Sökning: "passive voice"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden passive voice.

  1. 1. Passive voices : be-, get- and prepositional passives in recent American English

    Författare :Sarah Schwarz; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Anne Curzan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; passive voice; get-passive; prepositional passive; corpus linguistics; American English; historical syntax; adversativity; situation type; thematic role; affectedness; prescriptivism; colloquialization; grammaticalization; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American English. Empirical, corpus methods are employed in order to examine the syntactic, semantic, and stylistic preferences of three English passive constructions across time and genre in American English. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hysj : En kritisk didaktisk relasjonsanalyse av Curriculum Silentium; den skjulte policyen for taushet om arbeidsrelatert kritikk hos ansatte

    Författare :Kjersti Lien Holte; Lena Gonäs; Jan Ch. Karlsson; Per - Olof Thång; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Communication; risk management; organizational silence; concealment in organizations; loyalty; workplace participation; whistelblowing; resistance; feelgood work; passive aggressive behavior; work related criticism; democracy at work; Hidden curriculum; hidden policy; rituals; voice; organizational behavior; organizational behavior; organizational learning.; Other social sciences; Övrig samhällsvetenskap; Working Life Science; Arbetsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study has developed a tool for explaining why employees fail to speak up with regard to work related criticism; there is a hidden policy of silence that teaches employees to remain silent. This hidden policy is here designated as the "Curriculum Silentium" and is described in detail on the basis of empirical and theoretical data. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Voice Source in Speech Communication - Production and Perception Experiments Involving Inverse Filtering and Synthesis

    Författare :Christer Gobl; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :Voice source dynamics; glottal source parameters; source-filter interaction; voice quality; phonation; perception; affect; emotion; mood; attitude; paralinguistic; inverse filtering; knowledge-based; formant synthesis; LF model; fundamental frequency;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores, through a number of production andperception studies, the nature of the voice source signal andhow it varies in spoken communication. Research is alsopresented that deals with the techniques and methodologies foranalysing and synthesising the voice source. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Massans röst : Upplopp och gatubråk i Stockholm 1719–1848

    Författare :Mats Berglund; Lars Nilsson; Maria Sjöberg; Börje Harnesk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; riots; street violence; pre-industrial era; stagnation; Stockholm; political culture; democratisation; urban history; newspapers; Södermalm Riot; Ebel tumult; killing of Axel von Fersen; Crusenstolpe Riots; March Revolt; History; Historia; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis examines riots and street violence in Stockholm between 1719 and 1848. By studying open conflicts, the thesis explores changes in societal power structures which otherwise are hidden. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Lyssnandets praktik : Medborgardialog, icke-vetande och förskjutningar

    Författare :Sofia Wiberg; Karin Bradley; Jonathan Metzger; Jonna Bornemark; Maria Hellström Reimer; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :citizen participation; political listening; unknowing; practical knowledge; ratio; intellectus; pactivity; medborgardialog; politiskt lyssnande; icke-vetande; praktisk kunskap; ratio; intellectus; paktivitet; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : I dialogforskning och planeringspraktik pekas det ofta på vikten av att skapa fler forum för att ”ge röst” till invånargrupper i syfte att skapa mer politiskt jämlika processer, stärka demokrati och social hållbarhet (Abrahamsson, 2015) samtidigt som mindre fokus sätts på de praktiker och vanor som avgör vad som kan höras. Det är en omöjlighet att lyssna på allt, ett lyssnande innebär därmed alltid ett sorterande där vissa saker får utrymme och annat blir bortsorterat (Palmås och von Bush, 2015). LÄS MER