scholarly journals Ethnographic accounts of linguistic issues in the Yugoslav successor states: An introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roswitha Kersten-Pejanić
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Linguistic Ethnography ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
Linguistic Means

Doing ethnographic linguistics (or linguistic ethnography) in the area of what used to be Yugoslavia is both a challenging and a promising undertaking. Challenging, in that there are so many ideological traps to take into consideration. Promising, in that there are so many complex matters to take a closer look at. These matters, even when exclusively realized in linguistic means, may have great influence on people’s everyday political, cultural, and social meaning-making. Especially so, as indexical relations and the ideological premises and effects of choosing to use one linguistic realization over the other, has played an important role for all speech communities in the region.

Contrast Study on the Radial Velocity of the Flow Field of the Hydrocyclones with Different Inlet Structures

2011 ◽  
Vol 339 ◽  
pp. 624-629
Author(s):  
Lian Cheng Ren ◽  
Zheng Liang ◽  
Jiang Meng ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Jia Lin Tian
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Axial Symmetry ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contrast Study ◽  
The One ◽  
Tangential Inlet

On the base of numerical simulation and theoretical analysis, the flow field of a conventional single-tangential-inlet Hydrocyclone and a newly put forward axial-symmetry double-tangential-inlet hydrocyclone were contrasted. The study shows that the inlet structure of the Hydrocylone has a great influence on the radial velocity of the flow field in the hydrocyclone and that the radial velocity in the hydrocyclone with single-tangential-inlet is not symmetry about the axis of the hydrocyclone; and on the other hand the radial velocity in the hydrocyclone with axial-symmetry double-tangential-inlet is symmetry about the axis of the hydrocyclone. The magnitude of the radial velocity of the flow in the hydrocyclone with single-tangential-inlet is greater than that in the hydrocyclone with axial-symmetry double-tangential-inlet hydrocyclone, which means the hydrocyclone with axial-symmetry double-tangential-inlet has greater capability than the rival one with single-tangential inlet. The symmetry about the axis of the hydrocyclone of the radial velocity means the radial velocities in the place where the radio is the same are constant, which means the hydrocyclone has a great separation efficiency. The conclusion is that changing the conventional hydrocyclone into the one with axial-symmetry double-tangential-inlet structure can offer greater separation capability and efficiency.

Return to the ancestral land: The semiotic map of the Mapuche people

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-269
Author(s):  
Camila Pérez ◽  
Giuseppina Marsico
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indigenous Group ◽  
History Of ◽  
Territorial Claim ◽  
Mapuche People ◽  
Territorial Claims ◽  
Von Uexküll ◽  
Over Time

Indigenous territorial claims are a long-standing concern in the history of Latin America. Land and nature have profound meaning in indigenous thinking, which is neither totally understood nor legitimized by the rest of society. This article is aimed at shedding light on this matter by examining the meanings at stake in the territorial claims of the Mapuche people. The Mapuche are an indigenous group in Chile, who are striving to recover their ancestral land. This analysis will be based on the concept of Umwelt, coined by von Uexküll to refer to the way in which species interpret their world in connection with the meaning-making process. Considering the applications of Umwelt to the human being, the significance assigned to land and nature by the Mapuche people emerges as a system of meaning that persists over time and promotes interdependence between people and the environment. On the other hand, the territorial claim of the Mapuche movement challenges the fragmentation between individuals and their space, echoing proposals from human geography that emphasize the role of people in the constitution of places.

Literature, Media and Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2176-2178
Author(s):  
Dr. Jnanee Debasish Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Market Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Market

Synopsis: Literature is the medicine for man and civilization for years. It attracts and affects the soul and mind. In modern times transformation of media makes a big difference in human approach. Though Communication is the primary aim of media, but it works like a window of conscience. In the age of globalization the media has a great influence on society. Though market is an economical concept but our daily life is bound to rely upon it. And now literature, media and market remain in an inter related manner. One affects the other two. This analysis tries to find out the inter relationship among literature, media and market. Keywords: Literature, Media, Market, Communication, Globalization, Literary Sensibility, Media ethics, Change in media approach

scholarly journals Effects of Bucket Type and Angle on Downstream Nappe Wind Caused by a Turbulent Jet

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jijian Lian ◽  
Junling He ◽  
Wenjuan Gou ◽  
Danjie Ran
Keyword(s):  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Physical Experiment ◽  
Turbulent Jet ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rainfall Distribution ◽  
Lateral Direction ◽  
Flood Discharge ◽  
Operational Safety

The downstream nappe wind caused by flood discharge has a great influence on the rainfall distribution, the operational safety of dams, and their surrounding ecological environments. A physical experiment was conducted to measure the spatial distribution of the downstream nappe wind and the splash for a continuous bucket (CB) and a tongue-shaped bucket (TB) for five bucket angles (40°, 45°, 50°, 55°, and 60°). The experimental results demonstrate that the trajectory width and height of the nappe increase as the angles increase, but the effect on the length is converse. The wind velocity and splash weight of the two buckets decrease along the flowing direction. In the lateral direction, the wind velocity and splash weight for the CB decrease as y increases, but the wind velocity of the TB trends to humplike; its splash weight decreases near the axis of the bucket, and is stable in the other region. In the vertical direction, the velocity for the CB increases and then decreases as z increases, but that for the TB decreases monotonously. The velocity of the wind and weight of the splash for the CB decreases with the increasing angles, but those of the TB peak at 45°. The findings are useful for the more accurate prediction of rainfall.

scholarly journals History teaching as a designed meaning-making process: Teacher facilitation of student–subject relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Eskelund Knudsen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
Teaching Situation ◽  
Communicative Process ◽  
The One ◽  
Student Subject

This article is an empirical analysis of history teaching as a communicative process. Dialogic history teaching develops as a designed meaning-making process that depends on thorough pedagogical strategies and decisions, and requires cohesion in teacher expectations, introductions and interventions. A micro-dialogic study is presented in this article to document a paradoxical teaching situation where history as subject-related content all but disappeared from a group of students' meaning-making processes because they were preoccupied with figuring out their teacher's intentions. History teaching thus turned into 'just teaching' without the teacher or the students being aware of it. A strong emphasis on history teaching as a communicative process and dialogue as a key pedagogical tool have potential with regard to pedagogical decision-making and strategies on the one hand, and for relationships between students and history as subject-related content on the other. The analysis presented in this article contributes to a growing field of studies on dialogic history teaching, of which the focus on students as an important part of classroom dialogues is central.

Must We Save the Language? Children’s Discourse on Language and Community in Provençal and Scottish Language Revitalization Movements

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Costa Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Language Revitalization ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Revitalization Movements ◽  
The One

This chapter proposes a critical analysis of the types of discourse articulated by children involved in language revitalization programmes in two Western European contexts: Provence (south-eastern France) and southern Scotland. It focuses on how the minority language (Occitan and Scots) is described and what this means for how children categorize the language and speech communities within which they are being socialized. Of all the social actors involved in language revitalization programmes, and despite the central part they play, children are the only ones whose opinion on participation is never required. Children occupy a very ambiguous place in language revitalization movements. On the one hand, they are perceived as the embodiment of the future of the language, while, on the other hand, they are often accused of not speaking the language properly or of mixing minority and dominant languages. This seems to be a fairly widespread pattern in Europe, where ‘neo-speakers’ are generally viewed with mistrust.

The complexity of grammatical gender and language ecology

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-229
Author(s):  
Francesca Di Garbo
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Grammatical Gender ◽  
The Other ◽  
Linguistic Identity ◽  
Gender Agreement ◽  
Language Ecology ◽  
Morphological Complexity ◽  
Languages In Contact ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
The Prestige

This chapter investigates the evolution of grammatical gender agreement, taken as an instance of paradigmatic and syntagmatic morphological complexity, in a sample of thirty-six languages, organized per sets of closely related languages with different sociolinguistic profiles. Both loss and emergence of gender agreement occur in areas of intense language contact between diverse speech communities. However, given similar contact scenarios, asymmetries in the structure of the bilingual population and/or in the prestige dynamics between the languages in contact tend to favour one development over the other. Loss of gender agreement occurs when the demographically dominant and/or more prestigious language lacks grammatical gender. Conversely, borrowing of gender agreement is favoured when the demographically dominant and/or more prestigious language has grammatical gender. Finally, the data suggest that patterns of gender marking may have important ties to the way in which speakers construe their linguistic identity in opposition to that of their neighbours.

Player Agency, Team Responsibility, and Self-Initiated Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-126
Author(s):  
Fredrik Rusk ◽  
Matilda Ståhl ◽  
Kenneth Silseth
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Dialogic Approach ◽  
Inherent Part ◽  
Over Time

An important aspect of what constitutes beginning gamers' learning trajectories is guidance from experienced players. However, there is little educational research on these processes within a competitive gaming scene. In this chapter, the authors analyse the mentor-apprentice relationship in a team in the multiplayer FPS CS:GO within an esports and educational context. By assuming a dialogic approach to agency and meaning making, they analyse how the team orients towards the apprentice's agency and how the apprentice responds to these orientations. The other players' orientations towards the apprentice's decisions indicate that support diminishes, and responsibility and expectations grow over time. Communication and collaboration appear to be an inherent part of functioning as a team and teaching others in the team, and all players are expected to develop agency and reach a level of independence. In the chapter, they show and discuss how this happens.

Microstructure and Properties of Al-Cu-Mn Alloy with Y, Zr and (Y+Zr)

2017 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 334-344
Author(s):  
Ting Biao Guo ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Qi Li ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
Wan Wu Ding
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Refined Grains ◽  
Microstructure And Properties ◽  
Comprehensive Properties ◽  
Important Significance ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Strengthening Method

As an important strengthening method, micro alloying has been widely used to improve the comprehensive properties of aluminum alloy. The research on microstructures and properties of Al-Cu-Mn alloy with Y, Zr and (Y, Zr) was conducted through OM, SEM and EDS methods. Three addition methods were comprehensively compared and the important significance of elements and relevant precipitates distribution to performance improvement was explored. The results show that adding different contents of Y, Zr and (Y, Zr) has great influence on microstructure and properties of Al-Cu-Mn alloy. Fluidity of the (Y+Zr)-containing alloy was significantly higher than that of the Zr or Y-containing one. The hardness and elongation of the Zr-containing alloy were also better than the other two groups, while with the increase of addition amounts from 0 to 0.2 %, it showed a decreasing trend. When the content was 0.3%, the grains of the Y and (Y+Zr)-containing alloys were well refined and the tensile strength and hardness increased as well, and Y-containing alloy presented the best tensile strength. After T6 heat treatment, the mechanical properties of the Y and (Zr+Y)-containing alloys were enhanced due to the dispersed θ phase and completely refined grains. And both ductile fracture ratios increased. When the content was more than 0.3%, the reticular θ phase formed that was extremely unfavorable to properties of the studied alloy. It appears that the addition of Y and Zr has an important influence on improving the properties of the Al-Cu-Mn alloy. And Y, Zr and (Y+Zr) dosages should be adjusted reasonably in the range of 0.1-0.3% to optimize and improve the alloy performance.

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