Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Pragmatism paradigm'

The foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East has taken many twists and turns since the first American citizens were taken captive by North African pirates in 1784. These foreign lands are a constant presence for contemporary Americans. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the United States has been continuously at war. “Tellingly, the Asian greens that once camouflaged the fatigues of U.S. troops have burnished to Arabian browns and yellows, and Arabic has supplanted Russian as the lingua sancta of the intelligence services.”Unfortunately, constantly shifting motivations for US foreign policy in the Middle East has led to a situation that emboldens our enemies, weakens our allies trust, and makes us an unpredictable player in the Middle East. This thesis will examine the conflict between idealism and pragmatism in American relations with the Middle East, specifically during the 1950s under the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. Before launching into this task, it is essential to answer basic questions that will guide the reader through this thesis: How has the ‘Middle East’ been defined as a geographic area and a zone of contention? Why does this thesis identify the 1950s as thecrucial period for exploring the tenets of US Foreign Policy in relation to this zone? And how does the conflict between idealism and pragmatism emerge as the key tension in US rhetoric and action related to the Middle East?

This dissertation examines the record of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA, 2004-14) government in India in its efforts to promote better equality of opportunity for religious minorities with special reference to Muslims. In order to address the concerns of religious minorities, especially disadvantaged Muslims, the UPA administration introduced new policies, administrative innovations and executive actions to deliver substantive equality of opportunity in a regime of 'competing equalities' for backward and disadvantaged castes. Conventional political science explanations of the UPA's shortcomings on these policies, this thesis argues, offer only a limited understanding. A more comprehensive account needs to combine a historical reading of how minority rights have been framed within the Indian Constitution, how they have evolved in practice as a result of institutionalisation and path dependence, and a policy analysis of the UPA government's performance. Taking this as its point of departure, the thesis develops an institutional policy analysis approach which combines historical institutionalism (and path dependence) and policy analysis with a particular emphasis on the policy process. It provides detailed case studies of the policy process in three areas: Muslims and public sector employment; the provision of service delivery for Muslim communities; and the efforts to create a new legislative framework against communal violence. By drawing on extensive official sources and in-depth interviews with key policymakers, the institutional policy analysis approach, it is suggested, offers a more rounded approach to why UPA's policies were thwarted than hitherto. Although the UPA's policies on religious minorities, especially Muslims, held the promise of delivering substantive equality of opportunity, institutionalised resistance to such change from backward and disadvantaged caste lobbies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the allied forces of Hindutva, and the civil service and the judiciary reestablished the familiar pattern of path dependence and reinforced the limited understanding of minority rights during constitution-making.

This master’s thesis studies the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy in the Eastern Partnership before and after the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) and investigates whether or not there has been a policy shift towards the paradigm of resilience. Previous research disagrees on the implications of the EUGS and I argue that more empirical research on the matter is needed. The purpose of this thesis is thus to empirically investigate whether or not a shift in EU foreign policy towards a paradigm of resilience has indeed taken place in practice after the launch of the EUGS. Two sources of data are used in the study: the first and principal are the annual action programmes for the Eastern Partnership used by the EU for planning and delivering of external assistance; the second is a set of semi-structured elite interviews conducted with respondents representing the Eastern Partnership and the EU respectively. The results are mixed, showing a slight trend towards resilience-building but no ground-breaking paradigm shift has occurred. I argue that the resilience-building focus and principled pragmatism approach presented by the EUGS rather should be seen as an attempt by the EU to be honest with the foreign policy it is already conducting.

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Tradicionalmente a ação é explicada na Filosofia por meio de teorias que a consideram como o efeito de uma ou várias causas (DAVIDSON, 1968, 1980). Embora o princípio da causalidade mecânica – entendida como causa eficiente − seja satisfatório para explicar uma gama de eventos físicos, ele se mostra insuficiente na explicação da ação, conforme ressaltam filósofos, tais como von Wright (1973), Dretske (1981, 1988, 1995), Juarrero (1999), Emmeche (2006, 2007), Gonzalez (2005, 2006, 2007) e Üexküll (1982). No âmbito humano, por exemplo, esses filósofos indicam limites e problemas relativos à tentativa de explicar a ação como o resultado de uma sequencia de causas eficientes. Neste sentido, o objetivo da presente dissertação é analisar e discutir problemas centrais da filosofia da ação, em especial: (i) a distinção entre movimento e ação; (ii) limites da causalidade na explicação da ação; (iii) alcance da abordagem informacional da ação; (iv) a pertinência da concepção pragmática de informação genuína na explicação da ação significativa. No que diz respeito ao problema (i), focalizamos o papel da intenção presente na ação que a distingue de movimento. No que diz respeito ao problema (ii), examinamos em que medida seria válido o pressuposto segundo o qual uma teoria é explicativa quando descreve as causas mecânicas envolvidas na ação. Nossa hipótese central é a de que as explicações da ação não deveriam se limitar à relação causal mecânica, porque a ação, além do elemento causal, comporta uma intermediação sígnica que não se reduz ao plano diádico da ação-reação. Seguindo as trilhas de filósofos estudiosos da teoria da informação, argumentamos, na discussão do problema (iii), que a explicação da ação extrapola o domínio causal diádico e incorpora um patamar que inclui a manipulação de informação...
Action is traditionally explained in philosophy by means of theories that consider it to be the effect of one or several causes (DAVIDSON, 1968, 1980). Although the principle of mechanical causality – understood as efficient cause – may be sufficient to explain a range of physical events, it has been found to be inadequate to explain action, as pointed out by philosophers including von Wright (1973), Dretske (1981, 1988, 1995), Juarrero (1999), Emmeche (2006, 2007), Gonzalez (2005, 2006, 2007) and Üexküll (1982). In the human domain, for example, these philosophers indicate the existence of limits and difficulties related to the attempt to explain action as the result of a sequence of efficient causes. Hence, the objective of the present work is to analyze and discuss central problems of the philosophy of action, especially: (i) the distinction between movement and action; (ii) limits of causality in the explanation of action; (iii) extent of the informational approach to action; (iv) relevance of the pragmatic conception of genuine information in explanation of meaning action. Concerning problem (i), we focus on the role of intention, which is present in action and distinguishes it from movement. To address problem (ii), we examine the validity of the presupposition according to which a theory is explanatory when it describes the mechanical causes involved in action. Our central hypothesis is that explanations of action should not be limited to the mechanical causal relationship, because action, besides the causal element, also depends on an intermediation driven by signs that cannot be reduced to the dyadic plane of action-reaction. Following the line taken by earlier philosophers, in discussion of problem (iii), we argue that the explanation of action must extend beyond the dyadic causal domain and incorporate a level that includes the manipulation of meaningful information. In ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzalez
Banca: Osvaldo Frota Pessoa Júnior
Banca: Alfredo Pereira Júnior
Resumo: Tradicionalmente a ação é explicada na Filosofia por meio de teorias que a consideram como o efeito de uma ou várias causas (DAVIDSON, 1968, 1980). Embora o princípio da causalidade mecânica - entendida como causa eficiente − seja satisfatório para explicar uma gama de eventos físicos, ele se mostra insuficiente na explicação da ação, conforme ressaltam filósofos, tais como von Wright (1973), Dretske (1981, 1988, 1995), Juarrero (1999), Emmeche (2006, 2007), Gonzalez (2005, 2006, 2007) e Üexküll (1982). No âmbito humano, por exemplo, esses filósofos indicam limites e problemas relativos à tentativa de explicar a ação como o resultado de uma sequencia de causas eficientes. Neste sentido, o objetivo da presente dissertação é analisar e discutir problemas centrais da filosofia da ação, em especial: (i) a distinção entre movimento e ação; (ii) limites da causalidade na explicação da ação; (iii) alcance da abordagem informacional da ação; (iv) a pertinência da concepção pragmática de informação genuína na explicação da ação significativa. No que diz respeito ao problema (i), focalizamos o papel da intenção presente na ação que a distingue de movimento. No que diz respeito ao problema (ii), examinamos em que medida seria válido o pressuposto segundo o qual uma teoria é explicativa quando descreve as causas mecânicas envolvidas na ação. Nossa hipótese central é a de que as explicações da ação não deveriam se limitar à relação causal mecânica, porque a ação, além do elemento causal, comporta uma intermediação sígnica que não se reduz ao plano diádico da ação-reação. Seguindo as trilhas de filósofos estudiosos da teoria da informação, argumentamos, na discussão do problema (iii), que a explicação da ação extrapola o domínio causal diádico e incorpora um patamar que inclui a manipulação de informação ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Action is traditionally explained in philosophy by means of theories that consider it to be the effect of one or several causes (DAVIDSON, 1968, 1980). Although the principle of mechanical causality - understood as efficient cause - may be sufficient to explain a range of physical events, it has been found to be inadequate to explain action, as pointed out by philosophers including von Wright (1973), Dretske (1981, 1988, 1995), Juarrero (1999), Emmeche (2006, 2007), Gonzalez (2005, 2006, 2007) and Üexküll (1982). In the human domain, for example, these philosophers indicate the existence of limits and difficulties related to the attempt to explain action as the result of a sequence of efficient causes. Hence, the objective of the present work is to analyze and discuss central problems of the philosophy of action, especially: (i) the distinction between movement and action; (ii) limits of causality in the explanation of action; (iii) extent of the informational approach to action; (iv) relevance of the pragmatic conception of genuine information in explanation of meaning action. Concerning problem (i), we focus on the role of intention, which is present in action and distinguishes it from movement. To address problem (ii), we examine the validity of the presupposition according to which a theory is explanatory when it describes the mechanical causes involved in action. Our central hypothesis is that explanations of action should not be limited to the mechanical causal relationship, because action, besides the causal element, also depends on an intermediation driven by signs that cannot be reduced to the dyadic plane of action-reaction. Following the line taken by earlier philosophers, in discussion of problem (iii), we argue that the explanation of action must extend beyond the dyadic causal domain and incorporate a level that includes the manipulation of meaningful information. In ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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There is a critical gap in translating scientific discoveries to public health benefit. For example, despite a multitude of efficacious physical activity interventions, only one in four adults in the United States meets the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. To bridge the research-practice gap, Dissemination and Implementation (DandI) Science has emerged as the study of how evidence-based interventions, programs, and policies are integrated in typical settings. Recent research illustrates barriers to conducting DandI Science and the need for methods that open the black box of implementation. Therefore, the overarching goal of this dissertation was to explore novel approaches for advancing DandI Science. This exploration is presented in three manuscripts and one report. The first manuscript presents a pragmatic, observational study applying the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) Framework to evaluate a perinatal health fair. Results include that the health fair reached 42 attendees and that 23 educators and seven organizations hosted booths and educational sessions. Mom Expo required 292 implementation hours with 71% of those hours devoted to building relationships. We generated 30 actionable strategies for implementing a health fair. The health fair developed into a non-profit organization, and the participatory approach used can be replicated in other communities to establish connections between local women, educators, and researchers. The second manuscript reports a one-year autoethnography (i.e., first-person narrative) of a perinatal health integrated research practice partnership (IRPP). Findings include three themes: (1) permeable work boundaries, (2) blind spots toward philosophical underpinnings of paradigms, and (3) maladaptive behaviors seemingly reinforced by the research culture. We concluded that autoethnography is an effective novel method to leverage researcher situatedness and capture implementation contexts, processes, and outcomes. The third manuscript presents the longitudinal pilot test of FUEL (focus, unplug, exercise, love), a one-on-one coaching program to promote human flourishing among DandI researchers. Results include that the coach spent 12.96+2.82 hours per participant (N= 16) implementing individually-tailored sessions, and that participants reported multiple, sustained benefits related to productivity, happiness, and health. We concluded that the program is a feasible, well-received approach with preliminary positive effects. Future work is needed to investigate physiological or performance outcomes and, ultimately, impact on DandI. The final report is a literature review and critical analysis of phenomenology within behavioral and community health research. Conclusions include that (1) physical activity is rooted in a scientific paradigm that prioritizes quantifiable mechanism over personal meaning, and (2) phenomenology, as a complement to basic science, is a compelling method, paradigm, and practice to improve research translation. Based on this research, I conclude that three pathways for advancing DandI Science are methods that capture first-person meaning, paradigms that incorporate phenomenological human experience as an essential dimension of health research, and practices that fuel researchers' capacity for generating transformative work. In all three pathways, the heart of elevating DandI Science is to embrace process, person, and presence.
Doctor of Philosophy
Scientific evidence does not automatically translate to real-world behavior change. For example, despite considerable research about the health benefits of physical activity, only one in four American adults meets the national physical activity recommendations. To bridge the research-practice gap, Dissemination and Implementation (DandI) Science has emerged as the study of how scientific findings are integrated in typical settings such as schools and communities. Recent research illustrates multiple barriers to DandI Science and a need for methods that capture hard-to-measure, chaotic implementation processes and outcomes. Therefore, the overarching goal of this dissertation was to explore novel approaches to DandI Science and bridging the research-practice gap. This exploration is presented in three manuscripts and one report. The first manuscript describes a perinatal health fair intended to connect local parents to community resources. The second manuscript is a 12-month autoethnography (i.e., first-person narrative) about the culture of DandI Science, including the role, impact, and practices of researchers themselves. The third manuscript presents the development and preliminary testing of FUEL (focus, unplug, exercise, love), a one-on-one coaching program for DandI researchers. The final report includes the history of randomized controlled trials as the gold standard for physical activity research, as well as critical analysis of using phenomenology to reduce the research-practice gap. Findings from the first manuscript suggest that (1) authentic relationship building was the key to launching a perinatal health fair that developed into a non-profit organization and (2) the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) Framework is a user-friendly DandI tool for implementing and evaluating a health fair. Findings from the second manuscript include descriptions of (1) blind spots within the DandI Science culture, (2) potential of autoethnography as a novel DandI method, and (3) strategies to optimize DandI researchers' capacity to thrive amid challenges. Findings from the third manuscript suggest that the FUEL coaching program is a promising and feasible approach to support researchers in leading "a more productive, healthier, and happier life," as one participant wrote. Future research on the program is needed to evaluate causation and whether organizations would adopt it. Conclusions in the final report include that (1) the applicability of physical activity research to daily life may be limited by deeply held scientific ideologies and (2) phenomenology, as the study of human meaning, may facilitate the translation of research to real-world behavior change. Based on the research presented in this dissertation, three pathways for advancing DandI Science are methods for how we conduct research studies, paradigms for how we collectively approach health science, and practices for how we manage our energy and awareness. In all three pathways, the heart of elevating DandI Science is to embrace process, person, and presence.

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A presente dissertação discute questões no âmbito da filosofia da ciência, mais especificamente tópicos da filosofia da psiquiatria. Examinamos a concorrência entre dois modelos de clínica psiquiátrica na atualidade, o “tradicional” e o modelo da reforma psiquiátrica, que poderia ser entendida como disputa entre paradigmas no campo da saúde mental. Sugerimos que a adesão ao modelo da reforma psiquiátrica tem ocorrido essencialmente por razões político-ideológicas, mas pouco se têm discutido os pressupostos epistemológicos que fundamentariam esse modelo. Argumentamos a favor da hipótese de que os modelos médicos comporiam um todo auto-sustentado, que abarcaria desde uma concepção de mundo e de como poderíamos conhecê-lo, à concepção do objeto de estudo e daí às estratégias diagnósticas e terapêuticas. Assumindo tal hipótese, o presente trabalho visa identificar alguns fundamentos ontológicos e epistemológicos de ambos os modelos de clínica psiquiátrica. Nosso objetivo central é discutir fundamentos epistemológicos para uma clínica da reforma que fossem capazes de ampliar o foco da atenção em saúde, preservando valores como a liberdade, singularidade e indeterminação do sujeito e, ao mesmo tempo, manter a possibilidade de um empreendimento com rigor científico. No âmbito da psiquiatria tradicional, debitária do modelo biomédico da medicina geral, indicamos a provável relação entre fundamentos onto-epistemológicos mecanicistas e objetivistas e a instituição de um reducionismo ontológico e metodológico, com conseqüências indesejáveis para a prática clínica. Por outro lado, apoiados na teoria sistêmica, na teoria de níveis, na teoria da autoorganização e no pluralismo epistemológico, argumentamos que uma forma de pluralismo perspectivista e uma cosmologia não-mecanicista de inspiração peirceana contribuiriam para...
The present dissertation discusses questions in the realm of philosophy of science, more specifically issues concerning the philosophy of psychiatry. We examine the opposition between two active models of clinical psychiatry, the “traditional” and the psychiatric reform models, which could be understood as a dispute between different paradigms in the field of mental health. We suggest that adherence to the psychiatric reform model has occurred essentially for political-ideological reasons, but that there has been little discussion of the epistemological presuppositions on which the model is based. We argue in favor of the hypothesis that medical models comprise a self-sustaining whole, which proceeds from a conception of the world and how we might understand it, to the conception of the object under study, and from there to diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Given such a hypothesis, this work aims to identify some of the ontological and epistemological foundations of both models of clinical psychiatry. Our central objective is to discuss epistemological fundamentals for clinical reform, capable of broadening the focus of study in the field of health while preserving values such as liberty, singularity and indeterminateness of the subject, with due consideration given to the maintenance of scientific rigor throughout the process. From the perspective of traditional psychiatry, founded on the biomedical model of medicine in general, we indicate the likely relationship between mechanicist and objectivist ontoepistemological fundamentals and the establishment of an ontological and methodological reductionism, having undesirable consequences for clinical practice. From the other perspective, based on the theories of systems, levels and self-organization, and on epistemological pluralism, we argue that a type of perspectivist pluralism and a Peircean nonmechanicist cosmology could... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzalez
Banca: Lauro Frederico Barbosa da Silveira
Banca: Octávio Domont de Serpa Júnior
Resumo: A presente dissertação discute questões no âmbito da filosofia da ciência, mais especificamente tópicos da filosofia da psiquiatria. Examinamos a concorrência entre dois modelos de clínica psiquiátrica na atualidade, o "tradicional" e o modelo da reforma psiquiátrica, que poderia ser entendida como disputa entre paradigmas no campo da saúde mental. Sugerimos que a adesão ao modelo da reforma psiquiátrica tem ocorrido essencialmente por razões político-ideológicas, mas pouco se têm discutido os pressupostos epistemológicos que fundamentariam esse modelo. Argumentamos a favor da hipótese de que os modelos médicos comporiam um todo auto-sustentado, que abarcaria desde uma concepção de mundo e de como poderíamos conhecê-lo, à concepção do objeto de estudo e daí às estratégias diagnósticas e terapêuticas. Assumindo tal hipótese, o presente trabalho visa identificar alguns fundamentos ontológicos e epistemológicos de ambos os modelos de clínica psiquiátrica. Nosso objetivo central é discutir fundamentos epistemológicos para uma clínica da reforma que fossem capazes de ampliar o foco da atenção em saúde, preservando valores como a liberdade, singularidade e indeterminação do sujeito e, ao mesmo tempo, manter a possibilidade de um empreendimento com rigor científico. No âmbito da psiquiatria tradicional, debitária do modelo biomédico da medicina geral, indicamos a provável relação entre fundamentos onto-epistemológicos mecanicistas e objetivistas e a instituição de um reducionismo ontológico e metodológico, com conseqüências indesejáveis para a prática clínica. Por outro lado, apoiados na teoria sistêmica, na teoria de níveis, na teoria da autoorganização e no pluralismo epistemológico, argumentamos que uma forma de pluralismo perspectivista e uma cosmologia não-mecanicista de inspiração peirceana contribuiriam para... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The present dissertation discusses questions in the realm of philosophy of science, more specifically issues concerning the philosophy of psychiatry. We examine the opposition between two active models of clinical psychiatry, the "traditional" and the psychiatric reform models, which could be understood as a dispute between different paradigms in the field of mental health. We suggest that adherence to the psychiatric reform model has occurred essentially for political-ideological reasons, but that there has been little discussion of the epistemological presuppositions on which the model is based. We argue in favor of the hypothesis that medical models comprise a self-sustaining whole, which proceeds from a conception of the world and how we might understand it, to the conception of the object under study, and from there to diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Given such a hypothesis, this work aims to identify some of the ontological and epistemological foundations of both models of clinical psychiatry. Our central objective is to discuss epistemological fundamentals for clinical reform, capable of broadening the focus of study in the field of health while preserving values such as liberty, singularity and indeterminateness of the subject, with due consideration given to the maintenance of scientific rigor throughout the process. From the perspective of traditional psychiatry, founded on the biomedical model of medicine in general, we indicate the likely relationship between mechanicist and objectivist ontoepistemological fundamentals and the establishment of an ontological and methodological reductionism, having undesirable consequences for clinical practice. From the other perspective, based on the theories of systems, levels and self-organization, and on epistemological pluralism, we argue that a type of perspectivist pluralism and a Peircean nonmechanicist cosmology could... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Orientador: Arley Ramos Moreno
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias
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Resumo: Este trabalho investiga a atividade filosófica de análise conceitual segundo a concebe o Wittgenstein tardio, do ponto de vista da maneira como tal análise contribui para exibir os limites casuísticos do sentido após o Tractatus. A análise conceitual é então considerada sobretudo do ponto de vista do seu escopo, i.e., do seu terminus. Três momentos são pontuados, correspondentes aos três capítulos: 1. o momento de introdução das regras como objeto de análise, no contexto dos respectivos sistemas de regras; 2. o momento de pluralização dos sistemas de regras, isto é, quando o âmbito de esclarecimento duma regra extrapola para sistemas encadeados, quando então se introduz o conceito de jogo de linguagem para dar conta do modo desse encadeamento; e por fim, 3. o momento em que a análise conceitual encontra os seus limites últimos no contexto amplíssimo e vago (die Umgebung) da forma de vida. Paralelamente a essa tripla pontuação, ressaltam-se alguns aspectos mais específicos, relativos às diferenças entre os três paradigmas de análise: 1. os diferentes procedimentos de análise, ou esclarecimento, solicitados por cada paradigma; 2. aquilo que, em cada paradigma, conta como conceito; e, por fim, 3. um movimento amplo, que se mostra numa consideração retrospectiva dos três paradigmas, de ampliação do âmbito analítico em direção ao ambiente pragmático.
Abstract: This work investigates the philosophical activity of conceptual analysis as conceived by the latter Wittgenstein, from the point of view of the way in which it contributes to exhibit the casuistic limits of sense after the Tractatus. Conceptual analysis is thus considered particularly from the point of view of its scope, of its terminus. Three moments are pinpointed, corresponding to the three chapters: 1. the moment when rules are introduced as objects of analysis, in the context of the corresponding systems of rules; 2. the moment of pluralization of the systems of rules, i.e., when the field of a rule's clarification extrapolates to chained systems, and the concept of language game is introduced to account for the mode of such continuity; and finally, 3. the moment in which conceptual analysis finds its outer boundaries in the very broad and vague context (die Umgebung) of the form of life. Parallel to this, more specific aspects are outlined, relative to the differences between the three paradigms of analysis: 1. the different procedures of analysis, or clarification, required by each paradigm; 2. what counts as a concept in each paradigm; and finally, 3. a wider movement, which is revealed in a retrospective consideration of the three paradigms, of broadening of the analytical scope, toward the pragmatic environment
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Cette thèse propose une exploration synchronique du paradigme des quotatifs en anglais oral, suite à l’avènement dans ce groupe fonctionnel de deux nouvelles formes, GO et BE LIKE, apparues il y a moins de cinq décennies. Elle s’inscrit dans la continuité de plusieurs études antérieures visant à rendre compte du système quotatif de l’anglais depuis les phases précoces de ce changement linguistique désormais avéré. À partir d’un corpus de données originales, cette thèse examine les différentes fonctions pragmatiques, interactionnelles et discursives des quotatifs afin de mettre au jour certains facteurs de distribution de ces marqueurs en discours. L’approche adoptée est à la fois polysystémique, pluri-théorique et multimodale : la langue est un système complexe, dans lequel plusieurs sous-systèmes interagissent pour participer à la construction de l’interaction. Afin de rendre compte de cette multiplicité, l’application conjointe de plusieurs systèmes d’analyse et de plusieurs approches théoriques est indispensable. Cette thèse tient également compte de la dimension multimodale de la langue orale. Elle examine, qualitativement et quantitativement, les fonctions accomplies par les quotatifs en termes de représentation, de réitération d’événements antérieurs et de performance. Elle propose également un tour d’horizon des diverses stratégies narratives attribuables aux quotatifs lorsqu’ils participent conjointement à la construction de séquences dialoguées. Ce travail montre qu’en définitive, ce n’est que par la combinaison de plusieurs grilles d’analyse qu’il est possible de réduire le nombre d’événements imprévisibles dans les productions de la langue orale en interaction
This thesis gives a synchronic account of the quotative paradigm in oral English, subsequently to the recent arrival of the new introducers GO and BE LIKE less than five decades ago. It stands in the wake of earlier studies that have aimed at analysing the quotative system of English since the earliest phases of this recently attested change in progress. The study was carried out on a corpus of original data, the Cambridge Student Corpus, which contains semi-guided dyadic conversations between British and Irish native speakers. This thesis examines, from an empirical point of view, the various pragmatic, interactional and discourse functions of quotatives in order to shed light on their complementary distribution in oral interaction. The chosen approach is polysystemic, multi-theoretic and multimodal. Language is a complex system, within which several sub-systems interact to participate in building spoken interaction. In order to account for this complexity, it is necessary to apply several methods of analysis and various linguistic theories simultaneously. This thesis also takes into account the multimodal aspects of oral interaction. It gives a qualitative and quantitative account of quotatives with respect to their functions of representation, reiteration of prior events and multimodal performance. It also examines various narrative strategies that these markers may implement as they participate together in the elaboration of sequences of dialogue. This work illustrates the notion that only through a combination of different methods can the analyst reduce the number of unexplained events that occur in oral interaction

De par leur présence à l’interface entre plusieurs domaines linguistiques (phonologie, morpho-syntaxe, sémantique ou pragmatique), les déterminants ont depuis longtemps suscité l’intérêt des chercheurs en acquisition. On trouve ainsi de nombreux travaux portant notamment sur les contraintes phono-prosodiques, lexico-syntaxiques, sémantiques ou pragmatiques à l’œuvre dans le processus d’acquisition de ces formes, mais peu d’entre eux ont cherché à proposer une analyse combinée de ces facteurs, en tenant compte à la fois des morphèmes adultes et des formes de transition (omissions et fillers). Nous avons donc souhaité, dans le cadre de ce travail, décrire l’émergence des déterminants et de leurs proto-formes en essayant de saisir, dans une perspective multidimensionnelle intégrant à la fois des facteurs distributionnels et fonctionnels, quels facteurs influencent le plus ce processus, et à quelles périodes.Cette thèse repose sur l’analyse d’un corpus longitudinal de quatre enfants, âgés de 1;6 pour le plus jeune lors de la première séance sélectionnée à 3;5 pour le plus âgé lors de la dernière. Nous avons repéré au sein de ce corpus tous les noms produits par les enfants ainsi que les formes les précédant et chaque syntagme a fait l’objet d’une analyse phono-prosodique, lexico-syntaxique, sémantique, pragmatique et discursive.Les résultats montrent d’une part que tous les facteurs distributionnels peuvent - à des degrés différents - influencer la production des formes pré-nominales, et d’autre part, que les usages que les enfants font des formes témoignent d’une sensibilité précoce à certains contrastes pragmatico-discursifs. Toutefois, aucun des facteurs pris séparément n’a permis de rendre compte de l’intégralité des productions des enfants. L’analyse conjointe de ces facteurs distributionnels et fonctionnels a confirmé les tendances dégagées au préalable et a mis en évidence l’influence d’un ensemble de facteurs (et en particulier, phono-prosodique, syntaxique et pragmatique) plus que d’un facteur unique ou prédominant tout au long du processus d’acquisition des déterminants
Given their presence at the crossroads of different linguistic fields (phonology, morphosyntax, semantics or pragmatics), determiners have for a long time aroused the interest of language acquisition researchers. We thus find several studies dealing with the phono-prosodic, lexical and syntactic, semantic or pragmatic constraints involved in the acquisition of determiners. But only few of them have provided a combined analysis of all these factors, considering both adult morphemes and transitional forms (omissions and filler syllables). Our study aims to describe the emergence of filler syllables and determiners and understand - in a multidimensional perspective examining simultaneously distributional and functional factors - which factors may affect the acquisition process, and over which periods of time.Our study is based on a corpus of four children, aged from 1;6 for the youngest in the first selected session to 3;5 for the eldest in the last session. We first identified all the noun phrases produced in the data and each occurrence was then analysed according to phono-prosodic, lexical, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discursive factors.Our results show that each distributional factor may influence, at different degrees, the production of pre-nominal forms and that children’s use of forms shows early sensitivity to pragmatic factors. However, none of the factors taken separately have accounted for all of the children’s productions. An additional combined analysis of both distributional and functional factors has supported the initial trends and highlighted the influence of a series of factors (and in particular, phono-prosodic, syntactic and pragmatic), more than a single and predominant one throughout the acquisition process of determiners

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In the light of the Functional Linguistic Theory, in its North-American version (HOPPER, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2010; GIV?N, 2001; LEHMANN, 2002; HOPPER; TRAUGOTT, 2003; FURTADO DA CUNHA; OLIVEIRA; MARTELOTTA, 2003, among others), the general objective of this research is to demonstrate, based on morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic properties, that AQUI (HERE), A?, ALI and L? (THERE) are part of an emerging paradigm in Brazilian Portuguese recently constituted and still developing of forms indicating specificity in indefinite noun phrases (NP). The data that make up the corpus of this research were collected in the following large Brazilian oral corpora: the Corpus Discurso & Gram?tica: a l?ngua falada e escrita na cidade de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA, 1998), the Banco Conversacional de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA, 2010), the Projeto Varia??o Lingu?stica no Estado da Para?ba VALPB (HORA, 2005) and the Projeto Varia??o Lingu?stica Urbana na Regi?o Sul do Brasil VARSUL (VANDRESEN, 2002). Firstly, the behavior of the specificity markings AQUI, A?, ALI and L? is described with respect to many factors of morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic nature: type of construction in which the markers appeared; existence or not of intervening material between the specificity marker item and the NP s nuclear noun; type of noun to which AQUI, A?, ALI and L? are linked; syntactic function of the specified SN; informational status of the NP to which the specificity markers AQUI, A?, ALI and L? are attached; occurrence of conversational implicatures (GRICE, 1982) in the context of use of these specificity markers. Next, a possible grammaticalization trajectory is outlined, according to which AQUI, A?, ALI and L? would had gone from an early spatial deictic indication to the specificity indication. The results point to the existence of forms with varying degree of emergence in this new paradigm of nominal specification, with A? being, probably, the item most grammaticalized, followed by L?, then ALI and AQUI, which permanence in the paradigm do not yet appear to be consolidated
Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral mostrar, com base em propriedades morfossint?ticas e sem?ntico-pragm?ticas, que AQUI, A?, ALI e L? integram, no portugu?s brasileiro contempor?neo, um paradigma emergente de constitui??o recente e ainda em andamento de formas indicadoras de especificidade em sintagmas nominais indefinidos. Os dados que constituem o corpus desta pesquisa foram coletados em grandes corpora orais brasileiros, a saber: o Corpus Discurso & Gram?tica: a l?ngua falada e escrita na cidade de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA, 1998), o Banco Conversacional de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA, 2011), o Projeto Varia??o Lingu?stica no Estado da Para?ba VALPB (HORA, 2005) e o Projeto Varia??o Lingu?stica Urbana na Regi?o Sul do Brasil VARSUL (VANDRESEN, 2002). Sob a perspectiva te?rica da Lingu?stica Funcional, em sua vertente norte-americana (HOPPER, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2008, 2010; GIV?N, 2001; LEHMANN, 2002; HOPPER; TRAUGOTT, 2003; FURTADO DA CUNHA; OLIVEIRA; MARTELOTTA, 2003, dentre outros), descreveu-se o comportamento de AQUI, A?, ALI e L? marcadores de especificidade no que diz respeito a fatores de natureza morfossint?tica e sem?ntico-pragm?tica. Os fatores considerados foram os seguintes: tipo de constru??o em que os marcadores apareceram; exist?ncia ou n?o de material interveniente entre o item marcador de especificidade e o nome nuclear do SN; natureza do substantivo ao qual AQUI, A?, ALI e L? se cliticizam; fun??o sint?tica do SN especificado e status informacional do SN adjungido a AQUI, A?, ALI e L? marcadores de especificidade. Buscou-se, ainda, verificar a ocorr?ncia de implicaturas conversacionais (GRICE, 1982) nos contextos de uso de AQUI, A?, ALI e L? marcadores de especificidade. Em seguida, procurou-se esbo?ar uma poss?vel trajet?ria de gramaticaliza??o por que AQUI, A?, ALI e L? marcadores de especificidade passaram, a partir de sua fun??o fonte de d?iticos espaciais, at? virem a integrar o SN indefinido

Дисертаційна робота присвячена дослідженню сучасних турецьких антропонімів з позицій актуальних напрямів сучасної лінгвістики – лінгвокультурології та лінгвопрагматики. Об’єктом дослідження є турецькі особові імена та варіанти їхніх парадигм (демінутивні та гіпокористичні форми), також порушуються питання особливостей функціонування антропонімічних моделей турецької мови та прізвиськ. Предметом вивчення стали лінгвокультурні та прагматичні компоненти лексичного значення турецьких антропонімів. Наукова новизна дисертаційного дослідження полягає в системному підході, застосованому до опису антропонімічної системи турецької мови в діахронічному й синхронічному розрізі. Створення класифікацій, які спираються на семантичні й функціональні особливості турецьких особових імен, послугувало виявленню значущих для турецької культури понять і реконструюванню фрагментів турецького національного світогляду. Вперше було розкрито прагматичний потенціал турецьких особових імен та прізвиськ, описано особливості номінативних та комунікативних стратегій їх використання з двох взаємопов’язаних позицій – особи, яка іменує/називає, і особи, яку іменують/називають, – досліджено специфіку дериваційних процесів в антропонімічній системі. Наукова новизна роботи зумовлена також використанням різножанрових емпіричних матеріалів – словників імен, телевізійних серіалів, художніх та публіцистичних текстів, – що дозволило дослідити особливості функціонування турецьких антропонімів у різних комунікативних контекстах і забезпечило високий ступінь достовірності отриманих результатів. Диссертационная работа посвящена исследованию современных турецких антропонимов с позиций актуальных направлений современной лингвистики – лингвокультурологии и лингвопрагматики. Объектом исследования являются турецкие личные имена и варианты их парадигм (деминутивные и гипокористические формы), также поднимаются вопросы особенностей функционирования антропонимических моделей турецкого языка и прозвищ. Предметом исследования стали лингвокультурные и прагматические составляющие лексического значения турецких антропонимов. Научная новизна диссертационного исследования заключается в системном подходе, примененном к описанию антропонимической системы турецкого языка в диахроническом и синхроническом разрезе. Создание классификаций, опирающихся на семантические и функциональные особенности турецких личных имен, послужило выявлению значимых для турецкой культуры понятий и реконструкции фрагментов турецкого национального мировоззрения. Впервые был раскрыт прагматический потенциал турецких личных имен и прозвищ, описаны особенности номинативных и коммуникативных стратегий их использования с двух взаимосвязанных позиций – лица, которое именует/называет, и лица, которое именуют/называют, – исследована специфика деривационных процессов в антропонимической системе. Научная новизна работы обусловлена ​​также использованием разножанровых эмпирических материалов – словарей имен, телевизионных сериалов, художественных и публицистических текстов – что позволило исследовать особенности функционирования турецких антропонимов в разных коммуникативных контекстах и ​​обеспечило высокую степень достоверности полученных результатов. The thesis focuses on the research of the modern Turkish anthroponyms from the standpoint of the current trend of modern linguistics – linguocultural and linguopragmatic studies. The object of the study is Turkish personal names and variants of their paradigms (diminutive and hypocoristic forms), as well as the peculiarities of the functioning of the Turkish anthroponymic models and nicknames. The subject of the study are linguocultural and pragmatic components of the lexical meaning of the Turkish anthroponyms. The scientific novelty of the dissertation research lies in the systematic approach applied to the analysis of the anthroponymic system of the Turkish language in terms of diachrony and synchrony. The classification of the Turkish personal names based on their semantic and functional features has served to highlight the concepts relevant to the Turkish culture and to reconstruct some fragments of the Turkish national worldview. For the first time the pragmatic potential of the Turkish personal names and nicknames has been revealed, the peculiarities of nominative and communicative strategies of their use from two interrelated positions (person who names/calls and person who is named/called) have been described, the specifics of derivational processes in the anthroponymic system have been investigated. The scientific novelty of the work is also due to the use of various genres of empirical materials such as dictionaries of names, television series, art and journalistic texts, that allowed to explore the peculiarities of the Turkish anthroponyms in different communicative contexts and provided a high degree of reliability.

Le point de départ, c'est le constat dudit problème d'incommensurabilité paradigmatique en Relations internationales. Il appert que c'est plutôt un problème d'incompatibilité théorique à cause des présupposés de recherche. La différence de diagnostique change considérablement la prescription : il ne suffit pas de stimuler le dialogue inter-théorique, il faut plutôt réconcilier les incompatibilités logiques avec un cadre de pensée rigoureux. Cette recherche vise à évaluer la compétence de la méthode pragmatique en Relations internationales pour régler ce problème. Après avoir étudié par induction le schéma conceptuel autour des concepts de paradigme et d'incommensurabilité, l'état des débats métathéoriques en Relations internationales, le pragmatisme philosophique et la méthode pragmatique adaptée à la discipline des Relations internationales, nous procèderons à un examen par abduction de la méthode pragmatique. Nous constaterons que la théorie pragmatique de la vérité et la méthode pluraliste pragmatique sont des pistes intéressantes, mais qu'elles tendent vers l'arbitraire parce qu'elles ne sont pas assez encadrées. En accordant trop de liberté à l'interprète, on lui permet accidentellement de prétendre presque n'importe quoi, bien que ça ne soit pas l'intention. Le pluralisme pragmatique sert à stimuler le dialogue, mais il ne règle pas les incompatibilités logiques et il en crée d'autres en suggérant d'ignorer les contradictions épistémologiques. Autrement dit, le pragmatisme ne semble pas pertinent en science et il peut occasionner des résultats contraires à sa mission, à moins qu'on trouve le moyen de limiter le champ de l'interprétation acceptable et qu'on règle ses problèmes logiques. Le pragmatisme est utile pour guider des actions concrètes grâce aux croyances, mais il semble inutile pour connaître des vérités dont nous avons besoin pour que la discipline des Relations internationales devienne une science crédible. Il faut donc trouver une meilleure solution pour régler les problèmes logiques qui fondent l'incompatibilité entre les théories des relations internationales. Le mieux, ce serait probablement de s'attaquer à la concordance entre les présupposés et la réalité, afin de déterminer si une théorie est applicable ou non. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Pragmatisme, paradigme, incommensurabilité, conception du monde, rationalité.

The evidence from the literature suggests that Information Technology adoption (IT) governance in organisations is still a challenge. The diversity of application and the ever-increasing use of IT results in making decisions on IT adoption a major challenge for organisations. The decision about using a particular technology from an organisational perspective is problematic since individual users have different worldviews. The implicit assumption in IT adoption literature is that stakeholders always reach consensus during IT adoption decision making in organisations. This study explored the existing models and frameworks in order to develop a preliminary improved IT adoption governance framework. This study used a case study sequential explanatory mixed methods research approach to validate the preliminary IT adoption governance framework. The first validation phase of the framework was done using a quantitative approach followed by the second validation phase based on qualitative interviews. The last validation was done after integrating the quantitative and qualitative results to produce the refined framework. The results suggest that the developed framework may improve IT adoption governance in organisations. The results showed that the framework components facilitate IT adoption governance in organisations. The results also suggest that the components have an association with each other except for the Technology Acceptance Model component. The results indicate that stakeholder participation and hard systems thinking components have a strong predictive impact on IT governance framework component perception in organisations. The study results suggest that IT adoption decision makers need to balance different stakeholders’ demands during IT adoption decision making in organisations. The framework helps in that regard by reconciling different stakeholders’ demands through collective IT adoption decision making. The strength of the framework is its integration of theories from various disciplines in understanding stakeholder expectations. On that basis the framework is in a better position to offer more insight into understanding challenges of IT adoption decision making than existing frameworks and models. The framework offers a potentially valuable basis for future research in IT adoption decision making in organisations. The results suggest that the framework may facilitate IT adoption in organisations using different components.
Information Science
D. Litt. et Phil. (Information systems)

This study set-out to examine how university-industry linkage (UIL) is managed in government universities of Ethiopia to contribute to the economic development of the country. Basic questions related to the level of management of UIL, areas of linkage, benefits obtained so far from this partnership, challenges to the proper management of UIL, and the existing opportunities for promoting UIL were raised. In addition to this, strategies for strengthening UIL were also dealt with. In relation to this, the study was framed with the system theory viewpoints and human capital theory viewing universities as a system linked to its external environment like industries. As a model, interactive/balanced type of Triple Helix model was used as it integrates the activities of the government, universities and the industries. Moreover, this study reviewed global perspectives on UIL and an overview of the study context with greater emphasis on higher education reforms and proclamations. Philosophically, this study followed pragmatism research paradigm using mixed research approach. It also employed concurrent/parallel/convergent design in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected simultaneously, interpreted separately and combined at the time of discussion for better understanding of the problem. Equal importance for both data sets was given. Data were gathered from 99 college deans and department heads, 200 instructors and 316 prospective graduates. In addition to this, 23 interviewees from UILOs, industries, MoE, and MoST took part in this study. Moreover, two focus group discussions were also conducted with the university alumni and data were gathered through survey questionnaires, semi-structured interview, FGD question guides and document reviews. The study result indicated that both quantitative and qualitative data support one another. It was found out that UIL was at its infant stage of development in government universities of Ethiopia with limited areas, dominated by students’ internship. Ethiopian government universities have a link with the industries in areas of some limited joint research projects, consultancies and capacity building. Consequently, universities benefitted by attaching their students with the industries and students got practical exposure to the real world of work. Industries also benefitted from the training provided to them, consultancies and joint research projects. On the other hand, UIL in government universities of Ethiopia was challenged by institutional bottlenecks, policy-practice gaps, contextual variation and information gaps, finance and awareness related caveats, work overload, and facility related hurdles. Moreover, lack of trust and commitment between U & I, lack of commitment and support from the leadership of both universities and industries, and the reluctance of the local industries to work with the universities remained a big rift to UIL. This study also sheds light on the expansion of universities and industries in different parts of the country as the opportunities to be tapped to promote UIL. Further, the attention of the government by designing different policies, strategies, directives and conferences was taken as the opportunity. As a major contribution, this study came up with the model that was designed to improve the practice of management of UIL in government universities of Ethiopia. To overcome the above challenges and to make use of existing opportunities, it was recommended that improving leadership and management related challenges through joint planning, organising, staffing and decision-making. Moreover, it was highly laudable to make a paradigm shift in the roles of universities from teaching dominated to research and innovation universities. Finally, bridging policy-practice gaps, increase networking, arranging various sensitising and advertising programmes and creating a further avenue for more research were commented.
Educational Leadership and Management
D. Ed. (Education Management)

This Mixed Method Research Project examines the possible marketing strategies that can be used to market township schools in the Gauteng province, within an increasingly competitive educational system. These strategies are investigated within the largely unbalanced infrastructural and resource dichotomy that exists between most township schools and the former Model C schools; the results of which has seen among many other challenges, the ever increasing learner migration from the township schools to the former Model C suburban schools. This pedagogical manuscript adopts a case study approach while simultaneously integrating the influences of established research paradigms like pragmatism and enterpretivism. Within the attempt to find the best marketing options for township schools, the project also consciously attempts to identify the challenges (and possible solutions) that the said schools face as they try to market themselves. The benefits of implementing the marketing matrix within the education product are henceforth highlighted within the narrative of the project.
Educational Leadership and Management
M. Ed. (Education Management)