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Swedish management in Singapore: a discourse analysis study
(2009-05-07)The concept of Scandinavian management as a specialized field of interest, began in the early 1980s with a variety of methods, including quantitative questionnaires, surveys, case studies and narratives within the organization. ... -
Att afrikanisera vetenskaplig kunskap: MIM och malariaforskningen i postkolonialt dilemma
(2010-01-15)Priebe, Gunilla, Att afrikanisera vetenskaplig kunskap – MIM och malariaforskningen i postkolonialt dilemma [Africanising Scientific Knowledge – MIM and malaria re¬search in Postcolonial Dilemma]. Doctoral thesis in ... -
Heuristisk analys med Diderichsens satsschema. Tillämpningar för svensk text
(2010-03-26)A heuristic method for parsing Swedish text, heuristic schema parsing, is described and im-plemented. Focusing on main clause (primary) analysis, a collection of licensing techniques for removing non-primary verb candidates ... -
Information state based speech recognition
(2010-04-28)One of the pitfalls in spoken dialogue systems is the brittleness of automatic speech recognition (ASR). ASR systems often misrecognize user input and they are unreliable when it comes to judging their own performance. ... -
The Growth of Phrases. User-centred Design for Activity-based Voice Output Communication Aids
(2010-05-11)An activity-based vocabulary for Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) was designed and evaluated through a user-centred, iterative design process, using expressions from the Gothenburg Spoken Language Corpus as well as ... -
Paraphrase and Rhetorical Adjustment: An Essay on Contextualism and Cohesion
(2011-01-11)This thesis is dedicated to two distinct but convergent issues: the possibility of paraphrase and an account of context sensitivity on the basis of textual cohesion (or coherence). The possibility of explaining contextual ... -
Concept Formation in Mathematics
(2011-05-19)This thesis consists of three overlapping parts, where the first one centers around the possibility of defining a measure of the power of arithmetical theories. In this part a partial measure of the power of arithmetical ... -
Att tala om vem man är. En språkvetenskaplig studie av transitivitet, agentivitet och engagemang i unga kvinnors erfarenhetsberättelser
(2011-11-25)This dissertation deals with the relationship between language and identity in narratives of personal experience told by young women in different settings. The aim of the investigation was to find out if there are ... -
The Quantification of Society. A Study of a Swedish Research Institute and Survey-Based Social Science
(2012-03-21)This thesis is concerned with the contemporary history of quantitative surveys in Sweden. The core epistemic practice of constructing surveys is examined empirically through a case study of the SOM Institute (Samhälle, ... -
Citeringens praktiker – Det vetenskapliga publicerandet som teori, metod och forskningspolitik
(2013-09-05)The thesis investigates the scientific citation and its various functions in the scientific community and develops it as a tool for research in theory of science, scientometrics and science studies. Through empirical and ... -
Responsibility and health: explanation-based perspectives
(2014-01-16)There is a growing trend of holding people responsible for their lifestyle-based diseases. For example, policymakers as well as researchers have argued that medical conditions caused by smoking, overweight, or extreme ... -
Steps Towards Creating Socially Competent Game Characters
(2014-01-31)This thesis investigates and presents approaches towards creating more socially competent NPCs by means of natural language dialogues. The aim is to provide hands-on solutions for game developers who want to offer interactions ... -
Metaphor and Indirect Communication in Nietzsche
(2014-02-10)The main focus of this theses is indirect communication in Nietzsche's texts. Some concrete examples of how Nietzsche's texts can be read are given. -
Enthymemes in Dialogue: A micro-rhetorical approach
(2014-09-03)In dialogue we frequently present arguments which are based on commonly accepted non-logical inferences. In rhetorical theory, this type of argument is called an enthymeme, and a pattern of reasoning that it is based on ... -
Production and Perception of Pauses in Speech
(2015-08-21)Silences can make or break the conversation: if two persons involved in a conversation have different ideas about the typical length of pauses, they will face problems with turn taking. Pauses occur in conversation for a ... -
Towards Dialogue Strategies for Cognitive Workload Management
(2015-09-24)Although it has been shown that drivers are less distracted when using speech interfaces compared to traditional interfaces, using voice control instead of manual controls does not completely solve the problem with distracted ... -
Word Meaning Negotiation in Online Discussion Forum Communication
(2015-11-18)We all know that lexicons contain definitions of the meanings of words, but when we communicate with other people, these are not the kinds of meaning we use in interaction. In conversation, we coordinate with each other ... -
From sounds to speech and gestures Case studies of linguistic interaction in children with ASC
(2016-02-05)This thesis investigates the interrelationship between segmental phonology, prosody and gesture, as well as important factors for language development in individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC), i.e. precursors. ... -
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A Universal of Human Interaction? – Manual Movement as Interactional Practice in Spoken and Signed Conversation
(2016-05-13)When humans interact, they may make use of a range of resources, such as head movements, facial expressions, manual movement, body posture and speech. It is assumed that participants both produce and perceive this stream ...