Sökning: "Asbjørg Westum"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Asbjørg Westum.

  1. 1. Ris, skäver och skärva : Folklig kategorisering av några barnsjukdomar ur ett kognitivt semantiskt perspektiv

    Författare :Asbjörg Westum; Lars-Erik Edlund; Gunilla Byrman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages; Swedish dialects; cognitive semantics; folk categorization of illnesses; Idealized Cognitive Models; radial structure; concentrating structure; folk etiology; word formation; dialekter; barnsjukdomar; folkmedicin; Dialectology; Dialektforskning; Etnologi; Ethnology; Folklore; Folkloristik; Scandinavian languages; Scandinavian Languages; Swedish;

    Sammanfattning : In Swedish dialects we find the terms ris,skäver and skärva referring to illnesses in children. The words are also parts of various compounds which refer to variants of the illnesses. The terms are linguistic expressions denoting two folk categories of illnesses, RIS and SKÄVER/SKÄRVA. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Logics and politics of professionalism : the case of university English language teachers in Vietnam

    Författare :Mai Trang Vu; Asbjörg Westum; Nafsika Alexiadou; Carin Jonsson; Pavel Zgaga; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; professionalism; professionalisation; university English language teachers; higher education management; policy; embedded case study; Vietnam; Education; pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : Set against a changing backdrop of reforms in higher education and English language teaching (ELT), the thesis explores the notion of professionalism for university English teachers in Vietnam: What is defined as professionalism in this particular period of time? How is professionalism constructed in this context?The research approaches professionalism as a critical concept: A list of aspired traits and features are always value-laden and concern the question of power. From this premise, the thesis discusses a “kaleidoscope” relationship between different actors in the making of professionalism. LÄS MER