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11	Tschechei a jazykový úzus. Diachronní a synchronní aspekty brizantního toponyma pod drobnohledem / Tschechei and its Use. Diachronic and Synchronic Aspects of a Politically Charged Toponym in Focus Schuchová, Milena January 2017 (has links) This thesis deals with toponym of Tschechei, which has not been studied yet in detail. This topic is still relevant since even today the Czech Republic is also called Tschechei by natives and non-natives. In this work, three theories were formulated, which describe the etymology and usage of this term. These theories were then applied in diachronic and synchronic analyses to find out the meaning of the term Tschechei used by different users of a language. Furthermore, the corresponding theory was assigned to each use. This method proved that this term is present in diachronic as well as in synchronic language usage. This thesis presents a conclusion that the explanation and description of this toponym in the available dictionaries is not sufficient. Therefore, the term of Tschechei is defined as a separate dictionary entry for the prepared German-Czech dictionary.
12	English-medium instruction in China's universities : external perceptions, ideologies and sociolinguistic realities Botha, Werner 2013 November 1900 (has links) This thesis examines the results of a large-scale sociolinguistic study on the use of English in two universities in China. The aim of the thesis is to determine the sociolinguistic realities of the use of English in higher education in China. The universities were selected on the basis of their unique status in China’s higher education hierarchy. One university was a private institute reliant on student fees for its income, and the other a state-funded university under the supervision of the Chinese Ministry of Education. A sociolinguistic survey was conducted involving some 490 respondents at these universities between early 2012 and mid-2013. It was specifically aimed at describing the use of the English language in the formal education of students. The study reports on the status and functions of English at the universities, as well as the attitudes of various stakeholders towards English (and other languages). It also examines their beliefs about English. English is considered in a number of contexts: first, the context of language contact, of English alongside other languages and language varieties on the two university campuses; second, of English as part of the linguistic worlds of Chinese students who switch between languages in their daily lives, both in their education as well as their private lives; and third, of the spread and use of English in terms of the physical and virtual movement of people across spaces. The findings of the study indicate that the increasing use of English in the formal education at these universities is having an impact on the ways in which Chinese students are learning their course materials, and even more notably in the myriad ways these students are using multiple languages to negotiate their everyday lives. As university students in China become increasingly bilingual, their ability to move across spaces is shown to increase, both in the ‘real’ world, as well as in their Internet and entertainment lives. / Linguistics / D. Lit. et Phil. (Linguistics) English in China English-medium instruction Globalisation Language contact Language and ideology Language policy Language worlds Linguistic worlds Mobility 306.440951 Sociolinguistics -- China Oral communication -- China Language policy -- China Globalization -- Social aspects -- China
13	English-medium instruction in China's universities : external perceptions, ideologies and sociolinguistic realities Botha, Werner 11 1900 (has links) This thesis examines the results of a large-scale sociolinguistic study on the use of English in two universities in China. The aim of the thesis is to determine the sociolinguistic realities of the use of English in higher education in China. The universities were selected on the basis of their unique status in China’s higher education hierarchy. One university was a private institute reliant on student fees for its income, and the other a state-funded university under the supervision of the Chinese Ministry of Education. A sociolinguistic survey was conducted involving some 490 respondents at these universities between early 2012 and mid-2013. It was specifically aimed at describing the use of the English language in the formal education of students. The study reports on the status and functions of English at the universities, as well as the attitudes of various stakeholders towards English (and other languages). It also examines their beliefs about English. English is considered in a number of contexts: first, the context of language contact, of English alongside other languages and language varieties on the two university campuses; second, of English as part of the linguistic worlds of Chinese students who switch between languages in their daily lives, both in their education as well as their private lives; and third, of the spread and use of English in terms of the physical and virtual movement of people across spaces. The findings of the study indicate that the increasing use of English in the formal education at these universities is having an impact on the ways in which Chinese students are learning their course materials, and even more notably in the myriad ways these students are using multiple languages to negotiate their everyday lives. As university students in China become increasingly bilingual, their ability to move across spaces is shown to increase, both in the ‘real’ world, as well as in their Internet and entertainment lives. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Linguistics) English in China English-medium instruction Globalisation Language contact Language and ideology Language policy Language worlds Linguistic worlds Mobility 306.440951 Sociolinguistics -- China Oral communication -- China Language policy -- China Globalization -- Social aspects -- China
14	A sociolinguistic investigation of gender stereotypes in AIDS discourse Van de Wouwer, Pascale Martine 30 November 2003 (has links) This research investigates how the speech community living in Maputo city uses language in relation to HIV/AIDS and studies related stigmas which impede women's access to HIV/AIDS counselling services. My hypothesis is that frequent use of gender stereotypes in AIDS discourse aims at stigmatising women as AIDS propagators, while minimizing male sexual transgressions in the AIDS crisis. Interpretation of primary data collected via focus group discussions and interviews is done with five different approaches that study respectively: social meanings and representations of AIDS embedded in context, the stigmatising process correlating gender stereotypes and discrimination against women, stereotypical speech attitudes and speech mechanism as well as the functions and effects of stereotyping. My conclusion is that deeply rooted gender barriers are to be removed in order to combat the social plague of AIDS and that ethnography of communication offers interesting models for development projects that can initiate behavioural changes through speech. / Linguistics / M.A. (Sociolinguistics) HIV/AIDS Gender Stigmas Access to counselling services Speech community Focus Group Discussion Context-embedded meaning Discourse analysis Stereotyping Speech attitudes Functional analysis Ethnography of communication Sociolinguistics Stereotypes 362.1969792009679 Focus groups -- Mozambique Discourse analysis -- Mozambique Communication and culture -- Mozambique Sociolinguistics -- Mozambique Language and culture -- Mozambique Prejudices -- Mozambique Communication -- Mozambique Women -- Diseases -- Mozambique Women -- Sexual behavior -- Mozambique Men -- Sexual behavior -- Mozambique
15	A sociolinguistic investigation of gender stereotypes in AIDS discourse Van de Wouwer, Pascale Martine 30 November 2003 (has links) This research investigates how the speech community living in Maputo city uses language in relation to HIV/AIDS and studies related stigmas which impede women's access to HIV/AIDS counselling services. My hypothesis is that frequent use of gender stereotypes in AIDS discourse aims at stigmatising women as AIDS propagators, while minimizing male sexual transgressions in the AIDS crisis. Interpretation of primary data collected via focus group discussions and interviews is done with five different approaches that study respectively: social meanings and representations of AIDS embedded in context, the stigmatising process correlating gender stereotypes and discrimination against women, stereotypical speech attitudes and speech mechanism as well as the functions and effects of stereotyping. My conclusion is that deeply rooted gender barriers are to be removed in order to combat the social plague of AIDS and that ethnography of communication offers interesting models for development projects that can initiate behavioural changes through speech. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (Sociolinguistics) HIV/AIDS Gender Stigmas Access to counselling services Speech community Focus Group Discussion Context-embedded meaning Discourse analysis Stereotyping Speech attitudes Functional analysis Ethnography of communication Sociolinguistics Stereotypes 362.1969792009679 Focus groups -- Mozambique Discourse analysis -- Mozambique Communication and culture -- Mozambique Sociolinguistics -- Mozambique Language and culture -- Mozambique Prejudices -- Mozambique Communication -- Mozambique Women -- Diseases -- Mozambique Women -- Sexual behavior -- Mozambique Men -- Sexual behavior -- Mozambique

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