Essays about: "arbitrariness"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the word arbitrariness.

  1. 6. The Viability of Orwell's Newspeak : through the theory of Saussurean semiotics

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Jennifer Lidfors Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Structuralism; semiotics; Saussure; Newspeak; 1984; Orwell; sign; linguistic community;

    Abstract : Set in the totalitarian society of Oceania, George Orwell’s 1984 illustrates how a government can exert complete control over its citizens through surveillance, manipulation, and more central to this essay, language. By employing a structuralist framework based on Ferdinand de Saussure’s research on semiotics and the system of language, this essay investigates the viability of Newspeak as a language. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Disparate Effects of Legal Violence: Access to Family Reunification for Refugees in Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sarah Scott Ford; [2018]
    Keywords : sociology of law; legal violence; family reunification; danish refugee policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study on the family reunification procedure for refugees in Denmark, in the context of an increasingly restrictive environment. It sought to find out how structural facets of Danish immigration law interact with and influence the practices of navigating a family reunification process, for people with a refugee background. READ MORE

  4. 8. Referential iconicity in music and speech within and across sensory modalities

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

    Author : Veronica Giraldo Valencia; [2018]
    Keywords : Keywords: Cognitive semiotics; iconicity; ideophones; multimodality; music; music cultures; semiotics; semiotics systems; signs; sound symbolism; primary and secondary iconicity; unimodality.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Musical meaning is multifaceted: both highly sensory and yet often abstract, able to cross cultural boundaries and yet embedded in specific traditions. For the most part it is not denotational (Monelle, 1991). READ MORE

  5. 9. Hate Speech on Social Media: Implications of private regulation and governance gaps

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Teona Gelashvili; [2018]
    Keywords : Hate speech; social media; freedom of expression; self-regulation; accountability of private actors; and privatization of censorship.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Hate speech on social media hardly remains unnoticed. Contents involving hateful messages vary from “kill a Jew day” to “kick a ginger day” and could target anyone irrespective of their status, identity, location and so forth. READ MORE

  6. 10. “We are more hands-on, we are more practical” - A case study on institutional frames of social work, and their possible consequences on the relationship between the professional and client.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Sofia Vassbotn Klasson; Antonia Bengtsson; [2015-06-26]
    Keywords : Institutional frames; Formal frames; Relation-based social work; Professional-client relationship.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the institutional frames of social work in Uganda and to discuss their possible consequences for the professional-client relationship. Theoretically our analysis draws on two different perspectives, which we have chosen to call “promoting formal frames in social work” and “promoting relation-based social work”. READ MORE