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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"scientific language"”.
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Steg för steg. Naturvetenskapligt ämnesspråk som räknas
… I present a linguistic investigation of the language of Swedish textbooks in the natural sciences, i.e., biology, physics and chemistry. The textbooks, which are used in secondary and upper secondary school, are examined with respect to traditional readability measures, e.g., LIX, OVIX and …
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Semantische und lexikalische Aspekte der mathematischen Fachsprache des 19. Jahrhunderts
… texts as examples, the development of the scientific language of mathematics is examined from a lexical and semantic perspective. The focus is on the modelling of scientific concept formation, the analysis of the forms and functions of metaphors and analogies, and the theory of semantic …
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Examining One's Own: Reflexivity and Critique in STS
… STS analysts attempt to show the partiality of scientific claims, they simultaneously offer those analyses via authoritative pronouncements in scientific language, while claiming a scientific foundation. This thesis questions the understanding of science as a form of inquiry distinct from other …
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Künstliche Intelligenz und die Rationalität gesellschaftlichen Handelns
… that can be described by way of precise scientific languages is considered rational. In contrast to that, hermeneutics maintain that the scientific language ia a derivative itself and represents merely a limited concept of rationality. The philosophical framework of this dissertation is …
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Sub Quercu Felicitas: Place, Knowledge, and Victoria's Garry Oaks, 1843-2008
… to be regarded only as a native species. Third, scientific language and concepts have been used to understand Garry oaks with increasing popularity over the past few decades, especially as public awareness grows of the oaks’ ecological crisis. Following recent work in cultural geography, I …
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Establishment of the South African baseline surface radiation network station at De Aar
… BSRN site. This is followed by details on a scientific measurement plan including necessary information on radiation processes in the atmosphere, measurement techniques and associated instrumentation. The next chapter is devoted to the design of a radiometric measurement system answering to …
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Embodied reflective practice : the embodied nature of reflection-in-action
… distinction that whilst Schön’s (1983) use of scientific language in reflection-in-action is considered applicable for problem-solving projects in design, aspects of it are problematic for creative production research projects and recommends focusing reflection on the underlying experience of …
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The Nexus of Social Media Marketing Activities and Content on Visiting Intentions in the Jordanian Healthcare Sector: A Mixed-Method Approach
… in Jordan to prioritise using plain and non-scientific language, customized tailoring content due to patients’ needs, frequent but balanced posting, platform alignment with content and patients’ preferences for enhancing healthcare brand awareness and patient engagement on social media. More …
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ALLE SOGLIE DEL DIRITTO: NORMATIVITÀ E NORME DEL COSTUME. CON UN SAGGIO INEDITO DI GEORG HENRIK VON WRIGHT
… custom—a term which, both in ordinary and in scientific language, designates a phenomenon whose theoretical analysis only confirms what observation already suggests: it reveals itself as heterogeneous, not only in the diversity of the phenomena that compose it, but also in the ontological …
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Social Identity, Scientific Practice, and the Production of Social Knowledge: An Ethnographic Investigation of American Social Psychology Laboratories
… theoretical and practical underpinnings of their scientific choices with social identity categories. One on one discussions with social psychologists revealed that disciplinary actors do not maintain a shared scientific language to discuss social identity categories, which is reflected in both …
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Language and the opportunity to learn science in bilingual classrooms in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
… in the TIMSS South Africa reports that the language of the tests, when different to learners' home language, contributed to their poor performance in the assessments. However the reports also noted that language factors were intertwined with other factors such as low socio-economic status. …