Sökning: "Linguistic relativity"

Visar resultat 6 - 7 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Linguistic relativity.

1. 6. "The Relative Merits of Goodness and Originality" : The Ethics of Storytelling in Peter Carey’s Novels

   Författare :Christer Larsson; Stephen Knight; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Peter Carey; Speech Acts; Closure; Ethics and Literature; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to demonstrate that recurrent formal and thematic patterns in Peter Carey’s novels suggest an interrelation between the works, and that an analysis which takes that interrelation into account can extract an argument concerning the ethics of storytelling from the texts. The issue of the status of fictional discourse receives prominent and complex consideration in Carey’s novels, and this study argues that Carey presents storytelling as an intentional mode of social interaction, defined and governed by extra-linguistic conventions. LÄS MER

3. 7. Accounting for Culture, Language and Identity in Educational Discourses : The Case of Indigenous Sámi in Finland, Sweden and Norway

   Författare :Meeri Hellstén; []
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : This research project examines the enactment of various versions of the concept of ‘culture’ in education policy and practice. Its interest lies in how indigenous Sámi culture is manifest in three different national, linguistic and education administration sites: Finland, Sweden and Norway. LÄS MER