Essays about: "metaforer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the word metaforer.

  1. 1. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

  3. 2. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Frithiof Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mind style; Metaphor; Reality; EFL Classroom; Upper Secondary School; Motivation.;

    Abstract : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond the Numbers: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Role of Meaning Making about Psychometric Tests in Recruitment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lianna Berglund; Petronella Hjort; Nathalie Nordqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : meaning making; psychometric tests; recruiters; frame; objectivity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study explores how meaning about psychometric testing within recruitment is constructed and sustained through the process of meaning making. The result shows that recruiters view psychometric tests through a frame of objectivity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Undervisning av ryttarkänsla under gruppridlektioner : en kvalitativ studie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Maja Bakke Hjulmand; Johanna Stöhr; [2022]
    Keywords : ryttarkänsla; ridlärare; grupplektion; ridinstruktion;

    Abstract : Ridsport kräver samarbete mellan människa och häst. När ryttaren uppnår ett fungerande sådant samarbete kan detta ibland benämnas som ryttarkänsla. Ryttarkänsla är en personlig känsla och det finns nästan lika många definitioner som det finns ryttare. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Art of the Political Metaphor : Examining Boris Johnson's use of conceptual metaphors in a speech on Brexit

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Rickard Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Metaphor; Brexit; Boris Johnson; Conceptual metaphor theory; Framing;

    Abstract : As the 2016 Brexit referendum was an election largely decided by the use of language, there was merit in examining how the Leave campaign had managed to be successful. Therefore, this study asks how one of the leave campaign's main figure heads, Boris Johnson, used metaphors to frame the relationship between Britain and the EU. READ MORE