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Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 1962 avhandlingar innehållade ordet discourse.
26. Företagande män och osynliggjorda kvinnor : Diskursen om Gnosjö ur ett könsperspektiv
Sammanfattning : Gnosjö is a place in Sweden which is commonly associated with successful entrepreneurship and a large number of self-employed. The representations of this place are widely spread and well established. The aim of the dissertation is to examine the discourse of Gnosjö from a gender perspective. LÄS MER
27. Representing discourse referents in speech and gesture
Sammanfattning : The thesis examines the way that speech and gestures are used together to represent referents in discourse. The starting point is the generally acknowledged observation that gestures are a constitutive part of language (Kendon, 2004; McNeill, 1992). LÄS MER
28. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth
Sammanfattning : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding discussion. LÄS MER
29. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility : Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts
Sammanfattning : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. LÄS MER
30. Organizational Trust : Discourse Analytical and Experimental Perspectives
Sammanfattning : This thesis employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of linguistic analysis to investigate how business organizations use discourse as a strategic tool to build and repair stakeholders’ trust. In addition, the thesis makes a methodological contribution by developing a novel corpus annotation method that offers solutions to some of the most significant challenges involved in reliably identifying and quantifying evaluation. LÄS MER