Sökning: "pun"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade ordet pun.

  1. 1. Looking at the Future : Divination and Astrology in Ancient Egypt

    Författare :Andreas Winkler; Lana Troy; Kasia Szpakowska; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Egypt; Graeco-Roman Egypt; Demotic; Coptic; divination; astrology; dream interpretation; calendar; pun; allegory; sages.; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Sammanfattning : This study discusses divination in ancient Egypt, from the New Kingdom onwards in order to highlight the Egyptian elements in later astrological practices in Graeco-Roman Egypt. The first chapter treats divination and its study in general terms. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Den lekande Fröding : en författarskapsstudie

    Författare :Erik Zillén; Litteraturvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Play; literature criticism; general and comparative literature; occasional literature; Scandinavian languages and literature; canon; play poetics; metacommunication; role play; pseudonym; quotation; intertextuality; literary theory; pun; language play; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation examines the collected literary works of Gustaf Fröding (1860-1911), from which it unearths a vital, yet hitherto unrecognised dimension: Fröding at play. The opening chapter accounts for how the concept of play has been made use of in previous literary research and elaborates, by way of an inter-disciplinary transfer of concept and with Fröding's chalice poem "En pligt-dikt" as key text, a literary play model. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Shun the Pun, Rescue the Rhyme? : The Dubbing and Subtitling of Language Play in Film

    Författare :Thorsten Schröter; Moira Linnarud; Patrick Zabalbeascoa; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family films; screen translation; similes; idioms; modified expressions; play with foreign words; nonce formations; play with grammar; rhymes; half-rhymes; alliteration; repetition; dubbing; subtitling; compensation; humour; language-play; wordplay; puns; metaphors; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : Language-play can briefly be described as the wilful manipulation of the peculiarities of a linguistic system in a way that draws attention to these peculiarities themselves, thereby causing a communicative and cognitive effect that goes beyond the conveyance of propositional meaning. Among the various phenomena answering this description are the different kinds of puns, but also more strictly form-based manipulations such as rhymes and alliteration, in addition to a host of other, sometimes even fuzzier, subcategories. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Production and Characterization of ZrN and PuN Materials for Nuclear Fuel Applications

    Författare :Marcus Hedberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Internal gelation; Carbothermal reduction; Zirconium Nitride; Plutonium Nitride; Nuclear fuel;

    Sammanfattning : At the heart of a nuclear reactor resides its fuel. The chemical composition of the nuclear fuel affects the performance of several key properties important for the overall operation and safety performance of the reactor. LÄS MER

  7. 5. In the Company of Ghosts : Hauntology, Ethics, Digital Monsters

    Författare :Line Henriksen; Margrit Shildrick; Nina Lykke; Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hauntology; monster; ghost; spectralities; Monster Studies; feminist theory; ethics; digital media; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta; Hauntologi; monster; spöke; spectralities; monster studier; feministisk teori; etik; digitala medier; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s ’hauntology’ through the lens of digital monsters and feminist theory.Hauntology – a pun on ‘ontology’ and ‘haunting’ – offers an ethics based on responsibility towards that which cannot be said to fully exist, yet has an effect on our everyday lives nonetheless. LÄS MER