Sökning: "perceptual metaphor"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden perceptual metaphor.

  1. 1. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

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

    Författare :Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
    Nyckelord :cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Tiling heuristics and evaluation metrics for treemaps with a target node aspect ratio

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Författare :Rodrigo Roa Rodríguez; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Treemap; heuristics; tiling; tessellation; metrics; aspect ratio; orientation agnostic; OAAR; FOAAR; orientation; offset factor; offset quotient; information visualization; infoviz; macro-economic metaphor; eat the poor; eat the rich; subsidy; welfare;

    Sammanfattning : Treemaps are a popular space-filling visualization of hierarchical data that maps an attribute of a datum, or a data aggregate, to a proportional amount of area. Assuming a rectangular treemap consisting of nested rectangles (also called tiles), there are multiple possible valid tiling arrangements. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Perceived risks as adoption barriers of Facebook commerce : Exploring Facebook users’ perceptions

    Master-uppsats, Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Författare :Carlos Valles; Antoniya Petrova; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Adoption barriers; attitudes; brand extension; consumer behavior; Facebook commerce; f-commerce; perceived risks; perceptions; ZMET;

    Sammanfattning : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyze perceptions and attitudes of Facebook users as consumers and merchants; investigate which perceived risks, if any, function as adoption barriers of f-commerce. Methodology: The study adopts a mixed method approach. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Illusion och verklighet : Metaforer och motivkretsar i Stig Dagermans pjäs Den dödsdömde och novellerna ”Den dödsdömde” och ”Mannen från Milesia”

    Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia

    Författare :George Hawsho; [2011]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine metaphors and what may be perceived as motif-circuits in Stig Dagerman’s play Den dödsdömde (The Man Condemned to Death) and the two short stories “Den dödsdömde” (The Man Condemned to Death) and “Mannen från Milesia” (The Man from Milesia). My intention is to discuss a single theme and identity-marks that unites all three works, using Paul Ricoeur’s The Rule of Metaphor (La mêtaphore vive) as well as the “thematic critique” of Jean-Pierre Richard. LÄS MER