Essays about: "interlocutor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word interlocutor.

  1. 1. The Relation between Switching Languages and Perceived Personality Change: A Comparative Study of Bilinguals and Monolinguals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Josephine Ahrendt; Miriam Nicolai; [2023]
    Keywords : bilingualism; language switch; perceived personality change; HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With increasing bilingualism, it becomes vital to understand the relation of language to personality. Language is essential for expressing our thoughts, and personality impacts our thoughts and behavior. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘We do what we can with what we have’ - The daily life of people with disabilities and the long and complicated road to improve it in Pando Bolivia

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

    Author : Cecilie Kyed Reese Andersen; [2023]
    Keywords : disability; poverty; family; intersectionality; mobilizing; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the search for grasping how the everyday life experience for people with a disability is shaped in relation to the local social and political complexities in Cobija/Pando four themes are crucial to understand. Firstly, illustrating how the rhetorical definition of disability removes the wrongfulness or responsibility from the shoulders of the individual to an exclusive social environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. Male and Female Usage of Minimal Responses : A Comparison Between Same-sex and Mixed-sex, Formal and Informal, and Pair and Group Conversations

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Aaisha Almasri; [2023]
    Keywords : Minimal responses; gender; formality; informality; pair conversations; group conversations;

    Abstract : This essay investigates how the usage of minimal responses differs between men and women in different situations. There are three factors included in the analysis, gender of the interlocutor, formality, and the number of participants in the conversations. For each factor, the frequency and function of minimal responses are investigated. READ MORE

  5. 4. Towards a Composite Notion of ‘what is said’

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Daniel Delgado; [2022]
    Keywords : Semantics; Pragmatics; Språkfilosofi;

    Abstract : If, when asked whether you want more beer, you utter, ‘I’ve had enough’, your interlocutor knows that you have had enough of beer. That is, from the literal content of ‘I’ve had enough’, your interlocutor infers that you say, ‘I’ve had enough [of beer]’. READ MORE

  6. 5. The role of gender and familiarity for speech and gestures during agreement in Greek conversation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Grekiska (nygrekiska)

    Author : Stamatina Rozou; [2021]
    Keywords : agreement · conversation · Greek language · manual gestures · speech · non-speech · familiarity · gender · females · males · target speaker · interlocutor · number of hands · movement · palm orientation · handshape ·; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Gestures are used in a pragmatic way in interactive contexts such as conversation. Agreement between interlocutors is an ordinary aspect of talk-in-interaction, which is expressed through various types of utterances and gestures. READ MORE