These days, all industrialized countries in the world have some kind of law implemented targeting women's rights on the job market. Yet the wage gap as well as 4other hurdles remain despite these...Show moreThese days, all industrialized countries in the world have some kind of law implemented targeting women's rights on the job market. Yet the wage gap as well as 4other hurdles remain despite these laws. The question is therefore what factors play a role in the fact that Japanese women who are among the best educated in the world, who not only have the Labor Standard Law, but an Equal Employment Opportunity Law as well, must contend with a substantial wage gap and such high unemployment rates? This thesis will consist of two parts aside from the introductory and the closing chapters. The first part will be chapter two, containing a literature review in which the research of several western scholars as well as native Japanese scholars concerning their assessment of the EEOL in Japan will be discussed and evaluated. In addition this part will also discuss the different roles companies and government play with regard to keeping the oppression of women in the labor market as it is, or furthering equal opportunity. In the second part of this thesis, chapter 3, the difficulties that working women, annd specifically working mothers, face in their day to day life will be examined on the basis of interviews conducted by scholars with these working women and mothers.Show less
The purpose of this research is to identify the differences in the stages of acquisition of pronunciation between talented and less talented students. The research is based on the different...Show moreThe purpose of this research is to identify the differences in the stages of acquisition of pronunciation between talented and less talented students. The research is based on the different theories concerning second language acquisition (SLA) and pronunciation aptitude. The most important theories are those along the lines of Contrastive Analysis, but the research also includes theories such as those by Dörnyei (2006) and Carroll (1965). All theories will be discussed in greater detail later on in this thesis. The research also has a component of comparison, reviewing the researches by Hu et al. (2012) and DeFrance and Smakman (2012).Show less
Bachelor thesis | Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (BA)
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It is known that the density of ancient commentaries is higher in the beginning of the book. I connected this with the mise en page of the Venetus A manuscript, one of the most famous Iliad...Show moreIt is known that the density of ancient commentaries is higher in the beginning of the book. I connected this with the mise en page of the Venetus A manuscript, one of the most famous Iliad manuscripts. The content from different sources is divided over different places on the page. The scribe made his own choices in selecting the content for the manuscript, but was guided by the pedagogical tradition before him, in which the first 12 books of the Iliad were the most important. The amount and content of the scholia is very diverse.Show less
The thesis discusses the velar graphemes in Hittite, commonly transliterated as KA, GA and QA. It is normally assumed that these graphemes can be used interchangeably. However, it is argued that...Show moreThe thesis discusses the velar graphemes in Hittite, commonly transliterated as KA, GA and QA. It is normally assumed that these graphemes can be used interchangeably. However, it is argued that this is clearly not the case. The thesis then tries to show in which environments the different graphemes are used and how the use can be motivated phonologically.Show less
The present thesis aims at a better understanding of Islamophobia in Western Europe. For this purpose, it investigates how the issue is perceived from the Arabic and from the Western European...Show moreThe present thesis aims at a better understanding of Islamophobia in Western Europe. For this purpose, it investigates how the issue is perceived from the Arabic and from the Western European perspective, what both of these views have in common and where the differences between them. In the opening section, the results of a literature research are presented, which focuses on academic Arabic sources, articles on the Aljazeera website, and academic publications by West European authors. In this context, various aspects of the phenomenon such as the definition of the term, roots and causes, the role of media and of the political right, and its relation to the anti-Semitism are considered. As example of manifestation of Islamophobia the French head scarf ban is discussed. Comparing the Arabic and the Western European view on Islamophobia, one cannot detect specific differences concerning the definition of the term, albeit the latter appears contested and vague. In contrast, the identified reasons for Islamophobia and the role attributed to media and the political right are controversial and depend very much on the particular perspective involved. While the majority of the Western sources identifies the reason of Islamophobia as the perceived incompatibility of Islam with Western and European values, Arab authors mostly hold Western misunderstanding and lack of knowledge responsible for the phenomenon. They also attribute an essential role to media and the political right in its dissemination. While at least the majority of the Arab sources attribute a positive character to the headscarf, in Western Europe it is frequently understood as symbol of a radical Islam and gender discrimination, therefore justifying its ban. The comparison with anti-Semitism appears to be restricted to the Western European perspective, which is possibly due to the role this phenomenon has played in Europe's history.Show less
Een hypothetische conditionele vraag is een vraag waarin een hypothetische werkelijkheid wordt geschetst. Aan de hand hiervan moet een geïnterviewde een uitspraak doen over zijn/haar gedrag of...Show moreEen hypothetische conditionele vraag is een vraag waarin een hypothetische werkelijkheid wordt geschetst. Aan de hand hiervan moet een geïnterviewde een uitspraak doen over zijn/haar gedrag of gedachten wanneer deze situatie werkelijkheid zou zijn. In deze studie wordt dit type vraag geplaatst binnen bestaande theorieën over interviewstijlen en conditionele constructies. Vervolgens worden de verschillende vormen door middel van een corpusanalyse geanalyseerd en wordt een continuüm gemaakt waarin de vormen die in gesproken interviews voorkomen, zijn gerangschikt op mogelijke effectiviteit. De hypothetische conditionele vraag kan worden gezien als een conditionele taalhandeling waarbij welwillendheid van de geïnterviewde nodig is om deze te beantwoorden. De hypothese is dat hoe dichter de geschetste hypothetische situatie bij de werkelijke wereld ligt, hoe effectiever de vraag. Daarnaast is de hypothese dat een hoge mate van syntactische integratie zorgt voor een effectievere vraag. In de praktijk lijkt ontkenning van een hypothetische vraag sporadisch voor te komen en met name bij vragen die als mogelijk minder effectief zijn geclassificeerd.Show less
In my thesis I will prove how the blind spot for furusato in the government's cultural heritage policies is harming rural communities and therefore counteracts various other goals set to relieve...Show moreIn my thesis I will prove how the blind spot for furusato in the government's cultural heritage policies is harming rural communities and therefore counteracts various other goals set to relieve the effects of the economic crisis.Show less
The observation of evolutionary processes in cultural expression and art can be traced back to antiquity and has played an important role in historiography and the human sciences in general for...Show moreThe observation of evolutionary processes in cultural expression and art can be traced back to antiquity and has played an important role in historiography and the human sciences in general for centuries. However, over time the notion of directed cultural development towards a point of hypothetical perfection, as well as the corresponding belief in cultural developmental stages, came to be considered out-dated and suspect.The 20th-century abandonment of evolutionist art history is mainly due to the insight that one cannot establish what constitutes ‘improvement’ or ‘increasing complexity’ in the visual arts. Up until the Modern period a sense of directed progress was seen in the perceived improvement in mimetic quality of the artworks. The famous 20th-century art historian Ernst Gombrich in particular strongly believed in an ascending line towards ever-increasing realism. The present thesis concerns the uses of the metaphor of Darwinian evolution for the study of art history. How did evolutionism, before and after Darwin, develop in art historical writing? And how can a renewed analysis of the resemblances between biological evolution and art history resolve earlier problems with evolutionism and result in a reappraisal of the metaphor? The structure of the thesis is twofold. Firstly, we will look at the role of evolutionism in art history, both with respect to a pre-Darwinian, general sense of evolution and to a Darwinian, specifically biological sense. This historical overview will describe the general tendency to read art history as a process of gradual development towards ‘improvement’ and the role biological evolution has played in this perspective. Secondly, this thesis proposes a new role for the metaphor of biological evolution within the field of art history.Show less
In this thesis I examine the complications in constructing an identity that is based in a past of conflict, an identity that has been hidden and negatively approached. I focus on three Indisch...Show moreIn this thesis I examine the complications in constructing an identity that is based in a past of conflict, an identity that has been hidden and negatively approached. I focus on three Indisch-Japanese descendants, whose stories show the problems they faced in constructing an identity in a sphere of taboo. I will show how by deriving more information about their past, they can rethink the memory of their history and as such bring a new form of negotiating their identity. In this thesis, I look at the trip to Japan as a central source of gathering information about their background. The stories show that identification to a Japanese background is a process that takes shape over time.Show less
BA paper on the Cultural Transfer of the 'Eight Views' theme from Song Dynasty China to Tokugawa era Japan, analyzing how this transfer affects changes in the way the theme was employed
Tom Nichols heeft vanaf 1993 betoogd dat het werk van Tintoretto sterk beïnvloed is door diens armoedige jeugd en zijn moeizame start in het beroepsleven. In deze scriptie wordt de visie van...Show moreTom Nichols heeft vanaf 1993 betoogd dat het werk van Tintoretto sterk beïnvloed is door diens armoedige jeugd en zijn moeizame start in het beroepsleven. In deze scriptie wordt de visie van Nichols kritisch geanalyseerd en uiteindelijk verworpen.Show less
In dit paper onderzoek ik de state of nature bij Hobbes en hoe we daar met hedendaagse informatie tegenaan moeten kijken. In het eerste deel onderzoek ik Hobbes en concludeer ik dat de...Show moreIn dit paper onderzoek ik de state of nature bij Hobbes en hoe we daar met hedendaagse informatie tegenaan moeten kijken. In het eerste deel onderzoek ik Hobbes en concludeer ik dat de belangrijkste oorzaak van de state of nature wantrouwen jegens elkaar is. Hierna laat ik aan de hand van experimenteel onderzoek en hersenonderzoek zien dat mensen zich vaak coöperatief opstellen. Ik laat zien dat we 'hardwired' zijn om reputaties van elkaar te vormen en onthouden; zodoende loont een coöperatieve houding en daardoor is de state of nature die Hobbes beschrijft niet zo 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short' als hij omschrijft.Show less
Door middel van een collostructionele analyse probeer ik te achterhalen welke semantische verschillen er zijn tussen de Nederlandse toekomstconstructies gaan + infinitief en zullen + infinitief.
