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Politeness in Japanese has been the subject of many linguistic inquiries. Overarching these is Brown and Levinson's (1987) influential but also criticized (see Matsumoto, 1988; Ide 1992) theory on politeness as a cross-linguistic factor. By looking into the desu/masu-form and how it contrasts the so called plain form in Japanese, I will show that some of the criticism is misplaced, partly due

Inkonsekventa resultat kring konsekvenserna av emotional labor lägger grunden för ett utökat behov av vidare undersökningar av begreppet och dess konsekvenser för såväl de anställda personligen som för deras prestationer i de organisationer de verkar i. Då sjuksköterskeyrket utgör en specifik kontext med emotioner som ett vanligt förekommande inslag i det dagliga arbetet är emotional labor i förhå

Enterprise resource planning systems constitute a big part of the reality for the information system workers and companies who aim to integrate their business processes. For this goal to be achieved, a fit needs to be reached between the ERP and an organization’s structure and processes. One possible choice to achieve this fit is by customizing the ERP system. These organizational structures to wh

Tidigare forskning har visat att när mäns manlighet ifrågasätts genom ett så kallat maskulinitetshot, så kommer de tillfälligt att bete sig mer stereotypt manligt (Vandello, Bosson, Cohen, Burnaford & Weaver, 2008). Detta för att försöka visa inför andra män att de tillhör ingruppen män. I denna studie undersökte vi om maskulinitetshot kommer att få män att bli mer risktagande och mer intresse

Vessel-source pollution is regarded as one of the major sources that harm marine environment. It has become an issue of public concern since 20th century due to a series of oil pollution incidents on the sea. Fortunately, international law has been developed to control this source of pollution taking consideration of the importance of protection and preservation of marine environment and sustainab

The purpose of this study was to examine young people’s experiences of compulsory institutional care in psychiatric clinics. The study was conducted by a qualitative content analysis in which I studied six different blogs on the internet that were selected through a non-random selection. The analysis is based on symbolic interactionism, Goffman´s theory about total institutions and the powerconcep

What is Financial Assistance? Quantitative studies made on Swedish social workers (Stranz 2007 et al) handling means-tested benefits have shown that decisions taken by social workers are often hard to predict. Hence, means-tested benefits seem to be characterised by a lack of consistent application of rules. Contextual factors for the social worker administering the benefits (such as gender, age

Det har skrivits mycket om Karen Blixen genom åren, både av danska, svenska och engelsktalande författare. Hennes liv och författarskap har fascinerat många, så även mig. I min uppsats kommer jag att ta fasta på några frågeställningar med anknytning till Den afrikanske farm. Ett syfte är att belysa genreproblematiken, och svårigheten att sätta in Den afrikanske farm i något av de vedertagna genre

Social media has taken a prominent position in our society and is constantly debated in media; warnings are mixed with promises of big opportunities. Young people writing about fashion and every day life make big money, politicians seek online for voters and big companies have found a new way to interact with their customers. Publishing houses and writers are forced to find their place in this new

Floriculture industry is very dynamic in its varieties and trade volumes demonstrating 6 to 9 % of annual growth. It gets also more and more diverse in terms of global actors. Now there are about 120 countries actively involved in the floriculture industry as global manufactures with the Netherlands as an epicentre of world flower production and distribution. In that respect, analysis of the flori

In order to increase trustworthiness and obtain societal legitimacy, media organisations want their members to become ambassadors. But becoming an ambassador requires identification. Often management tries to foster identification by implementing organisational values without including members in the process of constructing such values. In the present study we explore member identification in rela

The writing of a business plan has become increasingly more highlighted in the academic world during the last few years as courses are being taught on the subject and a number of competitions have been started. Lund Institute of Technology co-organises an annual business plan competition called Venture Cup in order to encourage students and other participants to get into entrepreneurship. People a

Tetra Pak Dairy & Beverage Systems AB (TP D&B) is a company within the Tetra Pak corporation located in Lund, Sweden, which manufactures processing equipment designed for the dairy and beverage industry. A large amount of stainless steel piping is a necessary part of every unit. As an effect of the great quantity of options the customer can choose from, the piping of each unit is designed

For any acquisition to take place the assets to be sold must be valued. Some argue that an asset is worth whatever an acquirer is willing to pay for it at any given time. We believe that there is an underlying value (intrinsic value) that depends on the expected future cash flows of the asset and the risk associated with these cash flows. There exist several methods for estimating this value. Trad

Maintenance Unit is one out of many divisions at Tetra Pak in Lund. They are producing spare parts for the dairies to enable a quick and easy way of serving the packaging machines. When assembling the spare parts, approximately 30 % of the components used are reconditioned components, lowering the price for the spare part. Today they have 1000 different spare parts in their product portfolio and d

This report deals with the implementation of a Japanese word prediction engine written by the author. As this type of software does not seem to exist for Japanese at the time of writing, it could prove useful in Japanese augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a software tool used to improve typing speed and reduce the amount of keystrokes needed to produce text. Word prediction, in co

Honorifics or keigo has been a part of the Japanese language for ages. In the past time it was a tool for judging and categorizing citizens after value. The closer you worked for the government the higher position was handed out to you. Today Keigo is about showing respect to one another and to present a humble front. In this essay the functions of Keigo are presented as well as its historical asp

Over the last few decades the increase in globalised trade has forced industrial companies all over the world to undergo major organisational reconstruction work, specifically in areas such as logistics and transport. Activities, that used to be managed within the company business model, are being outsourced to third parties to achieve flexibility and more efficient cost management systems. In tod

Ericsson India is looking into the possibility to enter a new business in the country. The business is a “telecom site leasing” service which would be included in Ericsson’s service portfolio. Services are an increasingly important part of the company’s total revenues. Demand for so called turn-key services, meaning full implementation and control over a customer’s network, is an example of a serv

Formidabel is a function oriented company in the processed food industry. Due to rapid growth and an ever-changing market the company is constantly exposed to new challenges, and running the risk of loosing focus on its vision and goals. The company’s target market is predominantly small and middle sized organizations and its business concept consists of having great knowledge in market trends and