Sökning: "conceptual metaphors"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden conceptual metaphors.

  1. 21. An important part of the whole : The role of metaphors in the teaching and learning of mathematics

    Författare :Johannes Berggren; Iben Christiansen; Kerstin Larsson; Cecilia Kilhamn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; matematikämnets didaktik;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to investigate the role of metaphor in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Two different studies help to fulfil this aim. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Dylan Thomas's Poetics of Embodiment

    Författare :Anne Päivärinta; Finland University of Tampere; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; cognitive poetics; embodiment; stylistics; Modernism; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation explores the structure and functions of embodied metaphors in Dylan Thomas’s (1914–1953) works. It aims to show that embodiment defines Thomas’s writing both stylistically and thematically, and that Thomas’s body metaphors are essentially founded on the biblical myths of creation and the Fall. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Making Sense of Negative Numbers

    Författare :Cecilia Kilhamn; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mathematics education; metaphor; signed number; negative number; number sense; case study; longitudinal; social constructivism;

    Sammanfattning : Numbers are abstract objects that we conceptualize and make sense of through metaphors. When negative numbers appear in school mathematics, some properties of number sense related to natural numbers become contradictory. The metaphors seem to break down, making a transition from intuitive to formal mathematics necessary. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Metaforen som konvention : graden av bildlighet i svenskans vikt- och tyngdmetaforer

    Författare :Jan Svanlund; Kerstin Norén; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the nature of conventional lexicalized metaphors, especially their degree of figurativeness, which is defined as their ability to activate conceptions from the source domain of the metaphor. The corpus in question consists of central words from the source domain WEIGHT. LÄS MER

  7. 25. A Seeing Place – Connecting Physical and Virtual Spaces

    Författare :Josef Wideström; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; stage; VR; theatre; Virtual Space; virtual reality; place; physical space;

    Sammanfattning : In the experience and design of spaces today, we meet both reality and virtuality. But how is the relation between real and virtual construed? How can we as researchers and designers contribute to resolving the physical-virtual divide regarding spaces? This thesis explores the relations between the physical and the virtual and investigates ways of connecting physical and virtual space, both in theory and practice. LÄS MER