Sökning: "Thrift"

Visar resultat 6 - 8 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Thrift.

  1. 6. Sparsamkeit und Geiz, Grosszügigkeit und Verschwendung : ethische Konzepte im Spiegel der Sprache

    Författare :Anita Malmqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semantic analysis; semantic field; ethical concept; cognitive semantics; variation; expressivity; semantic change; contrastive corpus analysis; frequency; metaphorical concept; métonymie concept;

    Sammanfattning : The object of this study is to analyse the lexemes and phraseological units that constitute the semantic fields employed in naming four abstract domains, greed, thrift, generosity, and extra­vagance that make up the ethical concept in German. On the assump­tion that ideas are accessible to us through the lexicalised items of a language, recent theories in the field of semantic analysis and conceptualisation were applied to the source material. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Att bli miljömedveten : Perspektiv på miljöhandbokens textvärld

    Författare :Elinor Adenling; Kerstin Holmlund; David Hamilton; Leif Östman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; miljömedvetenhet; miljövänlig livsstil; discourse analysis; ecological modernization; governmentality; risk society; diskursanalys; handböcker; ekologisk modernisering; styrbarhetsmentalitet; risksamhälle; environmental consciousness; environment-friendly life-style; handbooks; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is the study of environmental consciousness as a discursive educational project. The empirical material consist of 18 environmental handbooks that have been published in Sweden during the years 1976-2007 of which 13 appeared between 1988 and 1995. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Steriliseringar i folkhemmet

    Författare :Maija Runcis; Gro Hagemann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : The chief motive for introducing the sterilization laws of the 1930s and 1940s was to prevent mentally ill and ‘feeble-minded’ individuals from reproducing, mainly for population-policy and social reasons. When the ‘feeble-minded’ were set apart and classed as different or deviant, this was done on medical, racial hygiene and moral grounds and also to some extent on social grounds. LÄS MER