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The study develops an interpretative theory to explain the communicative processes underlying the Discussion Meetings of a Buddhist group, SGI-UK, in Aberdeen, using the inductive strategies of grounded theory. The primary data comprised recorded interactions among group members in the meetings. In the process of the analysis, conceptual codes and categories emerged from the data, and the relationships between them were established, thereby creating the theory. After further elaboration, the theory identified the underlying dynamic process: the continuous interaction between ritualised discourse and religious schemata. Ritualised discourse signifies convergent communicative tools and behaviours that centre on narratives. Religious schemata are individual members' mental representations which construct event in a range of social, ideological and cultural ways. Ritualised discourse both maintains and, in turn, is shaped by, these schemata, and thus manifest the ecological nature of the linguistic interactions

Master’s Dissertation University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Humanities School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM), 2016 / The two aims of this study are, first, to use lexical items to generate networks which represent relationships between various members of the Germanic language family, and second, to examine the effects of different lexical coding strategies on the placement of language nodes in these networks. This is done using old and modern Germanic languages, as well as items from reconstructed Proto-Germanic. The data was coded using amino acid codes. The median-joining phylogenetic networking program Network has been used to process the data and to generate a series of networks under various conditions. Two semantic conditions were used, a strict and a lax, and three strategies were employed to handle missing data. The generated networks were then compared with each other and also with recognised classifications of the Germanic languages. The results indicated a general three-way division in the family, although there was variation at lower levels of classification. The results also indicated the degree to which choice of lexical item and coding strategy could influence results. The study shows that more research into the utility of such quantitative methods in linguistics is required. / GR2017

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 253-256. / by Maria Luisa Zubizarreta. / Ph.D.

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Orientador: Marina Célia Mendonça / Banca: Assunção Aparecida Laia Cristovão / Banca: Jauranice Rodrigues Cavalcanti / Resumo: Esta proposta de pesquisa está embasada nos estudos bakhtinianos do discurso. De acordo com Bakhtin, pode-se depreender que em todo enunciado há diálogo, ou seja, todo enunciado apresenta uma relação de sentido com outro enunciado, e esse é o princípio do dialogismo. Entendemos que todo discurso é constituído considerando o discurso do outro, estabelecendo, assim, relações de sentido. Destarte, todos os enunciados são dialógicos, sendo todo discurso ocupado pelo discurso alheio. A partir disso, analisamos o aparecimento da palavra do outro nas redações do vestibular da FUVEST, mais especificamente na forma de citações. Focamos nosso estudo na observação do aparecimento de citações nas melhores redações da FUVEST nos anos de 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 e 2012. Em seguida, após o levantamento desses dados, procuramos entender de que modo foi feita a apropriação da palavra do outro, ou seja, se por meio do discurso direto ou indireto. Para isso, utilizamos os escritos do Círculo de Bakhtin concernentes ao discurso de outrem e sobre as questões de estilo. Nesse sentido, este trabalho justificou-se pela necessidade de descobrir de que maneira as citações aparecem nas melhores redações da FUVEST. Além disso, ainda pensando na constituição dialógica do sujeito, utilizamos escritos sobre a relação constitutiva entre leitura e escrita e como essa relação influi na elaboração do conteúdo citado pelo candidato. Como resultado, entendemos, a partir da... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research proposal is based on Bakhtin's discourse studies. According to Bakhtin, it can be deduced that in every statement there is dialogue, that is, every statement presents a relation of meaning to another statement, and this is the principle of dialogism. We understand that every discourse is constituted considering the discourse of the other, thus establishing relations of meaning. Thus, all statements are dialogic, and every discourse is occupied by the discourse of others. From this, we analyze the appearance of the word of the other in the writing test from FUVEST entrance exam, more specifically in the form of quotations. We focused our study on the observation of quotations in the best compositions of FUVEST in the years 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Then, after the survey of these data, we try to understand how the appropriation of the word of the other was made, that is, whether through direct or indirect discourse. For this, we use the writings of the Circle of Bakhtin concerning the discourse of others and about questions of style. In this sense, this work is justified by the need to find out how quotations appear in the best writings tests from FUVEST. In addition, still concerning the individual's dialogic constitution, we used works about the constitutive relationship between reading and writing and how this relationship influences the elaboration of the content quoted by the candidate. As a result, we unders... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Thesis (M.Eng.Sc.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-241).

Thesis (M.A. (Applied Linguistics)) -- Mahidol University, 1979.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Marburg, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-555).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 16, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.