Essays about: "non-verbal speech acts"
Found 2 essays containing the words non-verbal speech acts.
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1. Commanding the Swedish roads : Non-verbal performatives in the grammar of road signs
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : Road signs form a non-verbal semiotic system – by many encountered on a daily basis – that dictates the actions of the users of the road, in order to create a safe and efficient traffic environment. It is clear that road signs are not just ‘saying’ things but ‘doing’ something. READ MORE
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2. Wa-UM-eii : How a Choreographer Can Use Sonification to Communicate With Dancers During Rehearsals
University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap; Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : A sonification is a nonverbal speech act and might sound like “wa-UM-eii”, or “wooosh!” The purpose of this study was to investigate a choreographer’s use of sonification in dance instructions, to see if there are different types of sonifications and if the use of these might differ with a change in context. Video material capturing the rehearsals of a noted dance company was analyzed using a cognitive ethnography-based approach. READ MORE