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Research on correlations between musicality and language aptitude have been predominantly investi... more Research on correlations between musicality and language aptitude have been predominantly investigating the phonetic aspect of language processing. The current state of research suggests a strong and stable link between musicality and receptive language abilities, such as recognition of sounds, intonation and stress patterns, as well as productive skills. Relatively fewer studies have explored relations of musicality and grammar aptitude, despite neurological studies highlighting similar brain regions involved in the processing of musical, especially rhythmic, as well as grammatical patterns. This paper thus aims to investigate if musical training and musicality does indeed relate to grammatical skills. It is hypothesised that extensive musical training does not only impact the musical ear but also the ability to de- and encode structures, as well as the capacity to recognise and retain complex sequences. These specific skills are widely recognised to be involved in the acquisition ...
This thesis analyses seven contemporary video games with regards to male and female stereotypisat... more This thesis analyses seven contemporary video games with regards to male and female stereotypisation. Contrary to the majority of previous studies, the analysis not only assesses visual cues to ascertain common themes of sexualisation, passivity or aggression of the characters within the game, but also suggests an additional methodological approach to measure the roles of each playable character. In order to categorise the thirty-three sample characters, the available skills for each character were analysed to subsume the characters under general archetypical roles related to overarching male or female stereotypes respectively, The roles deduced from this analysis, additionally can be regarded as predictors for the game play experience of players. Moreover, the sources of power deduced from the skill descriptors of each character were analysed in order to assess stereotypical tropes from a narrative perspective as well. Finally, the results of the visual analysis and the occupied ro...
Research on correlations between musicality and language aptitude have been predominantly investi... more Research on correlations between musicality and language aptitude have been predominantly investigating the phonetic aspect of language processing. The current state of research suggests a strong and stable link between musicality and receptive language abilities, such as recognition of sounds, intonation and stress patterns, as well as productive skills. Relatively fewer studies have explored relations of musicality and grammar aptitude, despite neurological studies highlighting similar brain regions involved in the processing of musical, especially rhythmic, as well as grammatical patterns. This paper thus aims to investigate if musical training and musicality does indeed relate to grammatical skills. It is hypothesised that extensive musical training does not only impact the musical ear but also the ability to de- and encode structures, as well as the capacity to recognise and retain complex sequences. These specific skills are widely recognised to be involved in the acquisition ...
This thesis analyses seven contemporary video games with regards to male and female stereotypisat... more This thesis analyses seven contemporary video games with regards to male and female stereotypisation. Contrary to the majority of previous studies, the analysis not only assesses visual cues to ascertain common themes of sexualisation, passivity or aggression of the characters within the game, but also suggests an additional methodological approach to measure the roles of each playable character. In order to categorise the thirty-three sample characters, the available skills for each character were analysed to subsume the characters under general archetypical roles related to overarching male or female stereotypes respectively, The roles deduced from this analysis, additionally can be regarded as predictors for the game play experience of players. Moreover, the sources of power deduced from the skill descriptors of each character were analysed in order to assess stereotypical tropes from a narrative perspective as well. Finally, the results of the visual analysis and the occupied ro...