scholarly journals Features of Artistic Attributes and Figurative Interpretation of The Works of Rustem Shamsutov

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliya Rinatovna Mukhametzyanova
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Interpretation

ISSUES OF ETHNOCULTURAL TRADITIONS DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN ARTISTIC PRACTICE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
K. K. Murataev ◽  
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S. M. Krykbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Folk Art ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Applied Art ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Structurally Stable ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

The article deals with insufficiently studied theoretical aspects of revealing and analyzing new elements and motives of artistic and compositional means of expression in folk art, as well as topical issues concerning determining principles and possible options for their creative development in modern decorative and applied art, design, and artistic practice in general. The most important structural features of shaping in traditional art in the ontologically interrelated system "nature — man — object" are analyzed. The main structurally stable elements and components in Kazakh folk ornament are distinguished and characterized, these are the circle, S-shaped element, cruciform and triangular components. The evolution of their ideological and figurative interpretation and symbolism is traced, and their role in the genesis of folk art traditions formed over thousands of years is revealed. The selected basic elements of folk ornament, as the main components of means of artistic expression, are proposed to be defined and developed in line with modern interpretations of artistic and aesthetic categories — dynamics, statics, harmony and their decorative variations in accordance with the volumetric and spatial features of form.

scholarly journals Hyperbole and emotionalisation: Escalation of pragmatic effects of proverb and metaphor in the “Brexit” debate

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-644
Author(s):  
Andreas Musolff
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Historical Investigation ◽  
Figurative Speech ◽  
Figurative Interpretation ◽  
The Eu

(How) Can the use of hyperbole in metaphorical idioms and scenarios contribute to an increase in emotionalisation of public debates? Using a research corpus of quotations from British politicians speeches and interviews and of press texts 2016-2020, this paper investigates hyperbolic formulations in Brexit-related applications of the proverb You cannot have your cake and eat it and related scenarios of national liberation, which appear to have strongly boosted emotionalised public debates. For instance, Brexit proponents reversal of the cake proverb into the assertion, We can have our cake and eat it, and their figurative interpretation of Brexit as a war of liberation (against the EU) triggered highly emotional reactions: triumphant affirmation among followers, fear and resentment among opponents. The paper argues that the combination of figurative speech (proverb, metaphor) with hyperbole heightened the emotional and polemical impact of the pro-Brexit argument. Whilst this effect may be deemed to have been rhetorically successful in the short term (e.g. in referendum and election campaigns), its long-term effect on political discourse is more ambivalent, for it leads to a polarisation and radicalisation of political discourse in Britain (as evidenced, for instance, in the massive use of hyperbole in COVID-19 debates). The study of hyperbole as a means of emotionalisation thus seems most promising as part of a discourse-historical investigation of socio-pragmatic effects of figurative (mainly, metaphorical) language use, rather than as an isolated, one-off rhetorical phenomenon.

scholarly journals Verbalization of Bacchic Actions in the Artistic World of Fyodor Abramov

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
O. A. Dimitrieva
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Cultural Layer ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Impact ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

The features of verbalization of Bacchic actions in the works of Fyodor Abramov (tetralogy “Brothers and Sisters”, novels “Pelageya”, “Alka”, “Mamonikha”, “Wooden Horses” and stories) are considered. The linguistic means of the individual author’s interpretation of the “Wine Drinking” sphere as a fragment of the semantic field of a literary text are analyzed. Bacchic action from the point of view of manifestation of one or another cultural semantics in it (according to M. L. Kovshova): utilitarian, functional, aesthetic, social hierarchical, ideological and spiritual is studied. It is noted that in the artistic world of Abramov, the utilitarian and functional aspects generally correspond to the general cultural ones, reflected in the paremias. It was revealed that the social-hierarchical cultural layer has its own specificity, which manifests itself in two oppositions: “village — city”, “collective farmer-peasant — rural intellectuals”. The author notes that the ideological and spiritual component in understanding the situation of wine drinking is associated with the expression of the author’s attitude, his worldview through the prism of the character’s opinion. It is concluded that the verbalization of Bacchic action is distinguished by figurative interpretation, the attraction of components from various spheres: the use of expressions containing somatisms, animalisms, perceptual vocabulary, verbs of physical impact, etc. When analyzing the social component of some Bacchic expressions, it is noted that the objects of wine drinking (vessels) are interpreted as subjects of interpersonal relationships.

scholarly journals Passivizability of Idioms: Has the Wrong Tree Been Barked Up?

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 404-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Kyriacou ◽  
Kathy Conklin ◽  
Dominic Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
The Other ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

A growing number of studies support the partial compositionality of idiomatic phrases, while idioms are thought to vary in their syntactic flexibility. Some idioms, like kick the bucket, have been classified as inflexible and incapable of being passivized without losing their figurative interpretation (i.e., the bucket was kicked ≠ died). Crucially, this has never been substantiated by empirical findings. In the current study, we used eye-tracking to examine whether the passive forms of (flexible and inflexible) idioms retain or lose their figurative meaning. Active and passivized idioms ( he kicked the bucket/the bucket was kicked) and incongruous active and passive control phrases (he kicked the apple/the apple was kicked) were inserted in sentences biasing the figurative meaning of the respective idiom ( die). Active idioms served as a baseline. We hypothesized that if passivized idioms retain their figurative meaning ( the bucket was kicked = died), they should be processed more efficiently than the control phrases, since their figurative meaning would be congruous in the context. If, on the other hand, passivized idioms lose their figurative interpretation ( the bucket was kicked = the pail was kicked), then their meaning should be just as incongruous as that of both control phrases, in which case we would expect no difference in their processing. Eye movement patterns demonstrated a processing advantage for passivized idioms (flexible and inflexible) over control phrases, thus indicating that their figurative meaning was not compromised. These findings challenge classifications of idiom flexibility and highlight the creative nature of language.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
James A. Diamond ◽  
Menachem Kellner
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Tradition ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
Guide Of The Perplexed ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

This chapter discusses Maimonides as the quintessential Jewish sage in all rabbinic disciplines. It explains how Maimonides perfectly fits the rabbinic model of the talmid hakham who is proficient in Bible, Mishnah, Talmud, halakhot, and agadot. It also assesses the Mishneh torah, a book of law, a work of sequitur, and discursive reasoning that is also a work of art. The chapter points out how Maimonides' philosophical magnum opus called the Guide of the Perplexed remains the most important and influential synthesis of science and the Jewish tradition. It analyses the interpretation of the Torah that must coincide with demonstrated scientific truths since the gates of figurative interpretation are always available for that purpose.

Augustine and Pentecostals

Pneuma ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-280
Author(s):  
Derek M. Geerlof
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Past ◽  
Triune God ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

This essay interacts with Augustine’s figurative interpretation of Ps 142 and a pentecostal priority to experience God in ways analogous to experience found within the narratives of Scripture. Contending that the Psalms are both historical and prophecy-fulfilled-in-Christ, Augustine interprets Ps 142 within the dual histories of David and Christ. This grounds his figurative interpretation firmly within scriptural narratives while providing a means of viewing the psalm as the prayerful expression of Christ’s own experience. His theology of the totus Christus then unites the experiences of the church and Christ, ensuring that Christian interpretation of an Old Testament experience does not bypass Christ. The telos of interpretation does not reside in the past, but in the present transformation and encounter of the church with the triune God.

What is said by a metaphor

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Martínez-Manrique ◽  
Agustín Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Direct Access ◽  
What Is Said ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Metaphor Processing ◽  
Figurative Interpretation ◽  
Instrumental Role

Contextualist theorists have recently defended the views (a) that metaphor-processing can be treated on a par with other meaning changes, such as narrowing or transfer, and (b) that metaphorical contents enter into “what is said” by an utterance. We do not dispute claim (a) but consider that claim (b) is problematic. Contextualist theorists seem to leave in the hands of context the explanation about why it is that some meaning changes are directly processed, and thus plausibly form part of “what is said”, while some others are not. While granting the role of context in this respect, we contend that there are elements that play an instrumental role in providing direct access to the metaphorical content, namely, the conventionality of the expressions and the salience of the concepts involved. We will start by criticizing Recanati’s and Relevance Theory’s accounts of metaphor. Then we examine the claims of Carston’s and Giora’s two-process accounts that set the stage for a revision of the main elements involved, namely, the properties of conventionality and salience. Finally we examine a number of representative examples, explaining why some cases involve a direct access to the metaphorical content and others require an intermediate non-figurative interpretation.

scholarly journals Dropping Beans or Spilling Secrets: How Idiomatic Context Bias Affects Prediction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Manon Hendriks ◽  
Wendy van Ginkel ◽  
Ton Dijkstra ◽  
Vitória Piai
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Predictive Processing ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Semantic Retrieval ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Beta Power ◽  
Preceding Context ◽  
Context Integration ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

Abstract Idioms can have both a literal interpretation and a figurative interpretation (e.g., to “kick the bucket”). Which interpretation should be activated can be disambiguated by a preceding context (e.g., “The old man was sick. He kicked the bucket.”). We investigated whether the idiomatic and literal uses of idioms have different predictive properties when the idiom has been biased toward a literal or figurative sentence interpretation. EEG was recorded as participants performed a lexical decision task on idiom-final words in biased idioms and literal (compositional) sentences. Targets in idioms were identified faster in both figuratively and literally used idioms than in compositional sentences. Time–frequency analysis of a prestimulus interval revealed relatively more alpha–beta power decreases in literally than figuratively used idiomatic sequences and compositional sentences. We argue that lexico-semantic retrieval plays a larger role in literally than figuratively biased idioms, as retrieval of the word meaning is less relevant in the latter and the word form has to be matched to a template. The results are interpreted in terms of context integration and word retrieval and have implications for models of language processing and predictive processing in general.

scholarly journals The Semantic System of the Mari Folk Costume and its Artistic-Figurative Interpretation

ICONI ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Vladimir G. Kudryavtsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic System ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

The article is devoted to the study of the traditional Mari costume, which unifi es the worldview, aesthetical and artistic perceptions of the surrounding world. The semantic system of the folk costume and its artistic-fi gurative interpretation presumes a unity of their utilitarian and decorative purposes. On the basis of studies of material related to archeology, ethnography and art studies the ethnic-determining sources are revealed which are important for the development of the practice of contemporary ethnic design.

Univocity, Exhaustion and Failing Better: Reading Beckett with Disability Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174
Author(s):  
Yael Levin
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Disability Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Impairment ◽  
Physical Impairments ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
The One ◽  
Figurative Interpretation ◽  
Do So

The emergence of theories of disability in the last decades has rendered figurative interpretation suspect; neglect of literal and material truths has been hailed unethical, the exercising of an ableist bias that utilizes physical impairment as a rhetorical device. Any attempt to reconcile such critical concerns with Beckett's writing must take cognizance of an essential incongruity between the socially conscripted theoretical framework and aesthetic experimentation, between a mimetic fidelity to lived experience and an art of non-relation. The essay suggests that Beckett's poetics of exhaustion and its rejection of substitution and analogy in the interpretation of figures allows us to think beyond the interdisciplinary divide. The body is not imagined as a stand-in or receptacle for philosophical ideas but rather as the substrate upon and with which these ideas evolve and change. The text maintains the materiality of mental and physical impairments at the same time that it loads them with a variety of different metonymical connections. Such a stylization of excess and accumulation serves to release disability from existing stereotypes and predetermined moral judgment. It does so while sidestepping an impasse in disability studies, between the need to valorise overcoming, on the one hand, and the need to support the inability to do so, on the other. Neither extolling the supercrip nor championing inability, Beckett allows his readers to productively imagine what it might mean to fail better.

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