Essays about: "agentive language"

Found 3 essays containing the words agentive language.

1. 1. Youtubing Sápmi : Sámi multisemiotic repertoires, decolonial mobilization and interdiscursivity in the wired age

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Tom Rudberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Sámi languages; multisemiotic repertoires; interdiscursivity; sociolinguistic scales; revitalization; coloniality; decolonial mobilization; youtube;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the practice of “youtubing Sápmi”, which entails Sámi decolonial mobilization, multisemiotic and multilingual language use on YouTube. The aim is to understand how YouTube videos can function as a tool for discursive mobilization and as a complement or alternative to linguistic and cultural revitalization. READ MORE

3. 2. A corpus-driven usage-feature analysis of the concept "Fate" in modern Russian and American English languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Svetlana L'Nyavskiy; [2013]
   Keywords : cultural linguistic analysis; usage-feature analysis; corpus; concept fate; objectification; multiple correspondence analysis; hierarchical cluster analysis; logistic regression; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The results of Multiple Correspondence Analysis suggest that regardless of changes in perception of ‘FATE’ in American and Russian cultures during the last two centuries, the main distinctions such as perception of ‘FATE’ as Deterministic but Non-Agentive (things may happen but it is up to an individual to take charge) in American culture and Deterministic and Agentive in Russian culture (things happen and one has to accept it as a burden) remain present and are still significant for the modern language users. American- English language users tend to relate to Justification of ‘FATE’ as neutral and Russian ones as more unjust. READ MORE

4. 3. Language Bias in Accident Investigation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Crista Shannon Vesel; [2012]
   Keywords : human causal attribution; SAIG; Serious Accident Investigation Guide; USFS; Forest Service; accident investigation; accident report; agentive language; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper examined the language and content of the U.S. Forest Service's Serious Accident Investigation Guide (SAIG), which is used to investigate what the organization terms 'serious wildland fire accidents'. READ MORE