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  1. 1. Climate Leadership in the Trade Regime Complex : An Assessment of the United States Preferential Trade Agreements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jens Wickström; [2022]
    Keywords : International Climate Leadership; Global Governance; The US; Preferential Trade Agreements; Regime Complex;

    Abstract : Emissions keep rising, states keep trading, and Earth will be 1.5°C warmer within five years. These are results of inadequate global governance. As globalisation has brought complexity to the international settings, creating overlapping webs of interactions: no International Organisation has properly responded. READ MORE

  3. 2. Confidential Construction Project : An Explorative-Comparative Study Between Conventional and Confidential Construction Projects

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Soran Khalaf; Jonathan Bjerkensjö; [2021]
    Keywords : Critical Success Factors; Key Performance Indicators; Iron triangle; Confidential construction projects; Kritiska framgångsfaktorer; Nyckeltal; Järntriangeln; Säkerhetsklassade byggprojekt;

    Abstract : The definition of a project is that an individual or group of individuals carries out a work that results in a unique product or service. What is usually discussed in both the media and in the construction industry is the type of project that you can talk about. In this study, this is called conventional construction projects. READ MORE

  4. 3. Metaphors and their Making: Bodily, conventionally and contextually motivated metaphors in inter- and intra-generational conversations

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

    Author : Björn Torstensson; [2019]
    Keywords : cognitive semiotics; iconicity; Motivation and Sedimentation Model; conventionality; embodiment; metaphor identification; signs; polysemy; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines and compares spontaneous metaphor usage in conversations within and between generations. It investigates to what extent they can be seen as motivated by bodily, conventional and situated factors with the help of the Motivation and Sedimentation Model (MSM), which operates with these three levels of meaning. READ MORE

  5. 4. Impoliteness in language and gesture: a cross-cultural study of impolite behaviour in Russian and Swedish

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

    Author : Vladislav Zlov; [2019]
    Keywords : impoliteness; politeness; cognitive semiotics; language; gesture; conventionality; culture; mimesis; face; directness; frequency; evaluation; semantics; pragmatics; context; sign; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Impoliteness has been considered as a marginal phenomenon for scientific research for some time, although as a type of behaviour it has always been around us. The field of impoliteness studies is currently growing, but there are clear gaps in the research that concerns the conventionality of expressions, different semiotic systems through which impoliteness is expressed and cross-cultural comparisons. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of conventionality and proficiency in metaphor processing : A response time study

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Peter Eriksson; [2013]
    Keywords : Language processing; Metaphor comprehension; Conventionality; Conventional metaphor; Non-conventional metaphor; Automaticity; Proficiency; Native speaker NS ; Non-native speaker NNS ; Response time RT .;

    Abstract : Some researchers that work with metaphor theory claim that metaphors and figurative language are understood and processed just as easily as literal language. However, as this thesis will explore in detail, other research indicates that such is not always the case. READ MORE