Essays about: "synchronic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word synchronic.

  1. 1. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Thomas Hans Sune Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Humayun; Mughal; esotericism; Arabic Hermeticism; Sufism; syncretism; occultism in Islam; magic;

    Abstract : Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun (1508-1556), simply known as Humayun, was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is often known with a discredited image in history even though recent investigations show a new, different, and regenerated perspective about him. READ MORE

  3. 2. #Laïcité on Twitter : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Hashtag #Laïcité and Its Use in Discourses on Islam in the French Republic

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anne-Laurence Hamer; [2023]
    Keywords : Laïcité; Twitter; Critical Discourse Analysis; Hashtag; Twitterisation; Islamophobia; Secularism; France;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the Twitter discourse surrounding French secularism, referred to as laïcité, and its interplay with Islam in France. The research aims to provide an in-depth synchronic analysis of patterns and Twitter users’ language and rhetoric when discussing the principle. READ MORE

  4. 3. “What’s up, bro?” : A synchronic corpus study on the use of bro in TV shows

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Felizia Livskog; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus; TV corpus; slang; sociolinguistics; synchronic; bro;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the synchronic variation in usage of the word bro in English speaking TV shows that aired 2017, by extracting data from The TV Corpus. In today’s society bro is becoming more and more frequent in use and the increase seems to be partly due to the high level of nuance the word has. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hybrid War: A Conceptual History Study : The meaning of hybrid war in the scholarly debate between 2008-2021

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Filippa Lindberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Hybrid war; Hybrid warfare; Hybrid threat; Irregular war; Asymmetric war; Gray zone.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the meaning and construction of the debated concept of hybrid war/warfare in the existing scholarly literature. The identified research problem stems from the lack of reflection on the conceptual reasoning and thought that underpins the nature of war, which relates to the fact that a historical linguistic perspective is neglected in most studies on war. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nouns on fire in Mainland Scandinavian : A lexico-typological study of selected nouns referring to FIRE in Danish, Norwegian (Bokmål) and Swedish

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Carolina Lindmark; [2017]
    Keywords : Typology; semantics; lexical typology; lexical frames; fire; nouns; compounds; parameters;

    Abstract : The current study investigates the use of a selected group of nouns in the domain of FIRE in written Mainland Scandinavian languages, i.e. Danish, Norwegian (bokmål) and Swedish. READ MORE