Målet med denna studie är att undersöka illustrationernas betydelse i böcker för elevernas förståelse av skönlitterär text. Metoden som används är kvalitativa gruppintervjuer med två olika årskurser för att förstå deras inställning och erfarenheter av illustrationer i kombination med text i böcker. Undersökningen genomfördes med fyra boksamtal som följdes av gruppintervju. Materialet för studien är de transkriberade gruppintervjuerna. Teorier som använts i studien är hermeneutiken och Vygotskijs proximala utvecklingszon. Resultatet har analyserats i diskussionen utifrån studiens frågeställningar med den hermeneutiska cirkeln som utgångspunkt. Resultatet visar att eleverna hade en positiv attityd till illustrationer i böcker och att illustrationer tillsammans med text behövs för att förstå texten. Vidare visar resultatet att det finns fler fördelar än nackdelar till användningen av böcker med illustrationer, då eleverna markerade att de ville ha en illustration till texten för att förstå textens innehåll. I gruppintervjuns resultat framkom att elever var missnöjda med studiens högläsningsböcker, vilket ledde till ytterligare en fråga för studien som ansågs relevant. Resultatet för sistnämnda frågan besvarades med att elevers förväntan beror på deras tidigare erfarenhet. För studien används två noveller ur samlingen Sagorna (Lindgren 1980), Draken med de röda ögonen och Allrakäraste syster, samt Draken med de röda ögonen, med illustrationer av Ilon Wikland (Lindgren 1985) samt Allrakäraste syster med illustrationer av Hans Arnold (Lindgren 1973).

Soft robots have the potential to transform the way robots interact with their environment. This is due to their low inertia and inherent ability to more safely interact with the world without damaging themselves or the people around them. However, existing sensing for soft robots has at least partially limited their ability to control interactions with their environment. Tactile sensors could enable soft robots to sense interaction, but most tactile sensors are made from rigid substrates and are not well suited to applications for soft robots that can deform. In addition, the benefit of being able to cheaply manufacture soft robots may be lost if the tactile sensors that cover them are expensive and their resolution does not scale well for manufacturability. Soft robots not only need to know their interaction forces due to contact with their environment, they also need to know where they are in Cartesian space. Because soft robots lack a rigid structure, traditional methods of joint estimation found in rigid robots cannot be employed on soft robotic platforms. This requires a different approach to soft robot pose estimation. This thesis will discuss both tactile force sensing and pose estimation methods for soft-robots. A method to make affordable, high-resolution, tactile sensor arrays (manufactured in rows and columns) that can be used for sensorizing soft robots and other soft bodies isReserved developed. However, the construction results in a sensor array that exhibits significant amounts of cross-talk when two taxels in the same row are compressed. Using the same fabric-based tactile sensor array construction design, two different methods for cross-talk compensation are presented. The first uses a mathematical model to calculate a change in resistance of each taxel directly. The second method introduces additional simple circuit components that enable us to isolate each taxel electrically and relate voltage to force directly. This thesis also discusses various approaches in soft robot pose estimation along with a method for characterizing sensors using machine learning. Particular emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of parameter-based learning versus parameter-free learning, in order to determine which method of machine learning is more appropriate and accurate for soft robot pose estimation. Various machine learning architectures, such as recursive neural networks and convolutional neural networks, are also tested to demonstrate the most effective architecture to use for characterizing soft-robot sensors.

Que ce soit dans le domaine médical ou en contrôle non destructif, les systèmes d’imagerie ultrasonore sont devenus de plus en plus utilisés de nos jours. Leurs applications ne cessent de s’élargir et des performances toujours plus accrues sont vivement recherchées, afin d’améliorer la qualité des diagnostics réalisés. Nous sommes donc passés de l’utilisation de systèmes à base de transducteurs ultrasonores mono-élément à des systèmes utilisant des réseaux de transducteurs à une dimension (1D) et à deux dimensions (2D) composés d’éléments de plus en plus nombreux et petits. Néanmoins, un phénomène indésirable est fortement présent dans ces réseaux de transducteurs ultrasonores : il s’agit du couplage inter-éléments tendant à limiter leurs performances acoustiques et à modifier leur diagramme de rayonnement. Tout au long de ce travail de recherche, nous avons donc cherché à comprendre ce phénomène parasite et à apporter des solutions pour le réduire voire le supprimer. En se basant sur des modélisations éléments finis 2D et 3D et grâce à la fabrication de prototypes, nous avons d’une part, mis en évidence les différents types de couplages présents dans un réseau de transducteurs (acoustique, mécanique) et d’autre part, deux méthodes de correction basées l’une comme l’autre sur l’application de tensions convenables aux différents éléments du réseau ont été testées. La première méthode utilise les déplacements normaux moyens à la surface de chaque élément du réseau pour évaluer ces tensions, tandis que la deuxième fait appel aux courants motionnels parcourant chaque élément pour les déterminer. Les résultats numériques et expérimentaux concernant les déplacements et les diagrammes de rayonnement sont en bon accord. En outre, les deux méthodes s’avèrent particulièrement efficaces pour réduire le couplage inter-éléments. / Whether in medicine or in non-destructive testing, ultrasonic imaging systems have become increasingly used nowadays. Their applications continue to expand and good performances are needed to improve the quality of the diagnosis. Moreover, significant progress has been made since these systems were originally based on single element ultrasonic transducers and are now made of mono-dimensional (1D) and bi-dimensional (2D) elements arrays ever more numerous and smaller. However, an undesirable phenomenon is strongly present in the ultrasonic transducer arrays: it is the cross-talk, which limits their acoustic performances and modifies their radiation pattern. Throughout this research, we have attempted on one hand to understand this parasitic phenomenon and on the other hand to provide solutions in order to reduce it or even remove it. To highlight the cross-talk types (acoustic and mechanical) and to test the proposed correction methods, we developed two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) finite element modeling and fabricated some prototypes. Both correction methods rely on the application of suitable voltages to the array elements. The first method uses the average of the normal displacements at the surface of each element to evaluate the voltages, while the second one utilizes the motional currents through each element to determine them. The numerical and experimental results concerning the displacements and the radiation patterns are in good agreement. In addition to this, both methods have been efficiently performed to reduce the cross-talk.

本論文藉由檢視臺灣政論節目中所使用的語用策略（直接或間接）、語言行為類別、及語言行為目的，探討政治意識型態對於語言行為產生的影響。本研究以Grice（1975）的合作原則與Searle（1969）的語言行為理論作為分析框架，並以Leech（1983）的禮貌原則解釋語用策略及語言行為在不同政論節目中的分布差異。 　　本研究從臺灣主流的政論節目當中，政治光譜兩極的政論節目「大話新聞」（泛綠）與「2100全民開講」（泛藍）採集語料；並以Searle（1965年）的語言行為理論進行分析，總共識別12類直接語言行為和26類間接語言行為。 　　研究結果顯示，（一）語用策略方面，說話者在政論節目中使用間接語言行為的頻率比直接語言行為頻繁。（二）語言行為類別方面，直接語言行為中，排序則為：斷言（Assertive）、表述（Expressive）、指示（Directive）；而間接語言行為中，各類別使用頻率由高至低排序為：表述（Expressive）、斷言（Assertive）、指示（Directive）。（三）在政治意識型態的影響方面，支持執政黨的政論節目行使較多「直接且事實導向」的語言行為，而支持反對黨的政論節目則有較多的「間接且評論導向」的語言行為。（四）「譴責」是政論節中最常使用的語言行為，並且以間接方式表達居多。（五）推論過程中，推論步驟較多的「間接譴責」語言行為在政論節目中較常被使用。（六）「大話新聞」與「2100全民開講」雖偏向不同的政治意識型態，但是它們皆以斷言類（Assertive）或指示類（Directive）的語言行為來包裝，藉以間接達到「譴責」執政黨疏失的目的。 / This thesis investigates the political-ideological influence on speech acts in Taiwan political talk shows by examining the pragmatic strategies (directness and indirectness), the speech act categories, and the illocutionary purposes performed in the talk shows. In this thesis, Gricean maxims (1975) and Searle’s theory of speech acts (1969) are adopted as the analytic frames to study how speech acts are conducted, and Leech’s (1983) notions of politeness are the theoretical basis for explaining the distributional difference of pragmatic strategies. 　　The data analyzed in this study is composed of dialogues extracted from 6 episodes of two political talk shows with opposite stances on political issues, namely DaHuaXingWen (大話新聞), the pan-green talk show, and QuanMinKaiJiang (2100全民開講), the pan-blue one. Following Searle’s scheme of speech acts (1965), this study identifies the illocutionary act of every clause in the data and recognizes 12 types of direct speech acts and 26 types of indirect speech acts in the collected data. 　　The results of quantitative analysis show that, (1) indirect speech act is generally performed more frequently than indirect speech act in political talk shows. (2) The order of frequency in direct speech acts represents as: Assertive > Expressive > Directive; and in indirect speech acts, the order of frequency is: Expressive > Assertive > Directive. (3) In terms of the political-ideological influence, the political talks show supporting the ruling party (QuanMinKaiJiang) performs direct fact-orientated speech acts more, while the show that standing in the opposition to the ruling party (DaHuaXingWen) has more indirect opinion-oriented speech acts. (4) Condemnation is the most often used illocutionary act in political talk shows, and mainly done indirectly. (5) Indirect condemnations with longer length of inferential process are preferred in political talk shows. (6) Despite that DaHuaXingWen and QuanMinKaiJiang held different political stance, they share the same pattern of expressing indirect condemnation—wrapping it in speech acts of Assertives or Directives.

Les problématiques modernes de conservation du patrimoine numérique ont rendu les compagnies professionnelles d'archivage demandeuses de nouveaux outils d'indexation et en particulier de méthodes de structuration automatique. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à un genre télévisuel à notre connaissance peu analysé : le talk show. Inspirés de travaux issus de la communauté des sciences humaines et plus spécifiquement d'études sémiologiques, nous proposons, tout d'abord, une réflexion sur la structuration d'émissions de talk show. Ensuite, ayant souligné qu'un schéma de structuration ne peut avoir de sens que s'il s'inscrit dans une démarche de résolution de cas d'usage, nous proposons une évaluation de l'organisation ainsi dégagée au moyen d'une expérience utilisateur. Cette dernière met en avant l'importance des locuteurs et l'avantage d'utiliser le tour de parole comme entité atomique en lieu et place du plan (shot), traditionnellement adopté dans les travaux de structuration. Ayant souligné l'importance de la segmentation en locuteurs pour la structuration d'émissions de talk show, nous y consacrons spécifiquement la seconde partie de cette thèse. Nous proposons tout d'abord un état de l'art des techniques utilisées dans ce domaine de recherche et en particulier des méthodes non-supervisées. Ensuite sont présentés les résultats d'un premier travail de détection et regroupement des tours de parole. Puis, un système original exploitant de manière plus efficace l'information visuelle est enfin proposé. La validité de la méthode présentée est testée sur les corpus d'émissions Le Grand Échiquier et On n'a pas tout dit. Au regard des résultats, notre dernier système se démarque avantageusement des travaux de l'état de l'art. Il conforte l'idée que les caractéristiques visuelles peuvent être d'un grand intérêt -- même pour la résolution de tâches supposément exclusivement audio comme la segmentation en locuteurs -- et que l'utilisation de méthodes à noyau dans un contexte multimodal peut s'avérer très performante.

<h1>Abstract</h1><p> </p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Kristin Näs<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Title: </strong>The technology society’s love letters – a qualitative analysis of communication through internet dating.</p><p><strong>Level: </strong>BA Thesis in Communication</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> University of Kalmar</p><p><strong>Language:</strong> Swedish</p><p><strong>Number of pages:</strong> 53</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>communication, dating, web dating, gendering talk, interaction, flirting, the internet, contact, communities.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>A qualitative study on the subject of internet dating and how people using internet dating chooses to present them self and how they choose to communicate with others to create contact<strong>.</strong> Internet dating is a phenomenon that is continually growing. 2 million people in Sweden are singles today and more than half of them have tried internet dating at least once. The purpose of this study was to research the way people choose to present them self and how the communication on an internet dating site is used. My question I wanted to answer with this study was – How do people present themselves best on a virtual meeting place for singles?</p><p>I choose methods hermeneutic and a qualitative analysis because I wanted to study the members of an internet dating site and how they communicated and presented themselves by profiles and mail. I also choose to do four interviews to get a deeper insight in the subject of internet dating.</p><p>I choose theories like Thompson’s three interactions perspectives and Robert Hoppers differences between women and men speech and use of language. These theories would show me how people interact on the internet in a situation where they are looking for a love partner and it will also show me how gender takes part in that type of world.</p><p>I was able to get lot of text materials and with my interview my analysis showed me that people turn to internet dating because it seems to be harder to get a real contact in real life. People appreciate the easy access of the dating sites and the possibility to put themself out there for others to contact. What communication that is the best to establish a contact is talking about common interests or something from the other person’s profile. Also topics like occupation and event coming up is successful. When it comes to gender and differences between them or how power takes place it doesn’t show. It seems very equal and no one has the upper hand. The men however seems to be fighting for the women’s attention but the statistics say that the members on a dating site are equal between the sexes. The way preferred to present themselves seems to be by presenting occupation and interests. Some even present what qualities they are looking for in a partner and this also says something about the person. </p><p>At the end of the study the analysis is presented and the answer to my question. There are also suggestions to future studies presented and with a subject like internet dating there are no limits, only your imagination can stop you!<strong></strong></p>

<p>This essay is an introduction to the intentions and purposes of the british play writer Sarah Kane (1971-1999). Her own voice is presented both via quotations linked to her work and by an explanation of her connections to the surrealist poet and actor Antonin Artaud. The main focus is on Kane’s second play, Phaedra’s Love, first performed in 1996. The play is analyzed in co-relation to La volonté de savoir, the first volume in Michel Foucault’s trilogy Histoire de la sexualité. The analysis concentrates on how the structures in society control and act in relationship to and in collision with desire.</p><p>In La volonté de savoir Michel Foucault presents the thesis that there exists a special talk about sex and sexuality. A talk that states that these are repressed issues. Foucault asserts that such a talk originates from several discourses and institutions in society and together they constitute a chain of power. In his analysis Foucault examines why we declare ourselves as oppressed and what consequences that generates. This essay relies heavily on an inquiry of these consequences and its discourses. The theories of Foucault are applied to Phaedra’s Love and explain the scenarios in which the social discourses of power collide and how they try to affect the characters and their desire. Together they make clear, that desire, in the play, is not primarily related to sex and sexuality. It is rather a desire; the object of which is the state of self-governed individuality. A need for an individual space in the discourses of talk. The main characters, Phaedra and Hippolytus, changed attitude concerning talk and silence result in a powerful social reaction. They both riot against a structure which maintains the standard discourses of power and knowledge. The riot is to be read as the final outcome of the society that surrounds them. The social reaction that comes with this exposes that the controlling discourses of power ultimately are based upon, not talk, but violence.</p><p>Several other aspects are of importance for the analysis and its conclusions even though they are not pointed out in this abstract. The play Phaedra’s Love and Foucault’s theories both operate on numerous levels at the same time, and as a whole, they both present experiences they wish the spectator/reader will reflect upon.</p> / <p>Uppsatsen ger en ingång till den brittiska dramatikern Sarah Kanes intentioner som pjäsförfattare. Hon kommer själv till tals via citat knutna till sin produktion och genom påvisade beröringspunkter med den surrealistiska poeten och skådespelaren Antonin Artaud. Tyngdpunkten ligger på Kanes andra pjäs; Phaedra’s Love, uruppförd 1996. Med stöd i Michel Foucaults Viljan att veta band 1 ur trilogin Sexualitetens historia undersöks det hur samhällets strukturer kontrollerar och verkar tillsammans med och i kollision med begäret i pjäsen.</p><p>Michel Foucault driver i Viljan att veta tesen att det finns ett särskilt tal om könet och sexualiteten, ett tal som hävdar att dessa är förtryckta. Foucault menar att ett sådant tal utgår från flera olika diskurser och institutioner i samhället och att de tillsammans utgör en maktens relation. Foucault undersöker i sin analys varför vi påstår oss vara förtryckta och vad det får för konsekvenser. Analysen av pjäsen fördjupar sig i dessa konsekvenser och dess diskurser under rubrikerna: ”Familj och monarki”, ”Tal och tystnad”, ”Begär”, ”Motstånd”, ”Bekännelse”, ”Samhälle” och ”Våld”. I varje avsnitt appliceras Foucaults teorier på Phaedra’s Love och förklarar det scenario som uppstår då samhällets maktstrukturer kolliderar med och försöker påverka rollfigurernas begär.</p><p>Genom analysen av pjäsen visar sig begäret inte primärt vara sexuellt relaterat utan rör istället begäret att agera som självständigt subjekt. Behovet av att ta subjektiv plats i talet och dess diskurser. Rollfigurernas förändring i förhållningssätt till talet och tystnaden och deras agerande därefter utlöser en kraftig reaktion från samhällets sida. Huvudrollerna Phaedra och Hippolytus gör uppror mot de strukturer som bibehåller makten och vetandets diskurser intakta. Deras agerande kan läsas som en reaktion provocerad ur det samhälle som omger dem. Samhällets reaktion mot detta visar, i sin tur, på att maktens kontrollerande diskurser ytterst inte ligger i talet utan i våldet.</p><p>Flera andra aspekter är av betydelse för analysen och dess slutsatser även om de inte poängteras här i sammanfattningen. Kanes pjäs rör sig liksom Foucaults teorier parallellt på flera genomgripande nivåer. Som helhet presenterar dock de båda en erfarenhet med en förhoppning om att åskådaren/läsarens ska ta tillvara densamma.</p>

The last few decades have been a very exciting period in thedevelopment of micro-electronics and brought us to the brink ofimplementing entire systems on a single chip, on a hithertounimagined scale. However an unforeseen challenge has croppedup in the form of managing wires, which have become the mainbottleneck in performance, masking the blinding speed of activedevices. A major problem is that increasingly complicatedeffects need to be modelled, but the computational complexityof any proposed model needs to be low enough to allow manyiterations in a design cycle. This thesis addresses the issue of closed form modelling ofthe response of coupled interconnect systems. Following astrict mathematical approach, second order models for thetransfer functions of coupled RC trees based on the first andsecond moments of the impulse response are developed. The2-pole-1-zero transfer function that is the best possible fromthe available information is obtained for the signal path fromeach driver to the output in multiple aggressor systems. Thisallows the complete response to be estimated accurately bysumming up the individual waveforms. The model represents theminimum complexity for a 2-pole-1-zero estimate, for this classof circuits. Also proposed are new techniques for the optimisation ofwires in on-chip buses. Rather than minimising the delay overeach individual wire, the configuration that maximises thetotal bandwidth over a number of parallel wires isinvestigated. It is shown from simulations that there is aunique optimal solution which does not necessarily translate tothe maximum possible number of wires, and in fact deviatesconsiderably from it when the resources available for repeatersare limited. Analytic guidelines dependent only on processparameters are derived for optimal sizing of wires andrepeaters. Finally regular tiled architectures with a commoncommunication backplane are being proposed as being the mostefficient way to implement systems-on-chip in the deepsubmicron regime. This thesis also considers the feasibility ofimplementing a regular packet-switched network-on-chip in atypical future deep submicron technology. All major physicalissues and challenges are discussed for two differentarchitectures and important limitations are identified.

This essay is an introduction to the intentions and purposes of the british play writer Sarah Kane (1971-1999). Her own voice is presented both via quotations linked to her work and by an explanation of her connections to the surrealist poet and actor Antonin Artaud. The main focus is on Kane’s second play, Phaedra’s Love, first performed in 1996. The play is analyzed in co-relation to La volonté de savoir, the first volume in Michel Foucault’s trilogy Histoire de la sexualité. The analysis concentrates on how the structures in society control and act in relationship to and in collision with desire. In La volonté de savoir Michel Foucault presents the thesis that there exists a special talk about sex and sexuality. A talk that states that these are repressed issues. Foucault asserts that such a talk originates from several discourses and institutions in society and together they constitute a chain of power. In his analysis Foucault examines why we declare ourselves as oppressed and what consequences that generates. This essay relies heavily on an inquiry of these consequences and its discourses. The theories of Foucault are applied to Phaedra’s Love and explain the scenarios in which the social discourses of power collide and how they try to affect the characters and their desire. Together they make clear, that desire, in the play, is not primarily related to sex and sexuality. It is rather a desire; the object of which is the state of self-governed individuality. A need for an individual space in the discourses of talk. The main characters, Phaedra and Hippolytus, changed attitude concerning talk and silence result in a powerful social reaction. They both riot against a structure which maintains the standard discourses of power and knowledge. The riot is to be read as the final outcome of the society that surrounds them. The social reaction that comes with this exposes that the controlling discourses of power ultimately are based upon, not talk, but violence. Several other aspects are of importance for the analysis and its conclusions even though they are not pointed out in this abstract. The play Phaedra’s Love and Foucault’s theories both operate on numerous levels at the same time, and as a whole, they both present experiences they wish the spectator/reader will reflect upon. / Uppsatsen ger en ingång till den brittiska dramatikern Sarah Kanes intentioner som pjäsförfattare. Hon kommer själv till tals via citat knutna till sin produktion och genom påvisade beröringspunkter med den surrealistiska poeten och skådespelaren Antonin Artaud. Tyngdpunkten ligger på Kanes andra pjäs; Phaedra’s Love, uruppförd 1996. Med stöd i Michel Foucaults Viljan att veta band 1 ur trilogin Sexualitetens historia undersöks det hur samhällets strukturer kontrollerar och verkar tillsammans med och i kollision med begäret i pjäsen. Michel Foucault driver i Viljan att veta tesen att det finns ett särskilt tal om könet och sexualiteten, ett tal som hävdar att dessa är förtryckta. Foucault menar att ett sådant tal utgår från flera olika diskurser och institutioner i samhället och att de tillsammans utgör en maktens relation. Foucault undersöker i sin analys varför vi påstår oss vara förtryckta och vad det får för konsekvenser. Analysen av pjäsen fördjupar sig i dessa konsekvenser och dess diskurser under rubrikerna: ”Familj och monarki”, ”Tal och tystnad”, ”Begär”, ”Motstånd”, ”Bekännelse”, ”Samhälle” och ”Våld”. I varje avsnitt appliceras Foucaults teorier på Phaedra’s Love och förklarar det scenario som uppstår då samhällets maktstrukturer kolliderar med och försöker påverka rollfigurernas begär. Genom analysen av pjäsen visar sig begäret inte primärt vara sexuellt relaterat utan rör istället begäret att agera som självständigt subjekt. Behovet av att ta subjektiv plats i talet och dess diskurser. Rollfigurernas förändring i förhållningssätt till talet och tystnaden och deras agerande därefter utlöser en kraftig reaktion från samhällets sida. Huvudrollerna Phaedra och Hippolytus gör uppror mot de strukturer som bibehåller makten och vetandets diskurser intakta. Deras agerande kan läsas som en reaktion provocerad ur det samhälle som omger dem. Samhällets reaktion mot detta visar, i sin tur, på att maktens kontrollerande diskurser ytterst inte ligger i talet utan i våldet. Flera andra aspekter är av betydelse för analysen och dess slutsatser även om de inte poängteras här i sammanfattningen. Kanes pjäs rör sig liksom Foucaults teorier parallellt på flera genomgripande nivåer. Som helhet presenterar dock de båda en erfarenhet med en förhoppning om att åskådaren/läsarens ska ta tillvara densamma.

This thesis is a study of the everyday communication of second language speakers in a major Swedish company. On the basis of eighteen interviews with permanently employed industrial and office workers, who came to Sweden as adults from countries outside the Nordic region where non-Germanic languages are spoken, five individuals were chosen for observation. The overarching aim of the study is to identify communicative factors with a positive impact on the integration of second language speakers in the workplace and in their immediate work team. Subsidiary aims are to map out the communication of the five participants and to analyse their involvement in communicative activities, both professional and social. The focus is on the interaction between participants and fellow employees, primarily in terms of what participants themselves do to promote mutual understanding and good relations at work. Theoretically and methodologically, the study has its basis in discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication. By means of fieldwork, a large body of empirical data was collected, comprising detailed field notes, audio and video recordings of naturally occurring talk, and texts read and produced by participants. The five participants’ day-to-day communication is shown to be influenced to a large degree by the type of occupation. At the company studied, whose corporate language is English, white-collar employees can manage without a knowledge of Swedish, so long as they know English. Factory workers, meanwhile, regard an inadequate command of English, rather than Swedish, as an obstacle to promotion. All the participants perform communicative acts designed to create and maintain group solidarity. In seeking to foster good relations in the workplace, they make use of jokes, compliments, narratives, swearing and greetings. The participants are shown to be metalinguistically and metaculturally aware, which aids everyday communication and integration. Linguistic and cultural asymmetries seem to be able to mitigate potential threats to face, making the participants a valuable resource in sensitive communicative situations. All co-workers provide linguistic scaffolding, but in interaction with the most career-oriented participant, markers of power can sometimes be observed. A high level of awareness and performance of relational communicative acts appear to facilitate and speed integration in the workplace and the immediate work team. / Den kommunikativa situationen för invandrare på svenska arbetsplatser (KINSA)