While the use of computational strategies in humanistic inquiry have been discussed extensively, cultural, political and societal aspects of digital humanities tools have not been addressed.This...Show moreWhile the use of computational strategies in humanistic inquiry have been discussed extensively, cultural, political and societal aspects of digital humanities tools have not been addressed.This paper discusses the possibility and necessity of the tool criticism in digital humanities.Show less
La llegada de Chávez al poder produjo cambios considerables en el “panorama mediático” del país, que se debieron principalmente a los distintos vaivenes políticos que el país ha vivido, y al...Show moreLa llegada de Chávez al poder produjo cambios considerables en el “panorama mediático” del país, que se debieron principalmente a los distintos vaivenes políticos que el país ha vivido, y al contexto político que han emergido de tales transformaciones. Dichos cambios dieron paso a que la lucha por la libertad de expresión en Venezuela se convirtiera en un espacio de primer orden en la lucha de la hegemonía cultural entre los medios y el Estado. Los medios de comunicación pueden tanto reflejar la realidad, como construirla. Debido a esto, los gobiernos populistas encuentran en la representación mediática, el terreno ideal para establecer una relación “pueblo”-líder. Entendido como un gobierno populista, este trabajo busca esclarecer que tipo de relación estable el gobierno de Hugo Chávez con los medios de comunicación. En primera instancia, el presente trabajo hace un análisis sobre el escenario mediático en Venezuela, antes de la llegada de Hugo Chávez. Éste se divide en dos periodos: 1950-1990 y 1990-1999. Seguidamente, este trabajo hace un análisis de los dos primeros presidenciales del Presidente Hugo Chávez, entre 1999-2001 y entre 2001-2007.Show less
This paper is aimed at offering a theoretical discussion and interdisciplinary investigation into theories and concepts concerning categorization and individual and/or group differences in...Show moreThis paper is aimed at offering a theoretical discussion and interdisciplinary investigation into theories and concepts concerning categorization and individual and/or group differences in cognition. From this it is suggested that there is the possibility of miscommunication, or at least degradation of the communicative value of a message, as the result of perception and/or reception differences concerning the connotations (consisting of of all combined properties and implications) of specific lexical items between individuals and/or groups. These differences are suggested to be present both in practical instances of use as well as in people's prototypes of said terms. Based on these theoretical expectations a schematic model is created, and a possible solution in the form of intralingual intersemantic translation is suggested. The theory, model, and solution are exemplified through an investigative qualitative case study into the use of the term sustainability by several political leaders in environmental speeches.Show less
Online reading networks are a form in which social reading becomes apparent in the digital age. They are compared to traditional reading groups and examined by their similarities and differences.
Research master thesis | Linguistics (research) (MA)
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2014-08-31T00:00:00Z
This thesis investigates the word order and adjectival agreement patterns in French- Dutch code switched DPs. It examines the predictions made by two theoretical frameworks: the Minimalist Program ...Show moreThis thesis investigates the word order and adjectival agreement patterns in French- Dutch code switched DPs. It examines the predictions made by two theoretical frameworks: the Minimalist Program (MP) (MacSwan 2009) and the Matrix Language Framework (MLF) (Myers-Scotton and Jake 2009) and compares these predictions to data gathered in an elicitation task and a grammaticality judgment task. This thesis is the first study investigating the adjectival agreement in code switched DPs. The results of the experiments show no unambiguous confirmation of the predictions of either framework. However, statistical analysis of the data collected in the grammaticality judgment task showed that the MP is a better predictor for the grammaticality judgments, as sentences predicted to be grammatical by the MP were rated higher than sentence predicted to be ungrammatical by the same model. This difference was statistically significant to the 5% level. There was no significant difference in rating for the predictions of the MLF. This results of the judgment task in combination with the results of previous research highlight the importance of an integration of data from both naturalistic and experimental settings. Furthermore, the lack of unambiguous results from the grammaticality judgment task argues for an integration of other experimental methodologies, such as psycho- and neurolinguistic ones.Show less
In deze scriptie is onderzoek gedaan naar de relatie tussen Joodse onderduikers en hun gastgezinnen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederland. In tegenstelling tot de geringe literatuur die over...Show moreIn deze scriptie is onderzoek gedaan naar de relatie tussen Joodse onderduikers en hun gastgezinnen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederland. In tegenstelling tot de geringe literatuur die over dit onderwerp bestaat, zijn hier dagboeken van Joodse onderduikers genomen als voornaamste bron, om zo een toevoeging te kunnen doen aan de bestaande literatuur. Dagboeken zijn voorheen vrijwel niet onderzocht.Show less
This thesis investigates the representation of female heroism in the nineteenth century in the novels Middlemarch by George Eliot and Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. It concludes that...Show moreThis thesis investigates the representation of female heroism in the nineteenth century in the novels Middlemarch by George Eliot and Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. It concludes that both determinist authors imply that female heroism was not possible on the scale of romantic heroes, or able to reach its full potential. However, both writers give their heroines the best possible ending; their actions can influence a small part of the web of causality around them. This quiet heroism is their small but important power.Show less
This thesis investigates the reasons for non-compliance with IMF conditionality in PRGF programmes. After describing the main arguements of constructivists and rationalists on the issue of...Show moreThis thesis investigates the reasons for non-compliance with IMF conditionality in PRGF programmes. After describing the main arguements of constructivists and rationalists on the issue of compliance it makes use of two case studies, Kenya and Tanzania, and uses the method of controlled comparison to identify factors that influence the extent of compliance. A comparison of these two case studies shows that ownership over the reform programme, influence of donors, and the lack of consequences in case of non-compliance are important factors in determining the extent of compliance.Regarding the theoretical framework, it concludes that constructivist arguments are better at explaining why countries do not comply with conditions, whereas rationalist arguments explain how this is possible.Show less
Research master thesis | Linguistics (research) (MA)
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This thesis carries out a linguistic survey of the ANA epigraphic material from Tayma conventionally known as Taymanitc. The following will consist of three main parts. The first part will include...Show moreThis thesis carries out a linguistic survey of the ANA epigraphic material from Tayma conventionally known as Taymanitc. The following will consist of three main parts. The first part will include a general introduction to ANA and the development of our knowledge of Taymanitic; the issue of literacy in the society of Tayma and the significance of writing will be discussed, as well as some theoretical issues concerning phylogenetic linguistic classification. The second part will be a grammatical sketch based on all the attested linguistic features in the Taymanitic corpus. Following the grammatical sketch will be a discussion of the linguistic features of Taymanitic that are relevant to classification in order to establish Taymanitic’s position in the Semitic family tree and within the subgroup of ANA. To make the texts easily accessible and to give insight into the analysis underlying the grammatical sketch, an appendix will be added containing the philological commentaries on the longer narrative texts that formed the basis of the presented grammatical sketch.Show less
