Rethinking the Peircean trichotomy of icon, index, and symbol

Semiotica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (213) ◽  
pp. 165-175
Author(s):  
Ersu Ding
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Charles Sanders Peirce ◽  
Solid Foundation

AbstractClassification of signs into various kinds is a vital enterprise in semiotic research. As early as over a century ago, the American semiotician Charles Sanders Peirce laid down a solid foundation for this work by proposing his famous trichotomy of signs. Later scholars have been mostly applying Peirce’s theory to their own semiotic studies rather than challenging the inadequacies that exist therein, thus giving rise to a great number of confusions or even contradictions. The present article modifies Peirce’s theory from the perspective of sign emergence and evolution and emphasizes the importance of understanding sign transformations.

„A little Drama“ (G. M. Tucker)

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-219
Author(s):  
Alessandro Casagrande
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Abrupt Shift ◽  
Mediated Discourse ◽  
Contextual Integration

Abstract The use of a narrative imperfect in Am 7:10–17 after 7:1–9 and the abrupt shift to 8:1–3 frequently compelled critics to determine its literary form. For diachronic studies defining classifications include ‘third-party report’ and ‘apophthegma’. By contrast, synchronic studies emphasize the contextual integration of Am 7:10–17 and concentrate on a narrative analysis. Within this focus it is striking, that the passage is often associated with a ‘drama’ but without assessing the methodological ramifications of such a claim. The present article takes this ‘synchronic gap’ up and relates it to approaches to view drama as a possible genre for prophetic books. In doing so, a reading of Am 7:10–17 as part of a narrator-mediated discourse using a dramatic mode shows that the passage can be deemed an entrance with three speeches integrated into the wider context of 7:1–8:3. Particularly the classification of 7:10a, 12aα, 14aα as narrator’s discourse using a dramatic mode makes this claim plausible.

scholarly journals On order and prohibition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniël Van Olmen
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
First Principle ◽  
Linguistic Evidence ◽  
Constituent Order

Abstract The present article examines the claim in the literature that the negative first principle, i.e. the preference for the order negation-verb to verb-negation, is stronger in negative imperatives (or prohibitives) than in negative declaratives. To test this hypothesis, we develop – in contrast to earlier research – a systematic, three-way classification of languages, which is also operationalized as a ranking capturing the overall level of strength of the principle. This classification is applied to a genealogically and geographically balanced sample of 179 languages. In addition, we consider the role of several factors known to correlate with the position of negation – like its form, constituent order and areality. However, no cross-linguistic evidence is found for any difference in negation’s position between negative imperatives and negative declaratives. We therefore conclude that the hypothesis should be rejected.

Taxonomy of Grid Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 20-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heba Kurdi ◽  
Maozhen Li ◽  
H. S. Al-Raweshidy
Keyword(s):  
Grid Computing ◽  
End Users ◽  
Grid Systems ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Comprehensive Classification

Advances in Grid computing are stimulating the emergence of novel types of Grids. Accessible Grids, manageable Grids, interactive Grids and personal Grids represent a significant evolution of Grid computing. More and more researchers are realising the potentials of emerging Grids in bridging the current gap between Grid technologies and end users. Nevertheless, no reviews or classifications on emerging Grids are available. Therefore, this chapter aims to give a review on Grid systems. It sets out to develop a comprehensive classification of both traditional and emerging Grid systems with an aim to motivate further research and to assist in establishing a solid foundation in such a rapidly developing and expanding field.

CLASSIFICATION OF MULTIVARIATE LIFE DISTRIBUTIONS BASED ON PARTIAL ORDERING

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilip Roy
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Partial Ordering ◽  
Increasing Failure Rate ◽  
Multivariate Generalization ◽  
Partial Orderings ◽  
Life Distributions ◽  
New Better Than Used ◽  
Better Than

Barlow and Proschan presented some interesting connections between univariate classifications of life distributions and partial orderings where equivalent definitions for increasing failure rate (IFR), increasing failure rate average (IFRA), and new better than used (NBU) classes were given in terms of convex, star-shaped, and superadditive orderings. Some related results are given by Ross and Shaked and Shanthikumar. The introduction of a multivariate generalization of partial orderings is the object of the present article. Based on that concept of multivariate partial orderings, we also propose multivariate classifications of life distributions and present a study on more IFR-ness.

The evolution of functional design in rudists (Hippuritacea) and its taxonomic implications

1978 ◽  
Vol 284 (1001) ◽  
pp. 305-318 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Evolutionary Trends ◽  
Functional Design ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Taxonomic Implications ◽  
Shell Geometry ◽  
Flexible Model

Poor understanding of rudist growth geometry and anatomy has hampered systematic studies of the superfamily. A flexible model that simulates the growth of rudist shells is therefore presented so that evolutionary trends in the group may be consistently analysed; this model is constructed by rotational or irrotational stacking of inclined gnomons around a contained axis. Functional analysis of shell geometry and reconstructed anatomy provides a more solid foundation for rudist systematics. The first rudists (Diceratidae) employed one or other of the spirogyrate umbones, inherited from megalodontid ancestors, as a facultatively elevating encrustation stem. Invagination of the ligament in the Caprotinidae permitted uncoiling of the shell, though this also entailed reduced gaping and therefore externalization of food entrapment, with increasing involvement of the mantle margins. Caprotinid functional design was preadapted to several new adaptive zones, which were exploited by various advanced descendant groups. Some of these groups show homeomorphic evolution and have often been assembled by earlier workers into polyphyletic ‘families’ (e.g. Caprinidae). An attempt is therefore made to establish a skeletal classification of rudists on the basis of true clades, as distinguished by careful functional analysis.

The Oracle Inscriptions discovered at Dodona

1880 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 228-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The World ◽  
Vexed Question

Students of archaeology are now familiar with the splendid work in which Constantin Carapanos two years ago gave to the world the results of his discoveries at Dodona. The vexed question of the site of the ancient temple was finally set at rest, it will be remembered, by the discovery of a large number of inscriptions recording dedications to Zeus Naïos and Dione. The immense quantity of relics and works of art brought to light in the course of the excavations has been exhaustively catalogued in the work, Dodone et ses Ruines, and they have been illustrated and described by various scholars and reviewers. The inscriptions, too, have, at least on the Continent, come in for some share of notice and criticism. A detailed account of these inscriptions—their contributions to the lexicon, to dialectology, to local and general history, and to topography—is still a desideratum. For, as was only to be expected, the interpretations and criticisms of Carapanos himself are rather general than critical. His text, moreover, is frequently open to objection.In a classification of these inscriptions our attention is at once drawn to an obviously new category; and it is with this alone that we propose to concern ourselves in the present article. The category comprises a quantity of more or less legible inscriptions engraved upon one or both sides of leaden plates often not exceeding a millimetre in thickness. These plates form a unique series of documents belonging to the archives of the famous oracle at Dodona, and contain the questions addressed, or prayers offered, to the deity by his votaries, who might be either communities or individuals.

Type, Group and Series: A Reconsideration of Some Coroplastic Fundamentals

1952 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. V. Nicholls
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Archaic Period ◽  
Type Group ◽  
Direct Bearing ◽  
Terracotta Figurines ◽  
Technical Factors ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Illustrative Material

Although so much that has been written about ancient terracotta figurines has concentrated particularly on their arrangement into groups of various kinds, very little attention has been given specifically to the principles necessarily governing any such classification. The object of the present article is to attempt to remedy this neglect in so far as it concerns Greek mould-made terracottas, more especially of the archaic period. This chronological restriction has been thought desirable, partly because of the limitations of my own acquaintance at first hand with material of later date, partly because rather different technical factors do somewhat influence the classification of, for example, Hellenistic terracottas. But it is not to be overlooked that, with suitable modifications, the principles considered here probably have a validity that extends far beyond the archaic period in time and, for that matter, far beyond Greece in area. In the interests of simplicity and clarity it will be necessary to restrict to the basically essential the illustrative material employed and the critical appraisals of classificatory systems used by earlier writers. To offset this brevity let it here be stated that it is expected that the near future will see the publication of the first of a series of detailed studies in which the principles here evolved will be applied on a large scale. Technical matters will be dealt with here only in so far as they have a direct bearing on classification.

Towards a classification of Bedouin dialects in Israel

1984 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Rosenhouse
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Linguistic Material

The purpose of the present article is to examine the available data on Bedouin dialects in Israel and to attempt to classify them with a view to placing them in the larger framework of Bedouin dialects in the region as a whole. Section I below presents a geographical-demographical review of Bedouin groups in Israel as background information to support the linguistic material. The linguistic discussion which follows is based mainly on material from the following sources: for the Negev dialects, Bergsträsser's Sprachatlas (1915), Bauer (1913), Blanc (1970), and Piamenta (1979); for the Rashāida dialect in the Judean Desert, Katz (1980); for North Israeli Bedouin dialects, Rosenhouse (1980, 1982); for Bedouin dialects outside Israel, in Jordan, Syria and Northern Najd, Cantineau (1936–7), Cleveland (1963), Palva (1976, 1980), Abboud (1964), and Ingham (1982).

scholarly journals Classification of Ecotourism Objects and its Perspective in Azerbaijan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Khalilov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Local History ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Depth Study

Ecotourism is an important sector of tourism. The present article introduces a classification of its material and non-material objects. They are natural, anthropogenic, and fossil-anthropogenic monuments, which serve as information transmitters, and thereby play a significant role for local history. Objects of ecotourism are unique, attractive, and aesthetically appealing sights and samples of cultural heritage that stimulate ecotourism and the sustainable development of the region. The paradigm of ecotourism is modern, promising, profitable, and environmentally friendly. It presupposes a thorough in-depth study of its objects, as well as their development and classification. Azerbaijan boasts a considerable variety of physical and geographical conditions. This territory possesses both natural resources and the cultural heritage. Therefore, the country demonstrates a huge long-term potential for ecotourism.

scholarly journals CLASSIFICATION OF COLOUR –BASED METAPHORICAL TERMS

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Iljinska ◽  
Marina Platonova
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Text Production ◽  
Technical Vocabulary ◽  
Technical Terms

The nature of the contemporary technical text has been changing. Traditional conventions of technical text production are not strictly observed, and the boundaries between styles and genres are becoming blurred. The tendencies in the development of technical text have caused changes in the development of technical vocabulary, initiating the on-going process of metaphorization and an extension of meaning of the existing and newly created terms.The present article mainly aims at the analysis of the tendency for metaphorization of technical terms and at the elaboration of the classification of the colour-based metaphorical terms. The pattern of the colour-based term creation is frequently applied to denote the emerging concepts. The complicated mechanisms underlying the processes of meaning formation, extension or compression are illustrated in the article considering the colour-based ESP terms in English and their possible translation into Latvian.

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