Essays about: "prescriptive analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words prescriptive analysis.

  1. 1. Translating Metaphors An Analysis of the Translation of Conceptual Metaphors from English to Swedish in an Academic Text

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Patricia Loggarfve; [2023]
    Keywords : Conceptual metaphor; metaphor; metonymy; personification; translation studies; translation theory;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the author’s translation of a non-fiction text about literary theory. The study examines the metaphors found in the original text and how they have been translated from English to Swedish.  The analysis uses Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) description of conceptual metaphors to categorize the metaphors found in the text. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Dynamics of Preserving Transitive Choice and Preference: Transitivity in the context of Choice Blindness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Daniel Zander; [2023]
    Keywords : transitivity; choice blindness; preference; dynamics; mechanism; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : In most normative and prescriptive decision theories, transitivity is a presumed property of any preference relation, stating that for any choice alternatives x, y, z and preference relation R, if xRy and yRz, then xRz. However, what is normatively expected of an ideally rational agent may still be descriptively false under certain contexts and empirically motivated decision models. READ MORE

  4. 3. Embracing metaphors in translation : A study on the translation of embodied metaphors in a nature book

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Linda Gars; [2023]
    Keywords : English Swedish; metaphor translation; translation strategies; embodied metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the translation of metaphors with a special focus on embodied metaphors. It is based on Newmark’s (1981:84−91) translation strategies and uses chapter 15, “Currents and Tides”, from Tristan Gooley’s nature book How to Read Water, Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea (2016) as corpus for metaphor translation analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Data analytics for unemployment incurance claims : framework, approaches, and implementations strategies

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Jonathan Bergkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Data analytics; Prediction model; Hybrid modelling;

    Abstract : Unemployment Insurance serves as a vital economic stabiliser, offering financial assistance and promoting workforce reintegration. In Sweden, occupation-specific unemployment funds, known as "Arbetslöshetskassan" (A-KASSAN), manage these claims. READ MORE

  6. 5. Integrating Fire Evacuation into the Building Information Modelling Workflow

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Nazim Yakhou; [2022]
    Keywords : Fire Safety Engineering; Building Information Modelling; Fire Evacuation; Performance Based Design; Golden Thread of Information; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Building Information Modelling (BIM) is arising gradually as a useful methodology in the AEC field. One of the many benefits of BIM is coordination between stakeholders from multiple disciplines. However, the field of Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) is relatively lagging by its lack of integration into this digital workflow. READ MORE