scholarly journals A Stylistic Reading of Selected Poems from Niyi Osundare’s A City without People

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1081
Author(s):  
Omolade Bamigboye
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
English Language ◽  
World Theory ◽  
Theory Project

This paper critically examines the stylistic traditions and innovations inherent in the poetics of Niyi Osundare, one of Africa’s most renowned literary-linguistic artists. Using the Text World Theory (TWT) as conceptual framework, it penetrates into the poet’s mind with the intention of answering the fundamental questions in stylistics: why and how has the writer chosen to use particular words, sentences and metaphors (imagery) in particular ways to achieve particular objectives. Ten poems are purposively selected from the anthology titled ‘A City without People: Katrina Poems’, published in 2011. In a way that speaks volume to his literary genius, Osundare makes the reader involved in the artistic depiction of the ruinous aftermath of the great Hurricane Katrina tragedy through the poetic use of the English language. The data, explored through the aforementioned theory, project the personal and communal feeling of loss, destruction and alienation in a way that unites the different (pieces of) poems as a whole unit (text). The findings reveal a style that, reminiscent of the vintage Osundare, validates his place as one of the few poets who maximise the total potentials of language in the rendition of art.

scholarly journals Nuclear Components of the Conceptual Framework ‘Medicine’ in the Modern English Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-141
Author(s):  
A.A. Golubykh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Medical Vocabulary ◽  
Media Types ◽  
Key Aspects

The conceptual framework ‘medicine’ within the English lexicographic, scientific, educational, and mass-media discourse was considered in this paper. The research was motivated by current medical innovations accompanied by word-coining contributing to the renewal of nuclear concepts and their semantic content within the conceptual framework ‘medicine’. The nuclear concepts of the above-mentioned conceptual framework focusing upon semantic, synonymic, and hyper-hyponymic features of medical nouns in English were studied and systematized. For this purpose, the methods of data collection, description, and classification of the empirical materials with elements of semantic and conceptual analysis were used. The key aspects of the modern conceptual framework ‘medicine’ were identified. It was discovered that the conceptual framework ‘medicine’ in the modern English lexicographic, scientific, educational, and mass-media types of discourse is basically actualized through the following nuclear concepts: ‘diseases’, ‘diagnostics and treatment methods’, and ‘drugs’. Interestingly, the nuclear concepts in all types of the English professional discourse enrich and develop the conceptual framework ‘medicine’ with medical terms related to the corresponding professional markers, synonyms, hyponyms, and hyperonyms. The results obtained provide both a valid background for better explanation, translation, and application of medical vocabulary in terms of modern lexicographic, scientific, educational, and mass-media communication strategies.

scholarly journals "BENEFITS OF APPLYING THE CLIL CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IN BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASSES"

2020 ◽  
Vol 13(62) (2) ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
Maria Anca Maican
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business English ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Communication Culture ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

"The present paper aims at providing an insight into the benefits that content and language integrated learning (CLIL) can bring to the teaching of business English in higher education, given the place of the English language in the European Union and the competitive advantages it offers on the international labour market. The first part of the paper puts emphasis on some historical facts related to CLIL, presents the EU position with respect to this teaching approach and introduces its characteristics. The second part shows how, in the absence of the dual-focus CLIL, this methodology can be adapted and successfully integrated in business English classes, by applying the four elements of the CLIL conceptual framework: content, communication, culture and cognition "

scholarly journals The Main Humorous Characteristics of the Anti-Value Concept of Gluttony (Based on English-Language Stand-Up and Situation Comedies)

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (4–5) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
A.I. Bochkarev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Human Waste ◽  
Situation Comedies ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
First Time ◽  
Linguistic Means ◽  
Value Concept

The article describes the anti-value concept of gluttony in the humorous discourse of English-language stand-up and situation comedies. The main humorous characteristics of this concept are identified and analyzed. An axiological approach is used for constructing a humorous conceptual framework, because humor is one of the most important tools for forming values and anti-values of a certain culture. The ridiculed characteristics of gluttony are divided into the following two groups: those of process and result. The main characteristics of the process include improper eating of edible items and eating of inedible items. Improper eating of edible items is usually ridiculed through eating excessive amounts of food, eating food under inappropriate conditions, eating incompatible items. Eating of inedible items is mostly ridiculed through eating life-threatening objects, eating something unfit to eat, and eating excrements or other human waste products. The main ridiculed characteristics of the result include gaining excess weight, addiction to a certain food, illness/death of a person. This work also performs a detailed analysis of the anti-value concept of gluttony for the first time. The main linguistic means of representing the anti-value concept of gluttony in stand-up comedies and sitcoms are revealed. This article makes a significant contribution to constructing an axiological humorous framework of the concept, because gluttony is one of the basic anti-values in humorous discourse.

Using the Motivational Aspects of Productive Persistence Theory and Social Media Motivators to Improve the ELA Flipped Classroom Experience

2017 ◽  
pp. 33-57
Author(s):  
Rae Carrington Schipke
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
English Language ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Persistence Theory

This chapter discusses the need to expand upon the pedagogical components of the flipped classroom model to include what is known about motivation as it relates to Productive Persistence Theory (PPT) and social media (SM) in order to increase student success in the English language arts. Motivational incentives suggested, in part, by the PPT literature, are identified and organized by its three non-cognitive aspects of grit, growth mindsets, and belonging. Motivators for SM use are identified in the literature and categorized as seeking, expressing, and engaging. Implications drawn are that student learning is personal, developmental, and social, all operating simultaneously. Also, that this multidimensionality is involved in motivating each individual student and that SM inherently supports such motivation. A conceptual framework is presented that demonstrates how both PPT and SM allow teachers to meet students where they are in their learning and in their personal and social growth and development.

scholarly journals Loneliness, social isolation, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a synthesis of the literature and conceptual framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (5) ◽  
pp. 185-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Hodgson ◽  
Isabella Watts ◽  
Simon Fraser ◽  
Paul Roderick ◽  
Hajira Dambha-Miller
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Poor Outcomes

To conduct a systematic review and develop a conceptual framework on the mechanisms linking loneliness, social isolation, health outcomes and mortality. Electronic databases were systematically searched (PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus and EMBASE) from inception to October 2018 followed by manual searching to identify research on loneliness, social isolation and mortality in adults published in the English language. Articles were assessed for quality and synthesised into a conceptual framework using meta-ethnographical approaches. A total of 122 articles were included. These collated observational designs examining mediators and moderations of the association in addition to qualitative studies exploring potential mechanisms were included. A framework incorporating 18 discrete factors implicated in the association between loneliness, social isolation and mortality was developed. Factors were categorised into societal or individual, and sub-categorised into biological, behavioural and psychological. These findings emphasise the complex multidirectional relationship between loneliness, social isolation and mortality. Our conceptual framework may allow development of more holistic interventions, targeting many of the interdependent factors that contribute to poor outcomes for lonely and socially isolated people.

scholarly journals Contribution of a positive psychology-based conceptual framework in reducing physician burnout and improving well-being: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi ◽  
Anaheed Shirazi ◽  
Andrew Wang ◽  
Nathan A. Shlobin ◽  
Krystal Karunungan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Internship And Residency ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Physician Burnout ◽  
Medical Subject Headings

Abstract Background The PERMA Model, as a positive psychology conceptual framework, has increased our understanding of the role of Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Achievements in enhancing human potentials, performance and wellbeing. We aimed to assess the utility of PERMA as a multidimensional model of positive psychology in reducing physician burnout and improving their well-being. Methods Eligible studies include peer-reviewed English language studies of randomized control trials and non-randomized design. Attending physicians, residents, and fellows of any specialty in the primary, secondary, or intensive care setting comprised the study population. Eligible studies also involved positive psychology interventions designed to enhance physician well-being or reduce physician burnout. Using free text and the medical subject headings we searched CINAHL, Ovid PsychINFO, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar (GS) electronic bibliographic databases from 2000 until March 2020. We use keywords for a combination of three general or block of terms (Health Personnel OR Health Professionals OR Physician OR Internship and Residency OR Medical Staff Or Fellow) AND (Burnout) AND (Positive Psychology OR PERMA OR Wellbeing Intervention OR Well-being Model OR Wellbeing Theory). Results Our search retrieved 1886 results (1804 through CINAHL, Ovid PsychINFO, MEDLINE, and 82 through GS) before duplicates were removed and 1723 after duplicates were removed. The final review included 21 studies. Studies represented eight countries, with the majority conducted in Spain (n = 3), followed by the US (n = 8), and Australia (n = 3). Except for one study that used a bio-psychosocial approach to guide the intervention, none of the other interventions in this review were based on a conceptual model, including PERMA. However, retrospectively, ten studies used strategies that resonate with the PERMA components. Conclusion Consideration of the utility of PERMA as a multidimensional model of positive psychology to guide interventions to reduce burnout and enhance well-being among physicians is missing in the literature. Nevertheless, the majority of the studies reported some level of positive outcome regarding reducing burnout or improving well-being by using a physician or a system-directed intervention. Albeit, we found more favorable outcomes in the system-directed intervention. Future studies are needed to evaluate if PERMA as a framework can be used to guide system-directed interventions in reducing physician burnout and improving their well-being.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF MULTI-STRUCTURAL LANGUAGES IN A COMPARATIVE ASPECT (THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE AREAS)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana N. PAVLOVA ◽  
Evgenia A. GRİGOREVA ◽  
Mariia E. PETUKHOVA ◽  
Ekaterina A. KOZHEMYAKOVA ◽  
Irina A. SİMULİNA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Comparative Aspect ◽  
Language Areas

scholarly journals George Orwell's Animal Farm: A metonym for a dictatorship

Literator ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
H. Sewlall
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Absolute Power ◽  
National Anthem ◽  
Bolshevik Revolution ◽  
Catch 22 ◽  
Animal Farm

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is traditionally read as a satire on dictatorships in general, and the Bolshevik Revolution in particular. This article postulates the notion that the schema of the book has attained the force of metonymy to such an extent that whenever one alludes to the title of the book or some lines from it, one conjures up images associated with a dictatorship. The title of the book has become a part of the conceptual political lexicon of the English language to refer to the corruption of a utopian ideology. As an ideological state, Animal Farm has its vision, which is embedded in its constitution; it has the vote, a national anthem and a flag. It even has its patriots, double-dealers, social engineers and lechers. In this way the title Animal Farm, like Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, or Thomas More’s Utopia, functions metonymically to map a conceptual framework which matches the coordinates of the book. The article concludes with a look at contemporary society to show how Orwell’s satire endorses the words of Lord Acton, namely, that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To Tweet for Solidarity or Just Report the News? Comparing Social Media Strategies of Spanish- and English-language TV Networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 152747641989379
Author(s):  
Lourdes Cárdenas ◽  
Celeste González de Bustamante ◽  
Jessica Retis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Television News ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Breaking News ◽  
News Networks ◽  
News Event ◽  
Night Club

This article examines Twitter use among the top U.S. Spanish- and English-language television news networks during a significant breaking news event: the Orlando, Florida, shooting at Pulse Night Club on June 12, 2016. The study used a qualitative methodology and used the conceptual framework of ambient journalism to compare how Spanish- and English-language networks used social media to cover both the Latinx and LGBTQ communities, and to what extent these networks attempted to engage with audiences. The study found that Spanish-language media engaged with the Latinx and LGBTQ communities to a greater extent than English-language media. Findings also suggest that despite the advent of new digital that news networks have at their disposal, such as Twitter, their production and dissemination behaviors have not changed in a significant way.

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