Sökning: "Creation of Meaning"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 145 avhandlingar innehållade orden Creation of Meaning.
1. Origins of Kingship Traditions and Symbolism in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Sammanfattning : Considering myth as the bearer of important symbolism with potentials to reveal history, this dissertation undertakes a historical interpretation of kingship traditions and/or myths in the Great Lakes region. While the historical sources describe the cultures of the peoples of the interlacustrine region, this study goes a step further to develop analytic categories using symbolism to interpret and explain the socio-political developments, which previously have been mystified and hence crystallised in theories as the well-known Hamitic theory. LÄS MER
2. Interpretive Functions of Adjectives in English : A Cognitive Approach
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a theoretical discussion of meaning creation in general, and interpretive functions of English adjectives in particular. The discussion rests on a dynamic view of meaning and interpretation, according to which there are no fixed linguistics meanings – not even for single lexemes. LÄS MER
3. Berättandets möjligheter : Multimodala berättelser och estetiska lärprocesser
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to investigate meaning-making in pupils' multimodal narratives that have emerged in aesthetic learning processes. To, with the support of ethnographic methods and theories of narrative and multimodality, study the resources and strategies used by the pupils. LÄS MER
4. Drama in School - Events of Learning and Processes of Becoming : An example from Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with issues relating to how learning takes place within drama education. The overall aim of the research study described in this thesis is to contribute to knowledge regarding what drama can be and how learning takes place in drama education when it constitutes a recurring part of compulsory schooling in Sweden. LÄS MER
5. The crown of Arsinoë II. The creation and development of an imagery of authority
Sammanfattning : This study deals with a unique crown that was created for Queen Arsinoë II. The aim is to identify and understand the symbolism that is embedded in each pictorial detail that together form the crown and how this reflects the wearer’s socio-political and religious positions. LÄS MER