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  1. 1. Subjective and Objective Construal in Translation : Looking at Japanese-English translation from a cognitive perspective

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Hedda Hansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Japanese; translation; cognitive linguistics; subjective construal; objective construal; I-mode; D-mode; narrative perspective; Hiromi Kawakami; A Snake Stepped On;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the relevance of a cognitive perspective in Japanese-English translation. More specifically, it looks at how a preference of different perspectives in the two languages could explain contrasting narrative techniques. Based on Ronald W. READ MORE

  3. 2. Individual Differences in (Mis)perceptions of Economic Inequality: The Role of Ideology, Abstraction, News Consumption and Rationality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Erika Mårtensson; [2017]
    Keywords : ideology; system justification; construal level theory; media; rationality; cognitive reflection; economic inequality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate how and why people misperceive the magnitude of economic differences. It was hypothesized that news consumption frequency, rationality and abstract-mindedness would predict accuracy in estimations of economic differences; and that economic ideology motivation would predict inaccuracy in estimations of economic differences. READ MORE

  4. 3. Thinking and seeing for speaking : The viewpoint preference in Swedish/Japanese monolinguals and bilinguals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Masako Hayakawa Thor; [2016]
    Keywords : Thinking for speaking; viewpoint preference; Linguistic relativity; Japanese; Swedish; bilinguals; monolinguals; subjective objective construal; cognition; verbal non-verbal task; perspektivpreferens; språkrelativitet; japanska; svenska; tvåspråkig; enspråkig; subjektiv objektiv tolkning; kognition; verbal icke-verbal uppgift;

    Abstract : “Linguistic relativity” has been studied for a long time. Many empirical studies have been conducted on cross-linguistic differences to find support for the influence of language on thought. READ MORE