Актуальность темы диссертации обусловлена расширяющимся сотрудничеством с представителями многочисленных культур, необходимостью учитывать культурные особенности стран в различных профессиональных контекстах. В то же время, данная тема недостаточно представлена в имеющихся информационных источниках. Работа состоит их двух глав, в которых детально проработаны теоретические и практические аспекты проблемы. Работа выполнена на высоком профессиональном уровне с учетом основных современных направлений исследования в представленной сфере. Особую значимость имеет сравнение трех различных культур (русской, английской и японской), выявление общих и специфических черт межкультурной коммуникации. Полученные данные возможно использовать при подготовке переговоров, визитов, организации выставочной деятельности. / The relevance of the topic of the thesis is due to expanding cooperation with the representatives of many cultures, the need to take into account the cultural characteristics of countries in various professional contexts. At the same time, the topic is underrepresented in the available information sources. The thesis consists of two chapters in which the theoretical and practical aspects of the problem are elaborated. The thesis is executed at a high professional level considering the main directions of contemporary research in the field provided. Of particular importance is the comparison of three different cultures (Russian, English and Japanese), identifying common and specific features of intercultural communication. The data obtained may be used in the preparation of negotiations, visits and organization of exhibition activities.

Магистерская диссертация посвящена изучению гармонизации речевого общения. При возникновении сложностей в речевом общении, когда взаимодействие адресата и адресанта переходит в зону конфликтной коммуникации, функцию гармонизации речи нередко выполняет метаязыковая рефлексия. Цель диссертации – выявление метаязыковых операторов, гармонизирующих общение, указывающих на единицы, которые способствуют либо смягчению, либо огрублению информации. / Master thesis is devoted to the study of harmonization of verbal communication. If you experience difficulties in speech communication, when the interaction of the addressee and the addresser transferred to the zone of conflict communication, the function of harmonization of speech often performs metalinguistic reflection. The purpose of the thesis is to identify metalinguistic statements that harmonize the communication and indicate units, which contribute to either mitigation, or hard information.

Работа посвящена выявлению смыслового своеобразия лексем «доброволец» и «волонтер» в современном русском литературном языке. Рассмотрена структура лексического значения каждого из изучаемых слов, их семантическая эволюция. Показана специфика функционирования лексем «доброволец» и «волонтер» в речевой коммуникации. / The work aims at identifying the semantic originality of the lexemes «dobrovolets» and «volunteer» in the modern Russian language. There is considered the structure of the lexical meaning for each of the studied words, as well as their semantic evolution, and the specifics of these lexemes’ functioning in verbal communication.

This study focuses on the conununication strategies of women principals in secondary schools. It highlights the role of conununication in management by examining the purpose of conununication, communication process, barriers to effective communication and the types of communication, which are verbal and nonverbal communication. The study, further highlights that communication in management may be affected by the differences in communication styles of women and men. It further shows that while differences in communicative styles can be attributed to many factors, socialisation into gender positions is a major factor that leads to gender communication differences. Though socialisation is one of the factors shaping communication of men and women, post-structuralists also argue that children who are socialised are not just passive recipients. During socialisation each person is active in taking up discourses through which she or he is shaped. The socialisation, starts at home, then to school and also the community. Children develop sex-appropriate speech in different communities. A single case study explored the conununication strategies of a woman principal in the Northern Province, South Africa. Reputational sampling was used for the selection of the participants and site. Data gathering was done by means of interviews [with the principal and six teachers], observation and document analysis. Findings suggest that a woman principal's communication is shaped by the context in which she is a woman, mother, wife, African, educational manager and as an individual with her own unique personality. Women managers in rural contexts experience cultural barriers to communication as women are not expected to talk much and should appear to know little in the presence of men. Women are also not supposed to conununicate non-verbally by keeping eye contact, using more space and using facial expression. In this study, a woman manager emerges as a good communicator who overcomes cultural barriers by even practicing what is not traditionally acceptable. The woman principal prefers personal encounters as channels of communication and as an African, she overcomes language barriers by using mother-tongue when speaking with staff and students. In general. this study found that the woman principal preferred human-oriented communication strategies, and endeavoured to conquer cultural barriers to communication. / Educational Leadership and Management / D.Ed. (Educational Management)

This study focuses on the conununication strategies of women principals in secondary schools. It highlights the role of conununication in management by examining the purpose of conununication, communication process, barriers to effective communication and the types of communication, which are verbal and nonverbal communication. The study, further highlights that communication in management may be affected by the differences in communication styles of women and men. It further shows that while differences in communicative styles can be attributed to many factors, socialisation into gender positions is a major factor that leads to gender communication differences. Though socialisation is one of the factors shaping communication of men and women, post-structuralists also argue that children who are socialised are not just passive recipients. During socialisation each person is active in taking up discourses through which she or he is shaped. The socialisation, starts at home, then to school and also the community. Children develop sex-appropriate speech in different communities. A single case study explored the conununication strategies of a woman principal in the Northern Province, South Africa. Reputational sampling was used for the selection of the participants and site. Data gathering was done by means of interviews [with the principal and six teachers], observation and document analysis. Findings suggest that a woman principal's communication is shaped by the context in which she is a woman, mother, wife, African, educational manager and as an individual with her own unique personality. Women managers in rural contexts experience cultural barriers to communication as women are not expected to talk much and should appear to know little in the presence of men. Women are also not supposed to conununicate non-verbally by keeping eye contact, using more space and using facial expression. In this study, a woman manager emerges as a good communicator who overcomes cultural barriers by even practicing what is not traditionally acceptable. The woman principal prefers personal encounters as channels of communication and as an African, she overcomes language barriers by using mother-tongue when speaking with staff and students. In general. this study found that the woman principal preferred human-oriented communication strategies, and endeavoured to conquer cultural barriers to communication. / Educational Leadership and Management / D.Ed. (Educational Management)

The Mesopotamian inscriptions and collections in ancient Mesopotamia consist of different meanings extended over long time-periods and with social, political, economic and ethnic differences. Scholars in determining whether the texts are an authentic source for Mesopotamian law traditions developed different theories and each of these theories has different variations. In a literature study to obtain if the inscriptions and collections are an authentic source, the different theories and methodologies of the inscriptions and collections were mentioned and the inscriptions and collections were tested in accordance with the characteristics of the Mesopotamian law traditions. Until new interpretation of documents of daily activities and legal activities, which can prove, that these texts are an authentic source, the interpretation of the collections and inscriptions on the legal issues of ancient Mesopotamians must be applied with caution and studied together with the greater corpus of cuneiform texts. / Old Testament and Ancient Near East Studies / M.A. (Ancient Near East Studies)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Die primere skoolkind bevind horn in 'n fase van groot verandering wat aanpassings verg en hoe eise stel. Die ervaringe wat die kind gedurende hierdie tydperk opdoen, is beduidend omdat dit sy vormingsjare is. Omdat die kind nie altyd kan verbaliseer watter probleme hy ervaar nie, is met hierdie studie gepoog om vas te stel of skooltekeninge van enige diagnostiese waarde kan wees om die kind in nood te verstaan. Die empiriese studie het bewys dat skooltekeninge nie net waarde as 'n identifiseringsmedium inhou nie, maar ook as 'n aanvullende ortopedagogiese medium aangewend kan word. Die kind neig om sy probleme, persepsies, houdings en so meer visueel te projekteer. Hoewel hierdie studie bevindinge van vroeere navorsing bevestig, is bepaalde verskille ook geidentifiseer. Die studie is afgesluit met riglyne vir die gebruik van skooltekeninge, asook aanbevelings met die oog op die verfyning van hierdie projeksiemedium. / The primary school child finds himself in a phase of great change which makes high demands and requires adjustments. What happens to the child during these years is critical because these are foundation laying years. Because a child is not always able to verbalise problems which he may experience, this study is an . endeavour to determine whether school drawings have any diagnostic value to identify a child in need. The empirical study has confirmed that school drawings have diagnostic value not only as a medium of identification, but also as a supplementary orthopedagogical medium. The child· tends to project his problems, perceptions and attitude visually. Although this study confirms findings of previous studies, certain differences were also identified. The study was concluded with guidelines for the use of school drawings, as well as recommendations regarding the refinement of this projection medium. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (met spesialisering in Voorligting)

6 Abstract This thesis aims to offer a comprehensive view of corporate communication while emphasizing its importance for everyday life of corporations and achievement of their strategic targets. The thesis introduces potential interpretations of corporate communication with the main focus on key moments of corporate communication as well as on consequences non-effective communication has on employee satisfaction and their life in the corporation. In the thesis I opted for the method of compilation and comparison of professional literature along with expert interviews which reveal the quality of internal communication in two selected corporations and prove one-sided view of communication inside corporations. The first part of the thesis provides a detailed look at characteristics of individual communication forms, knowledge of these characteristics being the cornerstone of further research in corporate communication. Besides, this part also describes the principles of active listening, a skill which is frequently omitted from the communication skill list. The second part deals with potential interpretations and divisions of corporate communication in professional literature and offers a thorough account of internal communication and its individual aspects. The following part looks at communication between...

A iniciação esportiva tem sido foco de diversos estudos nas áreas das Ciências do Esporte e da Psicologia do Esporte. A aquisição de habilidades, como uma área específica, também tem concentrado esforços de diversos pesquisadores. A Análise do Comportamento aplicada a estes campos tem muito por oferecer. Estudos sobre comportamento verbal, especificamente, podem contribuir substancialmente para a solução de problemas na relação entre professores/ treinadores e iniciantes. Um procedimento, frequentemente utilizado e descrito na literatura específica é a auto-fala, que consiste em verbalizações emitidas para um falante, tendo ele mesmo como ouvinte. Ambientes esportivos costumam ser complexos, no que se refere à disponibilidade de estímulos, proporcionando dificuldades relacionadas à concentração. A auto-fala, como descrita e explicada na literatura, acaba tendo a função de auxiliar o atleta a selecionar estímulos relevantes para as tarefas esportivas, facilitando o estabelecimento de discriminações. O presente estudo investigou o efeito isolado de procedimentos de auto-fala sobre a aquisição de habilidades em modalidades esportivas simuladas, com sete adolescentes sem experiência prévia em treinamento com as modalidades e/ou com o equipamento. Foi utilizado o console de videogame Wii, no treinamento das habilidades de rebatida no beisebol, e lançamento da bola no boliche. Os dados obtidos sugeriram que os participantes, que utilizaram os procedimentos verbais, apresentaram desempenhos superiores, em comparação aos que não o fizeram. Também foi realizada uma comparação entre dois tipos de procedimentos de auto-fala: reforçada diferencialmente e instruída. Foram encontradas diferenças de desempenho, porém não tão significativas quanto às diferenças entre os participantes que se valeram dos procedimentos verbais e os que não o fizeram / The sport initiation has been the focus of several studies in the areas of Sports Science and Sports Psychology. The acquisition of skills, such as a specific area, has also concentrated efforts of many researchers. Behavior Analysis applied to these fields have much to offer. Studies on verbal behavior, specifically, can contribute substantially to the solution of problems in the relationship between teachers / trainers and beginners. A procedure often used and described in specific literature is self-talk, which consists of verbalizations issued for a speaker, and he himself as a listener. Sporting environments are usually complex, with regard to the availability of stimuli, providing difficulties related to concentration. Self-talk, as described and explained in literature, just having the function of helping the athlete to select relevant stimuli for sports tasks, facilitating the establishment of discrimination. The present study investigated the effect of isolated self-talk procedures on the acquisition of skills in simulated sports with seven adolescents with no prior experience in training with the simulated sports and / or equipment. We used the video game console Wii in skills training in baseball batting, and throwing the ball in bowling. The data suggested that participants who used the verbal procedures, showed superior performance compared to those who did not. We also performed a comparison between two different procedures for self-talk: differentially reinforced and instructed. We found differences in performance, but not as significant as the differences between the participants who took advantage of verbal procedures and those who did not

A iniciação esportiva tem sido foco de diversos estudos nas áreas das Ciências do Esporte e da Psicologia do Esporte. A aquisição de habilidades, como uma área específica, também tem concentrado esforços de diversos pesquisadores. A Análise do Comportamento aplicada a estes campos tem muito por oferecer. Estudos sobre comportamento verbal, especificamente, podem contribuir substancialmente para a solução de problemas na relação entre professores/ treinadores e iniciantes. Um procedimento, frequentemente utilizado e descrito na literatura específica é a auto-fala, que consiste em verbalizações emitidas para um falante, tendo ele mesmo como ouvinte. Ambientes esportivos costumam ser complexos, no que se refere à disponibilidade de estímulos, proporcionando dificuldades relacionadas à concentração. A auto-fala, como descrita e explicada na literatura, acaba tendo a função de auxiliar o atleta a selecionar estímulos relevantes para as tarefas esportivas, facilitando o estabelecimento de discriminações. O presente estudo investigou o efeito isolado de procedimentos de auto-fala sobre a aquisição de habilidades em modalidades esportivas simuladas, com sete adolescentes sem experiência prévia em treinamento com as modalidades e/ou com o equipamento. Foi utilizado o console de videogame Wii, no treinamento das habilidades de rebatida no beisebol, e lançamento da bola no boliche. Os dados obtidos sugeriram que os participantes, que utilizaram os procedimentos verbais, apresentaram desempenhos superiores, em comparação aos que não o fizeram. Também foi realizada uma comparação entre dois tipos de procedimentos de auto-fala: reforçada diferencialmente e instruída. Foram encontradas diferenças de desempenho, porém não tão significativas quanto às diferenças entre os participantes que se valeram dos procedimentos verbais e os que não o fizeram / The sport initiation has been the focus of several studies in the areas of Sports Science and Sports Psychology. The acquisition of skills, such as a specific area, has also concentrated efforts of many researchers. Behavior Analysis applied to these fields have much to offer. Studies on verbal behavior, specifically, can contribute substantially to the solution of problems in the relationship between teachers / trainers and beginners. A procedure often used and described in specific literature is self-talk, which consists of verbalizations issued for a speaker, and he himself as a listener. Sporting environments are usually complex, with regard to the availability of stimuli, providing difficulties related to concentration. Self-talk, as described and explained in literature, just having the function of helping the athlete to select relevant stimuli for sports tasks, facilitating the establishment of discrimination. The present study investigated the effect of isolated self-talk procedures on the acquisition of skills in simulated sports with seven adolescents with no prior experience in training with the simulated sports and / or equipment. We used the video game console Wii in skills training in baseball batting, and throwing the ball in bowling. The data suggested that participants who used the verbal procedures, showed superior performance compared to those who did not. We also performed a comparison between two different procedures for self-talk: differentially reinforced and instructed. We found differences in performance, but not as significant as the differences between the participants who took advantage of verbal procedures and those who did not