Essays about: "referent"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the word referent.

1. 11. What do Swedish demonstratives encode? : A study of exophoric demonstrative preferences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Balder Ask Zaar; [2021]
   Keywords : Swedish demonstratives; den här; den där; semantics of demonstratives; semantic analysis of demonstratives; David Wilkins demonstrative questionnaire; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Swedish exophoric demonstratives have often been seen as words that encode distance-based concepts. Based on the studies of demonstrative systems of several other languages the view of demonstratives as distance-oriented has recently been put into question. READ MORE

3. 12. What is farm animal welfare? : a study of animal-based food consumers’ perceptions inMexico using the ZMET tool

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Cristel Alejandra Capetillo Hernandez; [2020]
   Keywords : animal-based; consumers; farm animal welfare; food; laddering; means-end chain; mental model; perceptions; personal values; ZMET;

   Abstract : Authors stress that farm animal welfare (FAW) has become a mainstream contemporary societal demand worldwide, resulting in research conducted with FAW. The most popular type of research are surveys that analyse consumers’ attitudes towards FAW, yet, these are limited geographically to the European Union, the United States, and Canada. READ MORE

4. 13. An artificial intelligence method for text placement evaluation in maps

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Lai Wei; [2020]
   Keywords : Geography; Cartography; Text placement evaluation; Artificial intelligence; GoogLeNet; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : A map is a combinatorial presentation of map objects and labels providing users with sufficient and useful information. Text placement is the most time-consuming and cumbersome work in a map production process, and many methods have been proposed to automate this process. READ MORE

5. 14. Marking the specific direct object in restrictive relative clauses in spoken Farsi

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Jamie Rinder; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Persian has a case system whereby specific direct objects are marked with the enclitic را =rā. However, the spoken language presents a greater degree of flexibility with regard to =rā marking, especially in complex clauses such as restrictive relative clauses where a head noun can fulfil more than one syntactic function. READ MORE

6. 15. Climate Change, Securitization and Greta Thunberg

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linn Isacson; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate change; securitization; Copenhagen School; Greta Thunberg discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis is a discourse analysis of Greta Thunberg’s rhetoric on climate change. Its aim is to describe how securitization of climate change are reflected. It is important to understand how security and threats are formulated in society today. READ MORE