Essays about: "construction of the meaning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 199 essays containing the words construction of the meaning.

1. 1. Could this phrase be more constructional? : A Construction Grammar approach to the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase from the television show Friends

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Linn Nordlander; [2024]
   Keywords : construction grammar; information structure; CXBMY; SAI; constructions; rhetorical questions; parody;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase (CXBMY), well-known from the television show Friends, to argue for its qualification as a construction. By analyzing the phrase’s formal and functional features, as well as its frequency in the COCA corpus, this thesis compares the findings to the definition of constructions by Goldberg (2006, p. READ MORE

3. 2. Cemetery in Sweden as cultural landscape - A phenomenological study on cemetery design and planning in Stockholm

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Ziyu Zhao; [2023]
   Keywords : cultural landscape; cemetery; Swedish cemeteries; cemetery design; cemetery planning; burial; cremation; phenomenology; landscape design; parks; Stockholm; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is centered around the cemeteries in Stockholm city. As a form of arrangement and design of objects located on the land, the cemetery can be conceptualized as a landscape. Its distinct function, serving as a memorial space for the living and a final resting place for the deceased, adds layers of complexity. READ MORE

4. 3. Hard to be Human : Shaping the Self in an Everchanging Narrative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Lensell Rebillon; [2023]
   Keywords : Narrative self; Martyrdom; Hermeneutics; Pragmatist hermeneutics; Christian tradition; Secularism;

   Abstract : This study examines how an existentialistic perspective in a secular context can be enforcedby interpretations of the Self from a Christian martyr narrative. The existentialistic perspective being the questioning of meaning of life and death. READ MORE

5. 4. Trade-offs and goal conflicts in policy coherence for sustainable development : what’s the problem represented to be?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Frida Viklund Rundgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Agenda 2030; policy coherence; trade-offs; goal conflicts; sustainable development; discourse analysis; PCSD; What’s the problem represented to be?;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the concepts of trade-offs and goal conflicts in policy-making, specifically in relation to sustainable development, and how they are communicated in policy documents and are understood by civil servants. The study aims to identify the underlying assumptions that shape the construction of policy coherence within the Swedish Government Offices and contributes to the literature on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD), a concept within the 2030 Agenda. READ MORE

6. 5. Tragic Tales of ‘Victims’ and ‘Villains’ – A Study on Narratives and Emotions in Danish Rape Trials

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Kristine Louise Kristensen; [2023]
   Keywords : narrative; trial; rape; emotion; genres; story characters; rape myths; court ethnography; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Given the fact that rape is difficult to prove in court and trials primarily are based on the defendant’s word against the plaintiff’s, it becomes highly significant to study the narratives about rape presented in criminal trials. This thesis is an ethnographic-inspired study conduct-ed in Danish courts from January to May 2023. READ MORE