In the essay, "From Mimism to Music in the Child" (1935), Jousse, the French linguistic anthropologist, * describes the process whereby instinctive learning takes place and develops into cognitive motor skills in the Child; * traces the connections between the stages of learning and the skills acquired by the Child. These skills include gestural mimic imitation, drawing, listening, speaking, and musical expression; * makes specific recommendations about the process of teaching the Child; * relates the stages in the early learning processes in the Child to the development globally and universally of the anthropos; * demonstrates the relationship between Man and his fellows, both as individuals and as expression of cultural distinction, and between Man and the universe; * comments on the distinction between human and animal learning capacities; * explains the roles of key features in human expression; *explains aspects of cultural and linguistic change; * comments on cultural and linguistic change. In this research-essay, I am * attempting to clarify, in various degrees, all of the above: the learning issues receive more attention than do the rest; * attempting to identify the similarities and differences between the thinking and views on learning of Jousse with those particularly of Rudolf Laban, and incidentally of Montessori and Lenneberg; * demonstrating an 'Oral-Style text'. The Introduction to this research-essay summarises the thinking of Jousse and Laban. The Body of the study: * provides biographical information about Jousse and Laban; * explains the difficulties and problems encountered with the text of the essay "From Mimism to Music in the Child"; * comments on the nature and operation of Oral-Style texts and their cognitive and affective influence upon the reader; * contextualises and interprets the text of the essay, "From Mimism and Music in the Child". The Conclusion adds comments, and suggests areas for further study and investigation. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, 1995.

Esta investigación se enmarca dentro del campo de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de segundas lenguas, concretamente, dentro del ámbito de la enseñanza del español como segunda lengua. El marco teórico en el que se inscribe es el que aporta la teoría sociocultural y la metodología de investigación utilizada proviene del paradigma interpretativo (cualitativo). En síntesis, este trabajo ha consistido en el estudio de los procesos de construcción y gestión del conocimiento explícito durante la instrucción formal de la lengua objeto de estudio, en dos grupos multilingües de nivel principiante de una escuela oficial de idiomas, sin lengua vehicular común a todos los aprendientes. Hemos analizado y hemos descrito el tipo de comunicación que se genera entre profesor y aprendiente en la clase de español/ L2, entendiendo por comunicación tanto la verbal como la no verbal (kinésica y proxémica), y hemos comparado las percepciones que tanto profesores como aprendientes tienen de todo este proceso / This research is framed in the second language acquisition field, specifically, in the studies of Spanish as a second language. The theoretical framework in which this research is included is the one that provides with the sociocultural tradition and the methodology used for comes from the interpretative (qualitative) paradigm. In summary, this research work consisted in the study of how is constructed and negotiated explicit knowledge during the formal instruction of the language studied in class, in two multilingual groups of beginners without a common vehicular language to all the learners. We studied and we described the way of communication that is generated among teacher and students during Spanish formal instruction, understanding the communication concept both verbal and non-verbal communication, and we compared the perceptions that teachers and students have about all this process

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)

The aim of this thesis is to attempt to summarize what communication possibilities children suffering from a serious form of infantile cerebral palsy have, to describe them and possibly to clarify what exactly restricts these possibilities. The thesis also tries to answer the question in what way the communication of these individuals differs from the communication of intact persons. The core of the thesis resides in a theoretical exposition which deals - among others - with the communication process and its verbal and non-verbal parts, the diagnostic characterization of the infantile cerebral palsy and the impaired communication ability in symptomatic speech disorders which are associated with this disability. It describes how especially mobility impairment and mental retardation are reflected in the way and possibilities of communication. Special attention is paid to methods of alternative and augmentative communication which can be used as a therapy in the stimulation of the development of communication and speech skills, and which very often represent one of few possible ways of communicating for persons with this disability. The theoretical part is accompanied by video recordings showing communication of four girls suffering from infantile cerebral palsy. As manifestations of this diagnosis...

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)

The dissertation is focused to the field of communication and it is divided up to three sections, which concur in order. The first section is aimed to delimitation, definiton, functions and types of social communication. The second section is applied to the pedagogic communication in a primary school background, and there are stated, as well as in the first section, definitions, functions and verbal and nonverbal communication. There are new chapters added to this section, which subsequently apply to the goal, subject, rules of pedagogic communication and the time aspect, that together with organizing forms and methods of teaching has the influence on the pedagogic communication. The last section is concentrated on the pedagogic communication in a after school daycare background, the content structure copies the previous section. For further specification, there is a chapter added in this section, that is focused to after school daycare as a place for education and cultivation in the time of not school teaching. The goal of this dissertation was the comparison of differences in pedagogic communication in a primary school and in a after-school daycare.

Discourse pervades all areas of human activity. Beyond the use of verbal communication, discourse also extends to non-verbal elements such as body language, facial expressions, intonation and laughter. Despite the wide range of studies that examine the structures and nature of political discourse, very few have looked at the ways in which politicians use non-verbal elements and, in particular, laughter as part of their discourse strategies. This study looks at the use of laughter in the German Bundestag by analysing 16,000 observations of laughter taken from the transcripts of 847 plenary sessions spanning four electoral terms. The study finds that laughter can be used by politicians as a non-verbal means of expressing opinion and making a statement without breaking the stringent rules of conduct. The use of laughter in parliament can provide information on party alliances, both current and traditional, as well as the general ‘mood’ of the electoral period. Due to the changing nature of political debates and the increasing rejection of ‘traditional’ means of doing politics, fascinating changes are taking place in the political landscape.:1 Introduction 2 Discourse analysis 2.1 Political discourse analysis 2.2 Parliamentary debates 2.2.1 According to Klein 2.2.2 Parliamentary discourse as monologue, dialogue or trialogue? 2.2.3 Interjections as parliamentary discourse 2.3 Non-verbal communication 3 Humour 3.1 Humour in politics 3.2 The study of humour in politics 4 Background 4.1 The German Bundestag 4.2 Stenographic reports 4.2.1 Written or spoken language? 4.2.2 The difference between Lachen and Heiterkeit 4.3 Electoral term specifics 5 Data 5.1 Hypotheses 5.2 Description of the analysis 6 Results 7 Discussion 7.1 Reflections 7.2 Outlook 8 Conclusion References

En el presente estudio se investiga la importancia de la comunicación no verbal (CNV) en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. En relación con el aprendizaje y la enseñanza de verbos de rutina identificamos un posible problema que surgía durante la enseñanza de ciertos momentos gramaticales cuando estos se introducían de manera exclusivamente lingüística. El objetivo de esta tesina es por tanto analizar y describir cómo podría favorecer al aprendizaje de español como lengua extranjera (ELE) el uso de la gesticulación como estrategia didáctica no lingüística en el salón escolar sueco; ya que este tipo de comunicación no verbal es común entre los hispanoparlantes y hace parte del contexto cultural de la lengua meta. Nuestro estudio nace tras la observación realizada durante las prácticas pedagógicas que tuvieron lugar en Suecia, país en el que la CNV está presente en los planes curriculares. Con base en las observaciones de campo se hizo posible constatar que el docente ante problemáticas asociadas con la comprensión y la fluidez comunicativa, utilizaba inmediatamente el sueco cuando surgía un problema de comprensión (Skolinspektion, 2010). Este tipo de deficiencias podrían ser solventadas mediante el uso de gestos corporales ilustrativos (Cestero, 2017), como una estrategia compensatoria, esto es un conjunto de técnicas de aprendizaje que solventan un problema comunicativo (Rodríguez Ruiz y Merás García, 2005). En nuestro estudio han colaborado seis grupos de alumnos pertenecientes a cuatro escuelas suecas además de los respectivos docentes de cada grupo. También se realizaron encuestas a algunos alumnos y entrevistas a parte del equipo docente. Finalmente, los resultados obtenidos muestran como el aprendizaje de verbos reflexivos es más efectivo cuando se utiliza la CNV como estratégica didáctica en el aula de ELE mejorando también el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. / This study investigates the importance of non-verbal communication (CNV) in learning foreign languages. In relation to learning and teaching routine verbs, we identified a possible problem that arose when, during the teaching of certain grammatical moments, these were introduced exclusively linguistically. The objective of this dissertation is therefore to analyze and describe how the use of gesturing as a non-linguistic teaching strategy in the Swedish school classroom could favor learning Spanish for foreigners (ELE); since this type of nonverbal communication is common among Spanish speakers and is part of the cultural context of the target language. Our study was initiated after the observation made during the pedagogical practices that took place in Sweden, a country where the CNV is present in the curricular plans. Based on the field observations, it became possible to verify that when the teacher faced problems associated with comprehension and communicative fluency, she usually turned to the mother tongue immediately when a comprehension problem arose (Skolinspektion, 2010). These types of deficiencies could be solved through the use of illustrative body gestures (Cestero, 2017), as a compensatory strategy understood as a type of learning technique that solves a communication problem (Rodríguez Ruiz and Merás García, 2005). Six groups of students belonging to four Swedish schools have collaborated in our study in addition to the respective teachers of each group. Surveys were also carried out with some students and interviews with part of the teaching team. Finally, the results obtained show how the learning of reflexive verbs is more effective when the CNV is used as a didactic strategy in the ELE classroom, also improving the teaching-learning process.

Syfte Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur samspel och kommunikation med personer med flerfunktionsnedsättning, deras assistenter och vattendansledare under vattendans kan analyseras med multimodal interaktionsanalys, för att genom tolkning av kommunikativa uttryck identifiera upplevelse av interventionen. Ytterligare ett syfte med studien är att identifiera vilka styrkor och svagheter analysmetoden har vid studier av interaktion mellan personer med flerfunktionsnedsättning och deras assistenter. Metod I studien videoinspelades och analyserades interaktion mellan personer med flerfunktionsnedsättning, deras medföljare samt personal som höll i vattendansen. Den metod som användes var multimodal interaktionsanalys, som är en metod där man analyserar interaktion i naturligt förekommande situationer. Analysen utfördes genom observation och transkription av videoinspelad interaktion. Resultat Ett flertal uttryck identifierades med multimodal interaktionsanalys. Dessa uttryck kunde säga något om upplevelsen hos personerna med flerfunktionsnedsättning under vattendansen. De kommunikativa uttrycken analyserades alltid i den kontext där de förekom. Uttrycken betraktades som kontextberoende och inte som isolerade handlingar. De modaliteter som personerna med flerfunktionsnedsättning använde för att kommunicera var bland annat blickar, vokalisationer och ansiktsmimik. Dessa uttryck studerades i termer av vilken mening eller sinnesstämning de tycktes förmedla, hur frekvent de förekom, samt vilken respons de väckte. Tolkning av uttrycken gjordes till stor del genom att studera omgivningens respons. Under arbetets gång identifieras styrkor såväl som svagheter med analysmetoden. Att analysera materialet med någon annan metod än just multimodal interaktionsanalys hade varit svårt, eftersom det i dagsläget finns mycket få alternativa sätt att analysera och transkribera den här typen av komplex interaktion på. Slutsats Genom multimodal interaktionsanalys kunde en varierad bredd av olika kommunikativa uttryck identifieras och tolkas, och författarna fick därmed en bild av hur personerna med flerfunktionsnedsättning och deras medföljare upplevde interventionsmetoden. Överlag förefaller upplevelsen av vattendansen vara positiv för personerna med flerfunktionsnedsättning såväl som för deras medföljare. Multimodal interaktionsanalys lämpade sig väl som analysmetod för att identifiera tecken som kan säga något om personernas med flerfunktionsnedsättnings upplevelse av vattendansen. / Aim The aim of this study is to investigate whether interaction between people with multiple disabilities, their assistants and waterdance staff during waterdance can be analysed using multimodal interaction analysis, in order to identify how the people with multiple disabilities experience the intervention. Identification of experience is conducted by recognizing and interpreting communicative actions. Another aim is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the method of analysis in the study of interaction between people with multiple functional impairments and their assistants. Method Interaction between three people with multiple disabilities, their assistants and waterdance staff was video recorded and then analysed. The method used is multimodal interaction analysis, which is a method for analysing naturally occurring interaction. The analysis was performed through observation and transcription of video-recorded interaction. Results Several communicative expressions were identified with multimodal interaction analysis. These expressions could say something about the people with multiple disabilities’ experience of the waterdance. The communicative actions and expressions were analysed in the context in which they occurred. The expressions were regarded as contextually dependent, and not as isolated, independent actions. Modalities that were used for communication were among others: gaze, vocalizations and facial expressions. These communicative actions were studied regarding what meaning or mood they seemed to convey, the frequency with which they occurred in, and in what response they evoked. Interpretation of the expressions was largely conducted by studying the response from people in the environment. Strengths as well as weaknesses were identified regarding the method of analysis. To analyse the material with a method other than multimodal interaction analysis would have been difficult, since other options of methods for analysing and transcribing this complex type of interaction are very limited. Conclusions A variety of communicative expressions were identified through multimodal interaction analysis. Through interpretation of the expressions, the authors were able to better understand how the people with multiple disabilities and their assistants experienced the intervention method. Multimodal interaction analysis is well suited as an analytical method for identifying signs that may tell us something about the experience of waterdance, of the three persons with multiple disabilities.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa hur kvinnoideal och värderingar reproduceras på Instagram genom att undersöka hur de gestaltas i reklamfilm som använder influencer marketing. Genom att analysera och jämföra den visuella gestaltningen med det verbalt uttryckta i samband med betalda samarbeten kan frågeställningarna besvaras. 1) Vilka likheter och skillnader finns mellan det visuella och det verbala framställandet av kvinnoideal och värderingar i betalda influensersamarbeten? 2) På vilket sätt använder sig företagen av influencers uttalade ideal och värderingar i reklam?  De teoretiska utgångspunkterna har behandlat skapandet av influencers, förtroendet till influencers, feministisk teori och marknadsföring, feministisk blickteori, Goffmans teori om könsframställning samt gestaltningskomponenterna. I studien har jag utifrån denna teoretiska ram och en semiotisk innehållsanalys analyserat två reklamfilmer från de svenska företagen Aimn och Deodoc som använder influencer marketing publicerade på Instagram. Därefter har jag jämfört det visuella materialet med verbalt material i form av de medverkande influencers uttalade åsikter som de yttrat i reklam för respektive företag. I min analys av det rörliga materialet är underordning och en sexualiserad bild av kvinnan frekvent förekommande i porträtteringen. I Aimns video användes ofta en ovanifrån-vinkel och ifråntagandet av blicken som förminskar och underordnar objektet i relation till betraktaren. I Deodocs video användes en neutral kameravinkel och hon har en blick som möter kameran, på så sätt en kontroll av sin egen blick och en mer jämställd maktrelation till betraktaren. Beröring användes både i syftet att uttrycka ömtålighet och styrka i båda reklamfilmerna. I det verbala materialet användes starka ord och värderingar som anspelade på en stolt och stark kvinna. Dessutom uttrycktes ett värde i att vara naturlig och ”som man är” i det verbala materialet medan det visuella uttryckte en iscensättning och idealet som en fixad attraktiv kvinna. Resultatet tyder alltså på att de två kvinnliga influencerna gestaltades olika i den visuella och verbala gestaltningen.  På frågeställning ett kunde slutsatsen dras att i Deodocs video överensstämmer värderingarna även om företaget prioriterat en visuellt snygg scen där Bianca Ingrosso sexualiseras snarare än porträtteras som naturlig. Verbalt lyfter man i kampanjen menstruation som något naturligt som ingen bör skämmas för men i det den visuella gestaltningen görs detta på ett attraktivt sätt. I Aimns video så har slutsatsen för den första frågeställningen dragits att videon visuellt anspelar på kroppen som ett objekt medan influencern Nicole Falciani verbalt uttalar sig om insidan och vad kroppen kan göra som det viktiga. På den andra frågeställningen om hur företag använder sig av influencers unika och förtroendeingivande särställning i reklam har slutsatsen dragit att dessa företag har använt en influencer för att skapa förtroende och tillit till företaget och budskapet. / The purpose of this essay is to examine how women's ideals and values are reproduced on Instagram by examining how they are embodied in commercials that use influencer marketing. By analyzing and comparing the visual design with the verbally expressed within a paid collaboration, the questions can be answered: 1) What are the similarities and differences between the visual and the verbal presentation of women's ideals and values in paid influencer collaborations? 2) In what way do companies use influencers' stated ideals and values in advertising? The theoretical basis explains the creation of influencers, trust for influencers, in addition to a feminist theory, marketing, feminist gaze theory, Goffman's theory of gender representation and the design components. The study uses semiotic content analysis to analyze two commercials from the Swedish companies Aimn and Deodoc that uses influencer marketing published on Instagram. Then I compared the visual material with the verbal material in the form of the participating influencers' expressed opinions that they expressed in advertising for each company. In my analysis of the visual material, subordination and a sexualized image of the woman are frequent in the portrayal. Aimn's video frequently uses a camera angle from above and presents Nicole without a gaze which diminishes and subordinates her in relation to the observer. In Deodoc’s video, a neutral camera angle is used and Bianca is given a gaze that meets the camera, thus she owns her gaze and has equal power relationship to the viewer. Touch was used both to express fragility and strength in both commercials. In the verbal material, strong words and values which alluded to a proud and strong woman were used. Additionally, a value in being natural was expressed in the verbal material while the visual expressed a staging and the ideal of a fixed attractive woman. The results thus indicate that the two female influencers were portrayed differently in the visual and verbal portrayal. To answer the first question, it could be concluded that in Deodoc's video, the values are consistent even if the company prioritizes a visually attractive scene where Bianca is sexualized rather than portrayed as natural. Verbally, the campaign shows menstruation as something natural that no one should be ashamed of, but in the visual design, this is done attractively. In Aimn's video, the conclusion for the first question has been drawn that the video visually alludes to the body as an object while the influencer Nicole Falciani verbally speaks about the inside and what the body can do as the most important. To answer the second question about how companies use influencers' unique and trustworthy position in advertising, it has been concluded that these companies have used an influencer to create trust and confidence in the company and the message.