Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Saussure"”.
-
Revisão das espécies brasileiras do gênero Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae, Scyllinini)
At the present, some species of Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 are considered as the greatest pest in Brazilian crops and fourteen species has been recognised in this genus (CARBONELL, 1995). Herein, ten species are revised, two new synonymies are proposed and two new species are described: …
-
An investigation into the physiology of urate pellet excretion by Parcoblatta fulvescens (Saussure and Zehntner) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Physiological parameters involved in formed urate pellet excretion by the wood cockroach, <i>Parcoblatta fulvescens</i> were investigated. Uric acid excretion by last instar juvenile <i>P. fulvescens</i> was studied first. Food consumption, urate and non-urate pellet excretion patterns show a …
-
The sound of meaning: theories of voice in twentieth-century thought and performance
… in twentieth-century language philosophy. Saussure defines language as a compendium of arbitrary words recognized according to the degrees of phonetic difference between them. Since for Saussure the arbitrary words of language also designate arbitrary concepts, he concludes that the sounds …
-
A semiotic analysis of print beauty advertisements
… beauty advertisements. Studies of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes and Daniel Chandler will be applied to the analysis of these . The last sub-chapter of the literature review will feature an advertisement with a totally different idea proposal from the other advertisement mentioned in the …
-
Effects of Various Pesticides on Hyalella Azteca
The amphipod, Hyalella azteca, was described by Saussure in 1856. Weckel (1907) discussed the synonomy of the species and credited its discovery to Bate (1862), who classified this species as Hyalella knickerbockeri. | Depending upon age and sex, this small crustacean ranges from 2 to 7 mm in …
-
The phonology of spoken Iraqi Arabic from the functional point of view
… linguistics with particular reference to F. de Saussure (the founder of modern linguistics), some principal members of the Prague School, and A. Martinet (the leading figure in neo-Praguian functionalism). Chapter Two treats of the notion of 'function' and the functions of language as viewed by …
-
Building information : means and methods of communication in design and construction
… a "speech-circuit" model based on that of Saussure, and a semiotic-constructionist model derived from Peirce and Papert. Through interviews, observations, and experiments with practicing architects and architecture students, I investigate the implications of these models on the perceived …
-
Língua estrangeira moderna no vestibular : que conhecimento lingüístico é exigido nas provas de língua espanhola?
… e ajustada ao objetivo. Teóricos clássicos como Saussure (1974), Bloom (1983) até autores contemporâneos como Ortega Olivares (1990), Orlandi (1987) e Wiggins e McThige (1998) constituíram o referencial teórico do trabalho. A análise das provas de espanhol foi organizada tendo em vista os …
-
Findings: Relationships of old and new, past and present
… coexistence of all the others'." Ferdinand Saussure The connection of one building to another can be seen through a universal architectural language. Buildings are structured through the use of this language. Architecture communicates thoughts and ideas through the elements of building. The …
-
Soundpainting as a system for the collaborative creation of music in performance
… on the work of such pioneers of semiotics as Saussure and Peirce, as well as the later work in philosophy of language of Wittgenstein, Barthes, Eco, Derrida, and others. The eclectic concerns of Soundpainting suggest situating Thompson's language in the context of current debates in critical …
-
Structures of belonging: the poetry of Seamus Heaney
… poststructuralism (following Saussure) posits an irreconcilable interstice between signifier and signified and (in the language of Derrida) infinitely defers meaning. Psychoanalysis (following Lacan) suggests desire is a consequence of the space between signifier and signified. …
-
Making political films politically?:the film-making practice of Jean-Luc Godard
… thinking, from its origins in linguistics, with Saussure, through to its influence on Marxism, with Althusser. It is this `Structural Marxism' which prepared the ground for a view of Godard as a revolutionary film-maker so its influences on film theory in the decade after 1968 is traced in …
-
Resemblance-oriented communication strategies: Understanding the role of resemblance in signed and spoken languages
… plays an important role in human communication. Saussure proposed a characteristic principle of the linguistic sign: that connections between linguistic codes and the objects they signify are arbitrary; however, I intend to show that resemblance, which I define as the visual or aural similarity …
-
A Semiotic Approach to Russian Military Map Symbology and Terms
… Charles Sanders Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure, and their successors in the relatively new field of cartosemiotics—the use of semiotic methodologies to create, understand and apply cartographic representations. Specifically, cartosemiotics facilitates the understanding of map symbolism; …
-
Fondements théoriques et origines de l’Union européenne : la récursivité de l’élargissement comme principe ordonnateur du modèle communautaire
… L’analyse synchronique du discours (Saussure, 1972) montre que plus l’européanité est partagée, plus elle crée de sens et plus elle s’étend de manière à la fois verticale (approfondissement) et horizontale (élargissement). Cet excédent permet la récursivité de l’élargissement …
-
Portraits Through the Lens of Historicity: The American Family as Portrayed in Ladies Home Journal 1950-1959
… into the study. Peter Berger, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacques Derrida, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger join the conversation to help explain the complexities of the 1950s and the American family.</p><p> Special emphasis is given to the 1950s family and how they were influenced and …
-
Die rol van die outeur in moderne literêre teorie, met spesifieke verwysing na die ek-poësie van Breyten Breytenbach en D.J. Opperman
… formalisme, Praagse strukturalisme, Ferdinand de Saussure, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roland Barthes, semiotiek en dekonstruksie. Hierdie teorieë en teoretici word verbind deur 'n ontkenning van die auteur. Barthes vorm die spil van die ontwikkelingslyn in soverre hy "die dood van die auteur" verkondig …
-
THE LOAN OF A LOOKING GLASS: SHAKESPEARE, MYTH, AND PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURES
… including pertinent concepts of Ferdinand de Saussure, Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, and the Russian Formalists. The remaining five chapters focus upon living myths still viable today: Twelfth Night and the myth of corporeal immortality, Romeo and Juliet and the myth of law and order, …
-
La filosofía estética de Benedetto Crocce
… que están empezando a formularse en Saussure. Si bien es cierto que, aunque esté siempre en el fondo de sus ideas estéticas, Croce no hace esta crítica de la lingüística de una forma sistemática, sino dispersa, a lo largo de cientos de comentarios, cartas, artículos, que hemos …
Page 1 of 2