Essays about: "social function language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words social function language.

1. 1. A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: Ayahuasca; Documentary film; Interdisciplinary; Western society; Sub-genre; Vine of the Soul; Aya-Awakenings; Culture; Consciousness; Ancient knowledge.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This master thesis invites the reader to acquire and examine new evidence about an emerging and growing sub-genre type of documentary film called Ayahuasca documentary. This study bases its definition of the Ayahuasca documentary sub-genre on a current work in the progress catalogue of over 50 documentary films, two of which were selected as case studies. READ MORE

3. 2. Knowledge dissemination from and knowledge production of a public review digital information source : A snapshot of visitors and active users’ activity in two language versions of Wikipedia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : ELLI HADJIGEORGIOU; [2022]
   Keywords : Wikipedia; Wikipedians Wiks ; DESN; knowledge generation and public content review;

   Abstract : During the last two decades, Wikipedia’s multiple language versions managed to become editable forms of knowledge source, publicly available, which deal both, with non-typical knowledge dissemination and knowledge production, thanks to visitors’ viewership and active users/Wikipedians visitation/viewership and voluntary contribution, respectively. This dissertation investigates the function of recent viewership and editing in Wikipedia in Greek (WiG) and Bulgarian Language (WiB), by visitors and active users/Wikipedians (G-Wiks and B-Wiks), respectively, with respect to the issue of knowledge production (including reproduction) in the broader spectrum of Epistemology. READ MORE

4. 3. Cultivating social sustainability through urban community gardens : Evaluating urban community gardens as a planning strategy to foster social sustainability in socio-economic vulnerable neighbourhoods

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Emma Danielsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Social sustainability; Socio-economic vulnerable neighbourhoods; Urban agriculture; Urban community gardens; Urban planning;

   Abstract : Urban community gardens’ capability to yield aspects of social sustainability has been addressed in previous research. Nevertheless, further studies within this scientific field are requested for, exploring various socio-economic contexts and how such variables impact the outcomes of urban community garden initiatives. READ MORE

5. 4. Does emotional language use in dream and mind-wandering reports reflect mental well-being and ill-being?

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Nanna Strid; [2022]
   Keywords : Emotional language; spontaneous thought; well-being; dreaming; mind-wandering;

   Abstract : Over the past decades, there has been growing interest in whether the language people use (e.g., in social media) can reflect their well-being (WB) and ill-being (IB). However, little is known about how the content of spontaneous thoughts and experiences (e. READ MORE

6. 5. English profanities in Nordic-language tweets : A comparative quantitative study

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Johannes Widegren; [2022]
   Keywords : Profanity; swearing; swear words; bad language; pragmatic borrowing; loanwords; contact linguistics; Nordic languages; Twitter; geo-tagging; Nordic Tweet Stream; adaptation; Fula ord; svärord; pragmatiska lån; lånord; kontaktlingvistik; nordiska språk; Twitter; geo-taggar; Nordic Tweet Stream; anpassning;

   Abstract : English profanities (i.e. potentially offensive words, including swear words) have been in use for decades in the Nordic languages – Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish – and offer a multitude of opportunities for linguistic expression, along with the domestic, heritage profanities in each language. READ MORE