Capturing the attention of readers? Stylistic and psychological perspectives on the use and effect of text fragmentation in narratives

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Emmott ◽  
Anthony J Sanford ◽  
Lorna I Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
New Method ◽  
Depth Of Processing ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

AbstractThis article brings together researchers from Stylistics and Psychology to study whether text fragmentation, which appears often to be used by writers as a foregrounding device (Mukařovský 1964), is able to capture the attention of readers of narratives. We examine two types of text fragmentation: sentence fragments and mini-paragraphs. Firstly, we study the stylistic functions of fragmentation, including its cumulative use at plot crucial moments and its use for local rhetorical purposes. We then turn to psychological research on depth of processing (e.g. Sanford and Sturt 2002) and introduce a new method of testing, the text change detection method (Sturt at al. 2004). We report an experiment using this method to examine whether text fragments and very short sentences can increase the amount of detail that readers notice in a text, and then discuss the results in relation to potential applications. The work provides both a case study of the empirical analysis of foregrounding devices, and also, more generally, a case study of inter-disciplinary research across the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Ugandan Context and Description of Sample and Data

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Sarah Kabay
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Country Specific

In any country-specific case study, how a country is perceived will influence how the subject of the case is perceived, as well as its broader relevance. In addition, primary education in many ways reflects the society in which it takes place. For these reasons, it is useful to consider the Ugandan context in order to consider its experience with primary education and its position as a case study. This chapter offers some details and background to help frame the Ugandan context, intending to serve as a brief sketch of the issues that define the population of children served by Uganda’s primary education and the factors that influence and define that education. The chapter also includes a basic description of the sample, data, and methods of analysis used in the empirical analysis throughout the book.

scholarly journals New Edge Detection Method Using Elisabeth Method: Case Study Javanese Batiks

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Denis Setiani ◽  
Suyoto Suyoto
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Edge Detection ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
New Method ◽  
Unique Pattern ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Edge Detection Method

Abstract. This article will introduce a new edge detection method called Elisabeth method to analyze image. The case study here is Javanese Batik’s motif. Edges are basic low level primitives for image processing. It helps to identify pictures. Methods used are the combination between Sobel and Prewitt. This method is completely new to analyze Javanese Batik’s motif. Every batik motif has unique pattern. The purpose of this research is to improving edge detection method that already known now. The result is a new method in edge detection problems. Batik is one of the Indonesian Heritage that avowed as a Heritage World Cultures. With this research it hoped can help our country to classify and identify Batik’s motif items in Indonesia. Keywords: Prewitt, Sobel, Elisabeth, Javanese Batik, Parang, Kawung Abstrak. Metode Baru Deteksi Tepi Menggunakan Metode Elisabeth: Studi Kasus Batik Jawa. Artikel ini akan memperkenalkan sebuah metode baru deteksi tepi yang disebut dengan metode Elisabeth untuk menganalisis citra. Studi kasus yang digunakan disini adalah motif Batik Jawa. Tepi adalah primitif level dasar untuk pemrosesan citra. Ini membantu mengidentifikasi gambar. Metode yang digunakan adalah kombinasi antara Sobel dan Prewitt. Metode ini benar-benar baru untuk menganalisis motif Batik Jawa. Setiap motif batik memiliki pola yang unik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan metode deteksi tepi yang sudah dikenal sekarang. Hasilnya adalah metode baru dalam masalah deteksi tepi. Batik adalah salah satu Warisan Indonesia yang diakui sebagai Warisan Budaya Dunia. Dengan penelitian ini diharapkan dapat membantu negara kita untuk mengklasifikasikan dan mengidentifikasi motif Batik di Indonesia. Kata Kunci: Prewitt, Sobel, Elisabeth, Batik Jawa, Parang, Kawung

scholarly journals Multi-Index Image Differencing Method (MINDED) for Flood Extent Estimations

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo R. Oliveira ◽  
Leonardo Disperati ◽  
Luca Cenci ◽  
Luísa Gomes Pereira ◽  
Fátima L. Alves
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Satellite Remote Sensing ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Common Condition ◽  
Landsat Images ◽  
Multi Index ◽  
Image Differencing ◽  
Detection Approach

Satellite remote sensing data are often used to extract water surfaces related to extreme events like floods. This study presents the Multi INDEx Differencing (MINDED) method, an innovative procedure to estimate flood extents, aiming at improving the robustness of single water-related indices and threshold-based approaches. MINDED consists of a change detection approach integrating specific sensitivities of several indices. Moreover, the method also allows to quantify the uncertainty of the Overall flood map, based on both the agreement level of the stack of classifications and the weight of every index obtained from the literature. Assuming the lack of ground truths to be the most common condition in flood mapping, MINDED also integrates a procedure to reduce the subjectivity of thresholds extraction focused on the analysis of water-related indices frequency distribution. The results of the MINDED application to a case study using Landsat images are compared with an alternative change detection method using Sentinel-1A data, and demonstrate consistency with local fluvial flood records.

Financial subordination and uneven financialization in 21st century Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven ◽  
Kai Koddenbrock ◽  
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
World Market ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Bretton Woods ◽  
Capitalist World ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Abstract The financialization debate has not paid enough attention to the African continent. The continent’s populations and governments have found creative ways of dealing with the capitalist world market and political power relations since decolonization in the late 1950s. However, several forms of structural dependence and subordination persist. We ask in this article how the global process of financialization has unfolded across the continent and what it means for relations of dependence. We understand financialization as the global expansion of financial practices, and, in particular, the financial sector, that followed the end of the Bretton Woods era. We consider to what extent it has occurred at all in the four case study countries of Mauritius, Nigeria, Zambia, and South Africa. The empirical analysis of aggregate country data shows that financialization is, at best, an uneven and patchy process on the continent, not a general structural shift in the way capital accumulation is organized. Rather, where financialization occurred, it appears to have diversified the relations of dependence that states, corporations, and populations have found themselves in.

Re-framing community in the platform age: analyzing organization and power in BlaBlaCar

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-104
Author(s):  
Davide Arcidiacono ◽  
Ivana Pais
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Organizational Analysis ◽  
Brand Community ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Security And Reliability ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Platform Economy ◽  
Method Approach

The concept of community remains crucial in social sciences and organizational analysis. In recent years, the concept of community has become a sort of buzzword, in particular, with the rise of the so-called sharing and platform economy. This contribution asks what kinds of communities are enabled by collaborative platforms and how power is practiced within these peculiar organizations, considering them as evaluative infrastructures. The article explores these issues through the empirical analysis of one of the best-known sharing platforms (BlaBlaCar) adopting a mixed method approach. The research concludes that the analyzed case presents the main characteristics of a brand community, although it has some specific and original features. Compared to other evaluation infrastructures, in BlaBlaCar the control is more centralized and the power more legitimated, as it is considered a guarantee of security and reliability of the service which increases the loyalty to company's brand.

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