Sign

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-38
Author(s):  
Nathan Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Natural Signs ◽  
Evolutionary Context ◽  
The Common ◽  
Semiotic Theory

Part I of this book sets out a semiotic theory of human culture. This chapter uses the semiotics of John Poinsot (1589–1644, also known as John of St Thomas) to show how the whole scope of human cultural activity can be understood as at root the work of signs. Poinsot has a very wide-ranging understanding of signification, which includes natural, customary, and stipulated signs; physical and formal/psychological signs; and perceptual and communicative signs. Crucially, a single metaphysics of relations is the common basis for this whole spectrum of signs, so that natural and cultural signs count univocally as instances of signification. Poinsot’s notion of semiotic custom, in which conventional signs are ‘naturalised’ through habit to act as natural signs, is an important theme (to which chapters 5 and 6 will return in an evolutionary context). Poinsot’s semiotics illuminates the full anthropological ‘breadth’ of culture.

Increasing adolescent girls’ social competence through cognitive counseling by social workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 146801732110102
Author(s):  
Chau-kiu Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Social Competence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
Lower Education

Summary Despite the common basis of cognitive theory for cognitive counseling and social competence development, no research has charted the effectiveness of the counseling in raising social competence in young female residents of the residential service. To examine the effectiveness, this study analyzed data gleaned from monthly surveys of young female residents and their social workers regarding the latter’s daily life cognitive counseling. The data consisted of 391 cases pairing the female residents and social workers in Hong Kong over 33 months. Findings The cases afforded a cross-lagged analysis showing the raising of the girl’s social competence by the worker’s cognitive counseling earlier in the previous month. In substantiating this raising, the analysis also indicated that earlier social competence did not affect the counseling. Applications The findings imply the worth of promoting the social worker’s daily life cognitive counseling to advance girl residents’ social competence. Such counseling is particularly helpful to girls with lower education, who are lower in social competence.

The Common Denominator of Land Classification in Canada: an Ecological Approach to Mapping

1980 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Land Classification ◽  
Ecological Land Classification ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
The Common

The cores and boundaries of land units are located by reference to relationships between climate, landform and biota in ecological land classification. This appeal to relationships, rather than to climate, or to geomorphology, or to soils, or to vegetation alone, provides the common basis for land classification.

scholarly journals The Semitization Of Itihasa: Intertextuality Of The Mahabharata and The Ramayana In The Judaeo­‐Islamic Texts

ATAVISME ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mochammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
Cultural Artifacts ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Common ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Semiotic Theory

Abstract: This article is an intertextual study of Judaeo­‐Islamic texts with the Itihasa. This research explores the discourse of Semitic and Aryan texts already canonized in cultural artifacts of Abrahamic and Brahmanic traditions which require a parallelization of substantive messages. It is not only depending on comparative linguistic similarities but also referring to the common theological formula surrounding the text in a chain of traditions which created the text. The text cannot be regarded as an independent text but have to be understood through the process of ‘reading’ in a context that can be ascertained to have a close relationship with other texts. It exists as a weave of discourses which are surrounding the text through the process of adoption, adaptation, and reformulation of the text that has been established in the context of a sequence of tradition inheritance. The study of cultural semiotics readable through the text is not intended to vulgarly expose the text that deviates from the hiperreality context of the text an sich. Instead, it aims to explain the ‘marker’ in the text across boundaries of times, geographies, languages, and common traditions through the system of transmission. This article uses a semiotic theory proposed by Julia Kristeva. Abstrak: Tulisan ini merupakan studi intertekstualitas teks Judaeo­‐Islam dengan teks Itihasa. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi wacana teks rumpun Semit dan Arya yang terekam dalam artefak kebudayaan bertradisi Abrahamik dan Brahmanik yang meniscayakan pararelisasi pesan substantif. Pararelisasi pesan tidak hanya berpijak pada latar similaritas linguistik tetapi juga merujuk pada kesejajaran formula teologis yang melingkupi teks dalam rentetan tradisi yang melahirkan teksnya. Teks tidak dapat dipandang sebagai sebuah teks yang independen, tetapi harus dipahami melalui proses ‘pembacaan’ dalam konteksnya yang dapat dipastikan berkaitan erat dengan teks liyan. Teks hadir sebagai sebuah tenunan wacana yang melingkupi penjadian teks melalui proses adopsi, adaptasi, maupun reformulasi teks yang telah mapan dalam konteks rangkaian pewarisan tradisi. Kajian semiotika kultural yang terbaca tidak dimaksudkan untuk menelanjangi wacana teks secara vulgar yang teralienasi dari konteks hiperealitas teksnya, tetapi bertujuan untuk menjelaskan ‘penanda’ dalam teks yang melintas batas zaman, geografis, bahasa, maupun tradisi serumpun melalui sistem transmisinya. Artikel ini menggunakan teori semiotik yang dikemukakan oleh Julia Kristeva. Kata-kata kunci: intertekstualitas; Ramayana; Mahabharata; Semit; Arya

scholarly journals Pattern of Cancer in Nepal from 2003 to 2011

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Sah ◽  
Naval Kishor Yadav ◽  
Roshan Kurmi ◽  
Ramanuj Rauniyar ◽  
Krishan Das Manandhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Rectum Cancer ◽  
Cancer Centers ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Common Cancer ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Common ◽  
Using Data

Correction: On 15th January 2017, the authors Sunil Kumar Sah and Naval Kishor Yadav were added to the author list.Cancer is global burden of disease in developed and developing countries. It is one of the main causes of death. The environmental factor and life styles are major causes of cancer.This hospital based retrospective study was carried out using data retrieved from the register maintained at seven cancer centers. The most common basis of diagnosis were microscopic (histopathological and cytopathological examination). The diagnosis was also based on clinical examination, radiological examination, endoscopy, biochemical and immunological tests.Most of the cancer cases were diagnosed at BPKMCH (23908) followed by BPKIHS (9668) and BH (5959) and few cases from KCH (518) in 2003 to 2011. The total number of cancer cases were increasing from 2003 to 2011 and it become double in 2011. Out of 75 district of Nepal, more number of cancer cases was found in Kathmandu, Sunsari, Morang, Chitwan, Lalitpur, Jhapa, Kaski, Nawalparasi, Rupendehi and Kavrepalchowk in 2010. Similarly, in 2011 more number of cancer cases was found in Kathmandu, Morang, Jhapa, Sunsari, Chitwan, Lalitpur, Rupendehi, Kaski, Saptari, Bhaktapur. Lung cancer was the common cancer and similarly, other prevalent cancers were cervical, breast, stomach, ovarian and colo-rectum cancer in 2003 to 2011. The common cancers were lung, cervical, breast, stomach, ovarian and colo-rectum. The number of patients is increasing, which may be due to change in life style and lack of education.

scholarly journals Culture and the Common European Framework for Languages: A Comparative Corpus Analysis of 2001, 2018 and 2020 Texts

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Mustafa Dolmaci ◽  
Hatice Sezgin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines ◽  
The Common ◽  
N Gram

In order to provide “a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, textbooks, etc. across Europe”, The Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR) was published in 2001 by the Council of Europe. It has affected the way languages are taught, learnt and assessed and also how foreign language proficiency levels are defined all around the world. The CEFR adopts an intercultural approach to foreign language, and the main purpose is to protect cultural diversity and to give importance to cultural activities rather than being a part of foreign language education. For this reason, culture is at the very core of the CEFR. In 2018 and 2020, two Companion Volumes were published to complement the CEFR. The present paper offers a comparative corpus analysis of these three texts focusing on the occurrences of culture-related items using n-gram tool of Sketch Engine (Lexical Computing, n. d.), which creates frequency lists of sequences of tokens. Based on the findings, it is suggested according to the CEFR that rather than focusing on the national culture of the native speakers of the target language, foreign language education should focus more on the “new culture” formed by the encounters of people coming from different cultures.

scholarly journals The Denotative and Connotative Meaning in Sheila on 7 Song Lyrics “Film Favorit”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Fadly Fauzan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Language Games ◽  
Connotative Meaning ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
The Common ◽  
Semiotic Theory

Song Lyrics is a person's expression about something that has been seen, heard or experienced. In expressing their experiences, the poet or composer of the song makes words and language games to create attraction and distinctiveness to the lyrics or poetry. This study aims to see the connotation, denotation, and mythology meaning contained in the object of research, namely the song ‘Film Favorit' from Sheila On 7. In this study the main theory used is the Roland Barthes semiotic theory. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive interpretive approach. The results showed that the lyrics of the song under study contained connotation and denotation meaning in it. Likewise with the myth. This song carries the common myth of love. The myth that contains the value of love illustrates that love must be fought for and makes a commitment to make love secured. Contains about the main character's outpouring of his partner to his partner and how to express his feelings to those he loves. The author's choice of the word "Favorite Film" because at present, millennials are now very close to film. Songwriters hope that this song is easy to remember and be made into learning in our lives. 

Produktion, Markt und technischer Fortschritt

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Cogoy
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Change Of Perspective ◽  
The Common ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
Physical Quantities ◽  
Technischer Fortschritt

AbstractThe following article proposes a change of perspective in the capital-theory debate of political economy. Instead of insisting upon the differences between a Marxian labour theory of value and a Ricardo-Sraffaian theory of prices of production (Marx versus Sraffa) the common basis of the two approaches is stressed. The common basis consists in the paradigm of duality between physical quantities and evaluation standards. The last part of the paper collects sceptical arguments concerning the question of whether the duality paradigm can provide an adequate approach to an analysis of modern technical change.

Platonis Aemvlvs?

1962 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Common Basis ◽  
Roman Literature ◽  
Ancient Literature ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
Philosophical Writings ◽  
Scholarly Attention

‘M. Tvllivs … etiam in hoc opere [i.e. philosophia] Platonis aemulus exstitit.’ There is a fallacy underlying Quintilian's judgement here—he is not by any means at his best in this famous chapter—which is interesting in that, with very different consequences, it also underlies the almost total neglect of Cicero's philosophical works prevalent in this country in our own day. (That Cicero's philosophical works were once popular everyone knows; but many would, I fancy, be surprised to learn how much serious and scholarly attention they are still receiving in America, France, and Germany.) The fallacy which is the common basis of Quintilian's approbation and our neglect is the belief, explicit or implicit in much modern criticism, that Roman literature is to be assessed by comparison, man for man and genre for genre, with Greek. Some such comparisons can be made, and with profit for those who do not prejudge the issue of the investigation and, since the Roman writers often seem deliberately to invite such comparisons, for those who are equipped with the necessary understanding of what ‘imitation’ means in the context of ancient literature. But these comparisons are silly and fruitless when conducted with the kind of naïveté which can see in Cicero's philosophical writings only a ‘poor man's Plato’. To compare Cicero and Plato in this field is to compare incomparables. This becomes clear if we forget our presuppositions and ask, as I propose to do, (1) what was Cicero in his philosophical writings trying to do and was it worth doing, and (2) how did he set about his task, and were his methods the right ones ? Only then can we attempt, as I shall do briefly in concluding, an estimate of his achievement.

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