment-representations in MetroXpress’ news articles, 2018

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Anja Skov Ljungberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Punishment; Deviance; News values; News discourse; Social Cohesion; Agency; Functionalism; Durkheimianism;

   Abstract : In this thesis project, the phenomenon of news media representation of punitivism has been researched through a methodology of a socio-semiotic discourse analysis framed within a theoretical structure of Durkheimianism and news value components. Articles concerning MetroXpress’ representation of criminal deviance and punishment were located through a buzzwords search within the newspaper’s online data archives. READ MORE

6. 5. Collaborative Learning for Interprofessional Healthcare Practice : Students’ perceptions of learning through the collaborative creation and use of wikis in a problem based learning environment

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för medicin och hälsa

   Author : Björn Asserhed; [2016]
   Keywords : Collaborative learning; wiki; Knowledge artefacts; Problem based learning; Phenomenography;

   Abstract : Introduction: Wikis are multiuser platforms that have been used with positive results for learning in higher education. As knowledge artefacts they include both semiotic and material aspects that could potentially be realized through collaborative learning and the assessment of interprofessional and problem based learning using portfolios. READ MORE