scholarly journals Language Variability As a Factor of Variety of Cultures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rtischeva O.V .
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Continuous Interaction

The article considers the issues of language variability and interrelation between language and culture, which are in continuous interaction. The author observes the linguistic and philosophical concepts of W. Humboldt, L. Weisgerber, E. Sapir and B. Whorf. Moreover, the author describes the mechanisms of language variability and their peculiar features which are shown throughout the cultural traditions of the nation. Keywords: language, culture, interrelation, language variability, outlook, consciousness, national and cultural specifics

scholarly journals 日本語教育および日本文化教育における俳句とかるた の活用： 台湾における高校生俳句かるた大会の報告 Haiku and Karuta in Japanese Language and Culture Education: Focusing on the All Taiwan High School Haiku-Karuta Competition

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Ichiro Taida
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Cultural Form ◽  
Culture Education ◽  
And Diffusion

The first high school student Haiku-Karuta competition was held at I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in May 2017. Haiku, which is a traditional Japanese cultural form, is widely known abroad, and karuta is often used in Japanese language educational institutions. Our competition event is a fusion of these two kinds of Japanese cultural traditions, i.e. haiku and karuta, and 61 high school students participated in the game. The competition contributes to the reception and diffusion of haiku and karuta in Taiwan. Also, the educational merits of the competition involve students having to concentrate on listening to and reading Japanese traditional poems. The fusion is immensely useful in learning Japanese language and culture. In this paper, we will describe the competition in detail. 2017年5月、台湾高雄の義守大学で第1回高校生俳句かるた大会が開かれた。日本の伝統文化である俳句は海外でも広く知られており、またかるたも日本語教育のなかでしばしば使われている。俳句とかるたという2 種類の日本文化を融合させた本大会に7校の高校生、61名が参加した。当該大会の教育的意義は主に以下の3つである。1. 俳句を集中して聞き、該当する札を見つけるという訓練を通じて得られる日本語能力の向上、2. 日本文化の理解の促進、3. チームワークの重要性に対する認識。また本大会の開催を通じてこれらの日本の伝統文化の受容と普及へとつながることが期待できる。本論では、この大会について詳細に報告する。この報告が俳句とかるたを用いた教育の参考例となり、台湾に限らず各国での日本語・日本文化教育がより一層充実したものになればと考えている。

scholarly journals Pertunjukan Teater Karo Hip Hop Kontemporer KAI

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Anggreni Purba
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
Hybrid Culture ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Different Cultures

Pertunjukan ini berawal dari sebuah ide untuk mengkolaborasikan tradisi Karo dengan budaya populer. Dengan cara seperti ini pertunjukan bisa dinikmati tanpa batasan bahasa dan budaya. Proses menggabungkan dua budaya yang berbeda merupakan bentuk budaya hibrida dan terjadi akibat proses globalisasi. Melalui proses pengendapan pengamatan dan kesan yang kuat, pertunjukan ini dibawa ke dalam bentuk Hip Hop. Pertunjukan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah tragedi modern dengan karakter destruktif, mengeksplorasi emosi dan menyampaikannya kepada penonton. Eksplorasi budaya Karo dan tari Hip Hop sebagai bahasa simbol mampu memperkuat kata-kata. Gerak tidak diungkapkan dengan kata lisan tetapi disajikan melalui gerak tari Hip Hop. Penafsiran legenda dan teks ke dalam gerak, melalui proses pelatihan di laboratorium sebagai proses pencarian dan eksperimentasi diwujudkan dengan mempertimbangkan unsur-unsur dasar dari Hip Hop, unsur budaya Karo dan tontonan. Karo Hip Hop diharapkan menjadi bentuk estetika teater modern yang diinginkan tanpa kehilangan tradisi.Kata kunci: Tari Karo kontemporer, Hip-hop, budaya hibridaABSTRACTPertunjukan Teater Karo Hip Hop Kontemporer KAI. The performance of Karo Theater collaborated with Hip Hop stems from a simple idea to collaborate Karo cultural traditions with popular culture. The performances can be enjoyed without having limitation on the language and culture. The process of combining two different cultures is a form of hybrid culture, and it may occur due to the globalization process. Through the process of deposition of the observations and strong impression, this performance is then brought into the form of Hip Hop as a preferred form which is energetic, personal and global. This performance is part of a modern tragedy with its destructive character which has explored the emotion and has presented it to the audiences. The exploration of Karo cultural tradition and Hip Hop dance as a language of symbols is able to reinforce words. The movement is not revealed by the verbal phrase but is presented through the movement of Hip Hop dance. The interpretation of the legend and texts into movement is carried out through the training process at the laboratory as a searching process and experiment, and afterward can be realized by considering the basic elements of Hip Hop, Karo cultural elements and performance. Karo Hip Hop Theatre is expected to become a preferred aesthetic form of a modern theater without losing its tradition form.Keyword: a contemporary Karo theater, Hip Hop, hybrid culture.

The Symbolism of Archaic Rites, Signs, and Superstitions of Teleuts

2019 ◽  
pp. 277-293
Author(s):  
Maria Obraztsova ◽  
Elvira Stepanovna Denisova ◽  
Ursula Valeryevna Kereksibesova
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The North

The chapter is devoted to the description of the cultural traditions of the indigenous people of the North-Teleuts, which currently numbers approximately 2,600 persons. It gives an analysis of signs and superstitions of the Teleut people. There are considered two archaic ritual symbol of female “эмегендер/emegender” and male “сомдор/somdor” amulets. The burial ceremony of Teleuts and Telengits is described. The chapter consists of three sections, written by the project executors “Language and culture of Teleuts,” which is supported by grant RHSF/RFBR Nº 17-04-00252 ONG/18.

scholarly journals The Causal Theory of Names: Between Theory and Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Sa’ida Walid Al-Sayyed
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Causal Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Aesthetic Taste ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Social Media Network

This study explores to what extent a personal name has a causal relationship with its usage. Data were collected by means of a survey in which demographic data were elicited from the participants. Furthermore, the participants, whose ages were above 18 years, were asked to write their first names and reasons behind being given such names. The sample comprised 400 subjects who participated in the online survey distributed through social media network groups. The results revealed that names and naming practices are not haphazard ones. By and large, there is a relationship between the name and its usage, as stated by the causal theory of names. Whenever people choose a name, they are under the influence of; naming after people who are admired for their virtues, the aesthetic taste of the name, parents’ and relatives’ religious beliefs, maintaining rhyming names, circumstantial names, and respecting social and cultural traditions. Another striking finding is that nature and the environment are no longer rich resources for choosing names. Moreover, the analysis found evidence for the complete absence of names related to occupational and achievement names, death prevention and survival names, horrific names, and proverbial names. It is envisaged that the findings might be beneficial for sociolinguists, onomasticians, learners of Arabic as a foreign language, i.e. non-native speakers of Arabic. It might also help people working on language and culture and how culture affects naming traditions in the Arabic context.

scholarly journals Symbol of Mouse in Slavonic and Chinese Linguocultures

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-264
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Koval
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
Comparative Aspect ◽  
The World ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Actual Material ◽  
The One

The article describes in comparative aspect the main symbolic meanings of the zoononym mouse in Slavic and Chinese linguocultures. The study of animal symbolism in Russian (wider - Slavic) and Chinese cultural traditions is one of the current trends in modern linguistics, which, on the one hand, has a pronounced anthropocentric orientation, and on the other, is characterized by a noticeable increase in interest in the Chinese language and culture of China in different countries of the world. Turning to the study of complex and ambiguous symbolism of the mouse is quite timely and taking into account the confinement of 2020 to the year of the White Rat / Mouse. The purpose of the study is to identify similar and specific for each culture features of perception and characteristics of the mouse as an animal, which has a significant impact on everyday life. The tasks of the work include identifying the sources of the appearance of a negatively connotated mouse image in culture, determining the ambivalent nature of rituals, customs and ritual actions, the object of which are mice, as well as revealing the contents of the “Mouse Wedding” custom in Chinese and South Slavic traditions. The analysis of the actual material (stable phrases, folklore texts, ethnocultural records, traditional drawings) showed, on the one hand, the mostly negative symbolism of the mouse in the Slavic spiritual culture, and on the other, the perception of the mouse as an animal, bringing material wealth and prosperity, in the traditional picture of the world the Chinese. At the same time, it was established that both the Slavs and the Chinese use a number of magic tricks aimed at fighting mice that cause considerable damage to the peasant economy. Significant for the linguoculturological analysis of the mouse image is the appeal to oriental folklore texts, as well as to traditional popular prints of Chinese and Russians, reflecting differently the symbolism of mice and their relation to the main enemy - the cat.

The Gymnasium and Greek Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 221-246
Author(s):  
Mario C. D. Paganini
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Greek Life ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
Cultural World ◽  
Greek Ethnicity

This chapter focuses on questions of identity more clearly and provides an analysis of its different implications, to show how the communities of the gymnasia of Hellenistic Egypt, while following traditions of Greek character, were thoroughly embedded in the socio-cultural world of the country in which they lived. It is argued that the members of the gymnasium displayed complex identities, which could encompass features deriving from various traditions; this goes beyond a simplistic interpretation and understanding of ethnicity. Beyond strict ethnic designations, Ptolemaic society also functioned in a less exclusive fashion, according to cultural definitions: the Ptolemaic category of Hellenes ‘Greeks’ was applied to people who displayed a certain degree of knowledge of Greek language and culture, not only to those who were of strict Greek ethnicity. As the prime institution of Greek cultural traditions, the gymnasium operated as the quintessential ‘association of the Hellenes’: the place where those who were willing to go Greek could express themselves as a well-defined group of people, while upholding specific aspects of Greek life. However, it is shown how the gymnasium’s members stretched over different layers of (normally) the middle and upper strata of local society and shared many features, which were foreign to Greek traditions and thought, including specific onomastic choices, religious practices, or marriage patterns. ‘Those of the gymnasium’ were fully embedded in and deeply intertwined with the local population—to the point that they essentially formed a part of it: they were the ‘Greeks’ of Egypt.

scholarly journals Formation of the Yukaghir National School

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (SPE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Tretyakova ◽  
Vyacheslav I. Shadrin ◽  
Tatyana N. Petrova ◽  
Inna V. Vorobiyova ◽  
Lyudmila E. Shadrina
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Educational Experiment ◽  
National School ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Language Environment

The problems of preserving the language and culture of small ethnic groups are relevant in world society. The Yukaghirs are one of the disappearing ethnic groups due to their small number and long-term adaptation in a multi-ethnic environment that does not contribute to the development and preservation of linguistic and cultural traditions. The lack of a language environment, scientifically grounded educational programs and teaching materials, violation of psychological foundations that contribute to the preservation of an ethnic group are the main bases of the relevance of the study. The article presents the results of a long-term educational experiment on the preservation of the Yukaghir language and culture in the Nelemnoye secondary school of the Verkhnekolymsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the successful management of the educational process in the new conditions, its progressive expansion, development, and creation of a socio-educational space to preserve the native language and culture in the Yukaghir village. The practical results of the experiment can be used to solve similar problems in the world's educational society.

scholarly journals The Causal Theory of Names: Between Theory and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sa’ida Walid Al-Sayyed
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Causal Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Aesthetic Taste ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Social Media Network

This study explores to what extent a personal name has a causal relationship with its usage. Data were collected by means of a survey in which demographic data were elicited from the participants. Furthermore, the participants, whose ages were above 18 years, were asked to write their first names and reasons behind being given such names. The sample comprised 400 subjects who participated in the online survey distributed through social media network groups. The results revealed that names and naming practices are not haphazard ones. By and large, there is a relationship between the name and its usage, as stated by the causal theory of names. Whenever people choose a name, they are under the influence of; naming after people who are admired for their virtues, the aesthetic taste of the name, parents’ and relatives’ religious beliefs, maintaining rhyming names, circumstantial names, and respecting social and cultural traditions. Another striking finding is that nature and the environment are no longer rich resources for choosing names. Moreover, the analysis found evidence for the complete absence of names related to occupational and achievement names, death prevention and survival names, horrific names, and proverbial names. It is envisaged that the findings might be beneficial for sociolinguists, onomasticians, learners of Arabic as a foreign language, i.e. non-native speakers of Arabic. It might also help people working on language and culture and how culture affects naming traditions in the Arabic context.

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