Sökning: "fictional speech"

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  1. 1. Gricean Maxims and ASD Individuals on TV : A pragmatic analysis of individuals with ASD and their sensitivity to Gricean Maxims

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Författare :Alice Ann Mikha; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Autism; ASD; Atypical; the Gricean Cooperative Principle; maxims; flouting; pragmatics; autistic disorder; language understanding; neuropsychiatric disabilities; education;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to examine the way the flouting of the Gricean maxims is used to portray a fictional character with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study analyzes a character named Sam Gardner from the television series Atypical. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Non-Speaking Creature : Characterisation in Relation to Speech in Frankenstein and Two of its Adaptations

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Frida Hellryd; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Frankenstein; Disability Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This paper uses narrative theory to take a look at how speech is represented in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and how speech is connected to the characterisation of Frankenstein's Creature. The paper also looks at how the Creature's characterisation changes when he is made non-speaking in Richard Brinsley Peake 1823 stage play Presumption and the 1931 film Frankenstein. LÄS MER

  4. 3. What may or may not be certain : A Study of the Translation of Hedging Devices from English to Swedish in a Non-Fiction Text

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Antonia Kjellström; [2019]
    Nyckelord :English to Swedish; hedges; hedging devices; non-fiction; translation;

    Sammanfattning : Hedges, or hedging devices, are strategies that the writer or speaker can use in order to convey probability, impreciseness or vagueness. Hedges can appear in most parts of speech, for example as adjectives, adverbs or modal or lexical verbs. This study investigates the translation of hedging devices in a non-fiction text from English to Swedish. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Skönlitterära texters påverkan på andraspråkselevers ordförståelse : En kvalitativ studie om svensklärarnas resonemang och arbete med skönlitterära texter i en flerspråklig klass

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Författare :Sumeyra Erdal; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Swedish teaching; second language teaching; second language; word comprehension; vocabulary; fiction; svenskundervisning; andraspråksundervisning; andraspråk; ordförståelse; ordinlärning; skönlitteratur;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to investigate the working methods and teaching methods used by Swedish teachers in grade 5 at two different schools in Västerort, and how these six swedish teachers argue about fiction and their influence on the development of word understanding by second language speakers. During this study, qualitative methods are used, in the form of observations and interviews. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Modality in an android's speech. How modal verbs relate to an android's ability to feel emotions

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Johanna Hennberg; [2014-06-30]
    Nyckelord :modality; modal verbs; Star Trek; android; Data; emotions;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to examine how and to what extent the modality in the fictional android Data's language changed when he went from incapable to capable of experiencing human emotions. Focus is on subjective, objective and probability related modality in particular. LÄS MER