Sökning: "Figurative context"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden Figurative context.

  1. 1. English Colour Terms in Context

    Författare :Anders Steinvall; Gunnar Persson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; basic colour terms; elaborate colour terms; cognitive linguistics; metonymy; domain; context; markedness; figurative meaning; type modification; classifying function; vantage; reference point; attribute; entrenchment; radial category; corpus; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines usage of English colour terms in context, based on an extensive computerised text corpus, the Bank of English. It describes the ways in which English colour terms may be used to refer to nuances outside their normal area of designation and to attributes outside the colour domain. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mathematical Reasoning : In physics and real-life context

    Författare :Helena Johansson; Mats Andersson; Jesper Boesen; Morten Blomhøj; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Creative mathematical reasoning; Descriptive statistics; Differential item functioning; Figurative context; Imitative reasoning; Mathematical Reasoning Requirements; Mathematics tasks; National tests; Physics tasks; Real-life context; T-test; Upper secondary school; Creative mathematical reasoning; Descriptive statistics; Differential item functioning; Figurative context; Imitative reasoning; Mathematical Reasoning Requirements; Mathematics tasks; National tests; Physics tasks; Real-life context; T-test; Upper secondary school;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a compilation of four papers in which mathematical reasoning is examined in various contexts, in which mathematics is an integral part. It is known from previous studies that a focus on rote learning and procedural mathematical reasoning hamper students’ learning of mathematics. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Critères de figement : L’identification des expressions figées en français contemporain

    Författare :Maria Helena Svensson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; French language; memorization; unique context; compositionality; non-compositionality; marked syntax; lexical blocking; grammatical blocking; fixedness; frozenness; literal meaning; figurative meaning; motivation; non-motivation; transparency; opacity; analyzability; unanalyzability; idiom; proverb; collocation; metaphor; phraseology; mémorisation; contexte unique; compositionnalité; non-compositionnalité; syntaxe marquée; blocage lexical; blocage grammatical; figement; défigement; sens propre; sens figuré; motivation; non-motivation; transparance; opacité; analysabilité; inanalysabilité; idiome; proverbe; collocation; phrasème; gallicisme; locution; métaphore; Franska; French language; Franska språket;

    Sammanfattning : Although there are units larger than the word in language, linguists have not been able to agree on a definition of these units. This study examines a variety of notions, relevant in the study of ”fixed” or ”frozen” expressions in contemporary French. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Ambiguity at work : lexical blends in an American English web news context

    Författare :Daniel Kjellander; Marlene Johansson Falck; Maria Rosenberg; Suzanne Kemmer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; lexical blending; data collection methodology; corpus-based investigation; ambiguity; figurativity; cognitive linguistics; teleskopord; datainsamlingsmetod; korpusundersökning; mångtydighet; figurativitet; kognitiv lingvistik; engelska; English; language studies; språkvetenskap; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the word formation process of lexical blending in the context of written US web news between January 2010–March 2018. The study has two interrelated aims. First, it aims to develop a transparent, rigid, and replicable method of data collection. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Det svenska Israel : Myt och retorik i Haquin Spegels predikokonst

    Författare :Nils Ekedahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; sermons; sacred rhetoric; figurative allegory; confessionalization; political culture; national identity; Swedish absolutism; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the art of preaching of Haquin Spegel (1645-1714) from a political and rhetorical perspective. Spegel was one of the leading churchmen during the period of Carolingian autocratic rule. He was close to Karl XI and had good contacts with the Court and the political elite. LÄS MER