Sökning: "ritual speech"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden ritual speech.
1. Det starkaste beviset? : En retorisk studie av juridiska erkännandens övertygande krafter
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This master thesis asks the question “Why are confessions so convincing?”. To provide an answer, I use Austin’s speech act theory to investigate how confessions work within the context of Swedish law. LÄS MER
2. Some formal characteristics of parallel speech in Kambera
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikSammanfattning : In all languages of the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba, parallel speech is used in ritual contexts. In this study, some characteristics of parallel speech in Kambera are investigated. LÄS MER
3. Vi tysta kväkare pratar så gärna. : En studie om svenska kväkares tystnad och tal
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : This qualitative research study aims to investigate how eight members of the Society of Friends (also known as Quakers) experience a divine presence in their Meeting for Worship. The purpose is also to find out how their identity as Quakers has been created, and to see how they look at their Meeting of Worship when it comes to ritual as a concept. LÄS MER
4. Between Action and Power: A Perspective on Symbolization and Ritual Efficacy
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiSammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to clarify the notion of symbolization and relate it to that of ritual efficacy. It is demonstrated that terms such as “symbolization” and “symbol” are used rather loosely by prominent anthropologists and therefore require closer scrutiny. LÄS MER
5. The Objects of Modernity: an Investigation of Material Culture and Mass Consumption
Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiSammanfattning : This thesis examines the impact of the objects that surrounds us and the practices of consumption in which we engage on the cultural constructions we live and vice versa taking its point of departure in an examination of the objects and consumption practices that have been used in the definition of the construct of modernity in various cultures. Theoretically it develops a framework based on speech act theory and ritual studies, which is then applied to a range of case studies coming from all over the world. LÄS MER