THE PETROGLYPHIC PRAYERS ON THE SUN STONE OF MOTECUHZOMA ILHUICAMINA

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hill Boone ◽  
Rochelle Collins
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Human Sacrifice ◽  
The Sun ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ritual Speech

AbstractThe Sun Stone of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina is one of the major monuments revealed by excavations in and around the Aztec Templo Mayor since 1978. Featuring the sun disk on its top surface and the Mexica conquest of 11 enemy polities on its cylindrical sides, it is considered a gladiatorial stone, similar in both iconography and function to the later Stone of Tizoc. While Tizoc's stone locates its conquest scenes between earth and sky bands, this sun stone uniquely places its conquests between two bands of repeating motifs. The authors argue that these bands are extraordinary examples of pictographic texts that parallel and likely called forth ritual speech acts. The iconography and patterning of the motifs reveal the bands to be visual exhortations or prayers related to human sacrifice specifically associated with Tezcatlipoca. The complex pattern of the repeating motifs is rhythmic and reflects the discourse structure of Nahuatl high speech.

scholarly journals Defamation in English and Arabic: A Pragmatic Contrastive Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. p31
Author(s):  
Basim Yahya Jasim Algburi ◽  
Zainab Kadim Igaab
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Contrastive Study

Defamation is one of the verbal offences in which the plaintiff is accused of a certain wrongful act by one of the ways of publicity. If that wrongful act is proved, then the accused will be punished by law or lowered by his/her home people. Defamation is surely accusing another person of a wrongful act . Accusing can be done by any spoken or written ways whether truthful or doubtful. The purpose beyond those ways is to make those accusations about the victim true in the people's mind even if they are temporarily made. The aim of this study is to elucidate if there is a similarity or a difference between English and Arabic in terms of defamation. It has been hypothesized that both languages are different from each other in terms of the topic under investigation. This study arrives at: In terms of defamation, English and Arabic are similar to each other in having speech acts, grammatical referencing, conveyed meaning, malicious meaning, and discourse structure and framing with intentionality. English defamation cases include speech acts more than Arabic defamation ones.

Ritual Violence Prescribed

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-40
Author(s):  
Saul M. Olyan
Keyword(s):  
Human Sacrifice ◽  
Biblical Law ◽  
Detailed Consideration ◽  
Ritual Violence ◽  
Legal Texts ◽  
And Function

This chapter considers the representation of violent rites in legal texts. The chapter begins with a review of scholarly debates on the nature and function of biblical law and then moves on to consider striking examples of prescribed ritual violence for punitive purposes (Deut 13:7–12; 25:5–10; and Lev 24:19–20). After this, violent rites that serve nonpunitive purposes are investigated. These include animal and human sacrifice as well as the rites of Num 5:11–31, as the latter have a probative dimension in addition to their punitive aims. A detailed consideration of the rites of mass eradication (the ḥērem) rounds out the chapter.

Form and Function of Negative, Tag, and Rhetorical Questions

2020 ◽  
pp. 234-254
Author(s):  
Maribel Romero
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Question Types ◽  
Epistemic States ◽  
Discourse Model ◽  
Interrogative Clauses ◽  
And Function ◽  
Rhetorical Questions

While interrogative clauses often function as neutral requests for information, they do not always do so. We will concentrate on three question types which, besides raising an issue, convey speaker bias and in which negation and negation-dependent items play an important role: (i) biased information-seeking polar questions, (ii) tag questions, and (iii) rhetorical questions. To model the pragmatic use-conditions of these question types, a more articulated representation of discourse has been developed, encompassing different epistemic states, Common ground managing operators, complex speech acts, and/or the scoreboard discourse model.

scholarly journals Exploring Speech Act of English and Tshivenda Representatives and Directives

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 372-382
Author(s):  
Farisani Thomas Nephawe ◽  
Matodzi Nancy Lambani
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
The World ◽  
And Function

Competence in English pragmatics enhances the use of English in social contexts throughout the world. However, using English as a second language is always problematic particularly when it comes to the interpretation of speech act in English. The differences in structure and function between English and other languages such as Tshivenda are conspicuous. The current research explored Speech Act of English and Tshivenda representatives and directives among the Tshivenda-speaking people. The findings revealed that the Tshivenda-speaking people faced difficulties utilising English Speech Acts such as representatives, and directives. The research recommends frequent interaction between those proficient in English and Tshivenda-speaking people.

scholarly journals Lovely Ugly Bes! Animalistic Aspects in Ancient Egyptian Popular Religion

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Branko F. van Oppen de Ruiter
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Popular Religion ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Religious Significance ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Function ◽  
Newborn Children

The popular yet demonic guardian of ancient Egypt, Bes, combines dwarfish and leonine features, and embodies opposing traits such as a fierce and gentle demeanor, a hideous and comical appearance, serious and humorous roles, an animalistic and numinous nature. Drawing connections with similarly stunted figures, great and small cats, sacred cows, baboons, demonic monsters, universal gods and infant deities, this article will focus on the animalistic associations of the Bes figure to illustrate that this leonine dwarf encompassed a wider religious significance than apotropaic and regenerative functions alone. Bes was thought to come from afar but was always close; the leonine dwarf guarded the sun god Ra along the diurnal solar circuit; the figure protected pregnant women and newborn children; it was a dancer and musician; the figure belonged to the company of magical monsters of hybrid appearance as averter of evil and sword-wielding fighter. Exploring the human and animal, demonic and numinous aspects of this leonine dwarf will not only further our understanding of its nature and function, but also its significance and popularity.

STRUKTUR WACANA, MAKNA, DAN FUNGSI MAHALABIU (DISCOURSE STRUCTURES, MEANINGS, AND FUNCTIONS OF MAHALABIU)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Erlita Desriani Rustam Effendi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Internet Site ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Language Behavior ◽  
Data Source ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
Descriptive Method

AbstractDiscourse Structures, Meanings, and Functions of Mahalabiu. Mahalabiu is a discoursethat implies multiple (ambiguous), meaning the spoken utterances, usually the listenerto interpret the meaning or intent behind the words is another. Behavior mahalabiuBanjar is a common language behavior of the use meaningful phrases in order tooutwit new speaker. The purpose of this study was to describe the Discourse Structure,Meaning and Function mahalabiu. This type of research used in this study DiscourseStructure, Meaning and Function mahalabiu is descriptive research that intends toprovide an overview of data characteristics in accordance with nature itself. The methodused is descriptive method with qualitative approach to the data source in this study isa collection mahalabiu from an internet site and a thesis of Noorbaity (2004). Datacollection techniques in this study is to use observation techniques of text, data collectionobtained by collecting, reading and classify mahalabiu the structure, meaning andfunction. From the research, it can be concluded Discourse Structure is divided intotwo parts, namely the introduction and description mahalabiu. Then there are fourtypes in the distribution of meaning, namely (1) homonym, (2) homophones, (3) reductionof the phrase, and (4) comments do not match with the topic. Function mahalabiu fivefunctions, namely (1) functions as a joke / joke material, (2) a function that tests aperson’s intelligence, (3) the function of a satirical one, (4) functions as a tool to tell astate or occupation, and (5 ) function is a tool to educate children.Keywords: discourse structure, meaning, function, mahalabiuAbstrakStruktur Wacana, Makna, dan Fungsi Mahalabiu. Mahalabiu adalah wacana yangmengandung pengertian ganda (mendua), memiliki makna ujaran yang diucapkannya,biasanya si pendengar menafsirkan makna atau maksud lain dibalik ucapan tersebut.Perilaku mahalabiu adalah perilaku berbahasa Banjar yang umum karena adanyapenggunaan ungkapan-ungkapan yang bermakna baru dengan tujuan mengecoh lawanbicara. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan Struktur Wacana, Maknadan Fungsi mahalabiu. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian StrukturWacana, Makna, dan Fungsi mahalabiu ialah jenis penelitian deskriptif yang bermaksudmemberikan gambaran ciri-ciri data sesuai dengan sifat alamiah itu sendiri. Metodeyang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif Sumber datadalam penelitian ini adalah kumpulan mahalabiu dari sebuah situs internet dan sebuahtesis dari Noorbaity (2004). Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalahdengan menggunakan teknik observasi teks, pengumpulan data diperoleh denganmengumpulkan, membaca dan mengklasifikasikan mahalabiu dengan struktur, maknadan fungsinya. Dari hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan Struktur Wacana dibagi atasdua bagian, yaitu Pengantar dan deskripsi mahalabiu. Kemudian ada empat jenis dalam112pembagian Makna, yakni (1) homonim, (2) homofon, (3) pengurangan frasa, dan (4)komen tidak serasi dengan topik. Fungsi mahalabiu ada lima fungsi, yakni (1) fungsisebagai gurauan/bahan bercanda, (2) fungsi yang menguji kepandaian seseorang,(3) fungsi yang menyindir seseorang, (4) fungsi sebagai alat untuk memberitahu suatukeadaan atau pekerjaan, dan (5) fungsi alat untuk mendidik anak.Kata-kata kunci: struktur wacana, makna, fungsi, mahalabiu

scholarly journals Pelanggaran Prinsip Kerja Sama dalam Variety Show Jepang Gyouretsu no Dekiru Houritsu Soudanjo

HUMANIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 971
Author(s):  
Luh Komang Indrayani ◽  
Ni Luh Kade Yuliani Giri ◽  
Ni Made Andry Anita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Cooperative Principle ◽  
Informal Method ◽  
Maxim Of Quality ◽  
Variety Show ◽  
And Function

The research deals with The Violation of Cooperative Principle in Japanese Variety Show Gyouretsu no Dekkiru Houritsu Soudanjo. This research aims to identify types and function of the violation of cooperative principle in Japanese variety show gyouretsu no dekiru houritsu soudanjo. The theory used are cooperation principle (Grice, 1975) and speech acts theory (Searle, 1979). The data are collected using the method of referring by listening to the variety show and transcribing the data. This research is analyzed with padan pragmatic method.To present the result of data analysis using informal method. Based on the analysis, there are 20 forms of violation of cooperative principle. There are 7 data which violated the maxim of quantity, 4 data which violated the maxim of quality, 5 data which violated the maxim of relevance, 4 data which violated the maxim of manner, and 1 data which violated 2 maxim. There are, violated the maxim of quantity and violated the maxim of relevance. The purposes of violating cooperative principle in variety show gyouretsu no dekiru houritsu soudanjo consist 5 illocutionary speech acts. These purposes are 1) assertive: complaining, informing, lying, and enforcing; 2) directive: consenting, requesting, and ordering; 3) expressive: mocking, arrogant, joking,  teasing, thanking,  pardoning, deploring, ridiculing, and praising; 5) declarative: deciding, to say an opinion, and naming.

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