Sökning: "discourse markers"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 40 avhandlingar innehållade orden discourse markers.
21. Från beslut till broschyr : Intertextualitet, äldre och kultur i texter inom en statlig satsning
Sammanfattning : The overarching purpose of this study is to map out how intertextual relations are manifested in texts produced within a government initiative on arts for the elderly, and to shed light on how discourses on the elderly and the arts are articulated in texts from the initiative. This purpose is addressed with qualitative research methods, and with a focus on three themes: intertextual relations, representations of the elderly, and constructions of the purposefulness of the initiative. LÄS MER
22. Semantic analysis of irrelevant speech in dementia
Sammanfattning : This thesis demanded for studies within an interface between semantics, interaction and neuropsychology. The topic for the thesis was irrelevant discourse caused by dementia and foremost so called confabulation. LÄS MER
23. Adverbials as semantic and pragmatic operators : a functional approach to the analysis of English fiction language
Sammanfattning : Adverbials as Semantic and Pragmatic Operators. A Functional Approach to the Analysis of English Fiction Language investigates the function and use of some English adverbials as tools for creating literary meaning and effect. LÄS MER
24. The Language of English Newspaper Editorials from a 20th-Century Perspective
Sammanfattning : This work is a corpus-based study of the language of English up-market ("quality") newspaper editorials, covering the period 1900-1993. CENE, the Corpus of English Newspaper Editorials, was compiled for the purposes of this study and comprises editorials from the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, and The Times chosen to represent periods at ten-year intervals. LÄS MER
25. The Mimetic Mystery : A linguistic study of the genre of British and American detective fiction including a comparison with suspense fiction
Sammanfattning : The present study is an analysis of the genre of detective fiction from a predominantly linguistic point of view.The main hypothesis is that the addresser's aims determine not only the content of a text but also its discursive and textual properties. LÄS MER