Time, Space and Motion in Braid: A Cognitive Semantic Approach to a Video Game

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dusan Stamenkovic ◽  
Milan Jacevic
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Abdul Kosim ◽  
Tajudin Nur ◽  
T. Fuad Wahab ◽  
Wahya Wahya

This study aimed to discuss the names of judgment day in the Qur'an through cognitive semantic approach and the values of spiritual education. Through the cognitive semantic approach, the conception of meaning to describe the judgment day in the Qur’an was formulated by mapping the meaning resulted from the source domain (Sd) to target domain (Sd). To show and compare references in (Sd) to (Td), referential technique was used. From organizing (Sd) to (Td) on metaphorical expressions which showed the judgment day in the Qur'an, the conceptions of the meaning of state, time, movement, and change were generated. The studies on the names of judgment day in the Qur'an influence the value of moral education, which is able to increase faith in God, observe nature and its big symptoms, create good character between God and man, and believe in God’s noble character.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Singh

Negative prefixing has always been an important and intriguing morphological process, through which adjectives are formed in many different languages. However, there are limits to negative prefixing. In this study, we introduce the novel concept of Polarity Flexibility, through which the limitations for the negative prefixing are accounted for. Furthermore, we conducted an experiment to investigate whether the PF is an active cognitive process. The results of the experiment confirm our hypothesis and the fact that Polarity Flexibility does indeed influence the cognitive processing. In our study, we introduce the notion of the syntactic arrangement which influences the negative prefixing. Therefore, we compare Russian, Persian, Spanish and English in negative prefixing to show how much the cognitive processes are influenced by the syntactic formations. Russian as a representative of Slavic languages brings an important insight into the way syntax plays role in the semantic-cognitive context.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Singh

Auxiliary verbs have an important influence in the way languages connect with the cognitive processes. In this study, we investigate the role of auxiliary verbs in the formation of the semantic picture we get from their usage. Furthermore, the semantic notion and its interaction with the cognitive processing are taken into account. For our goal to be more tangible and testable, we took Serbo-Croatian, Persian, Spanish, French and English for an in-depth analysis, wherefrom we proposed a classification scheme for all languages based on the behavior of their auxiliary verbs. Based on the proposed model, we investigate furthermore the passive voice in English and propose a strong explanation for the cognitive-semantic sense of the passive in English based on the cognitive duality principle. Importance of Croatian in the way that it forms an extreme pole in the proposed classification scheme is further discussed. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that Persian has a syntactic incorporation in its simple past and present perfect. 


Author(s):  
Oksana Aleksandrova

Background. Under the new conditions in Ukraine, a new wave of interest in the work of the classic of the music culture of the 20th century Georgiy Sviridov is being observed, and it actualizes the search for the methods of scientific cognition corresponding to the spiritual depth of creativity. The artistic and aesthetic content of his vocal and choral compositions reveals the biblical image of the “inner man” and through it awareness of culture as a universe, where the man and God coexist in synergy. In the post-secular period, the world of music created by the outstanding artist was marked by the document of the individual and artistic experience of overcoming the crisis phenomena in society. The urgency of the present article is due to the need to find analysis methods appropriate for the style of vocal and choral compositions by G. Sviridov and for the upgrade process of methodology knowledge of the philosophical principles of composing activities of the 20th century as a whole. Objectives. The object of research is a musical composition; its subject is presented by the principles of the spiritual-semantic approach, determined by the worldview and style of the composer’s thinking. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the spiritual-semantic approach as a cognitive model of cognition of musical compositions on the material of vocalchoral genres by G. Sviridov. Methodology. The basis of the spiritual-semantic analysis is the concept of spiritual analysis of music by V. Medushevsky. A. Belonenko was the first to express the opinion that religious themes penetrated the entire creative work of the composer. L. Shapovalova offered methods of cognition of the spiritual reality of a musical composition and defined the liturgy as an “archetype” of the creativity of the believing man (homo credens). N. Varavkina-Tarasova highlighted the issues of the symbolic meaning of the spiritual content of G. Sviridov’s creative work on the example of “Three Choirs to the Tragedy by O. Tolstoy "Tsar Fodor Ioannovich"”. O. Tevosyan revealed a numerical symbolism of certain compositions by the composer. The development of the predecessors’ ideas is the author’s definition: the spiritual-semantic approach is a way of scientific cognition of the ontology of creativity. The “style of thinking” is evident through the system connections of the composer’s text with ideological traditions and the cultural environment. Presenting the main material. One of the criteria of the spiritual-semantic approach is the adequacy of thinking and language: the semantic function of the sign, multiplied by its presence in the material and spiritual plane of the composition, becomes a meaning-creating factor. The first level of the spiritual-semantic analysis of a musical composition is the first-element signs as an expression of the manifestation of the Being: preintonation, rhythm-intonation, harmonic tunes, timbre-complexes, in which the generalized archetypes of culture are contained in the concentrated (“curtailed”) form. The second level reveals a compositionally-designed meaningful image that originates from the first element (motive, theme). Since the symbol is a dynamic phenomenon, its further “germination” in the musical form is connected not only with the immanent-musical syntax. The symbolization of the sound-image is most clearly manifested in the third level of the spiritual-semantic analysis, which characterizes the type of musical dramaturgy (taking into account the world attitude of homo animus – the lyrical universe, according to M. Arkadyev). The fourth, metaphysical, level characterizes the complete meaningful image. The immanent-musical quality of the sound of a composition does not simply create a holistic gestalt, but with its help point to the invisible world (the Bible, the Life of the Saints, the Liturgy). At the highest fifth level, there is the outcome of consciousness, that perceives a musical composition, into the broad context of the existence: music creates spiritual values of a universal human meaning, "bridges" its meaning with the civilizational processes of the mankind (hence it gets the definition of “culture creating one”). We indicated the methodological role of the philosophical category of “the picture of the world”, the content of which synthesizes the deep ideas about the Universe. In the national picture of the world, the most significant laws of the existence of culture are recorded. Results. The category of the “composer’s style” contains such components as the creator’s worldview and the system of principles of his artistic thinking, expressed in the semiotic structure, the laws of composition and dramaturgy of compositions. The phenomenon of G. Sviridov is that from the sphere of the secular interpretation of the poetry by A. Pushkin, S. Yesenin, A. Blok, which corresponded to anthropocentrism of musical and poetic thinking, he implemented “modulation” to the Orthodox spirituality. The spiritual-semantic approach has a general methodological value, since it broadens the theoretical concepts of the cognitive science of stylistic phenomena in music. Its content, constituents, and objectives provide the perspective of the further substantiation of ideological positions; serve as tools for improving the methodology for analysing liturgical compositions (through signs and symbols of the spiritual time space). Conclusion. The three groups of semantic signs of the vocal-choral style by G. Svyrydov have been distinguished: anthropocentric, sound-imaging (nature, native land) associated with them, metaphysical (time, eternity, way of spiritual ascension), liturgical (Christ, Gate of the Lord, pure Thursday, bell-sound, prayer songs).


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Ali ◽  
Ahmad El-Sharif ◽  
Mohamad Sayel Alzyoud

The paper aims to tackle the function of metaphor in the Qur’an within the theoretical framework put forward by Lakoff & Turner (1989). This theory is known as the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor. It shows how the Qur’an is structured around the idea of the variety of meaning of lexical items, and how every correspondence between the two domains of “literal” and “non-literal” can fit into it. However, such an application of cognitive semantic approach can provide valuable insights. These insights enhance the overall aim of this paper which is to prove the linguistic creativity of the Qur'an through applying the cognitive theory of metaphor. This paper outlines the basis from which the Qur'an should be considered not only as a book of religious teachings, but also as a linguistic miracle for Arabs (Elsharif, 2011). The structure of this paper is presented as follows. First, we introduce the theoretical background and arguments of this study. Afterwards, we underline the significance of this study and its contribution to the field. In the following section, we present the definition and function of metaphor. Next, we embark on the linguistic analysis of metaphor in the holy Qur’an, metaphorical language and its use in discourse, and metaphor and Islamic religious discourse. Finally, we end the essay with a concluding paragraph.


Semiotica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (222) ◽  
pp. 47-80
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Jiang

AbstractThe purely cognitive semantic approach to verbal distance representation has recently been enriched from the perspective of visual perception theory. Focusing on visual pragmatic effects, the present paper will use distance cues as a set of analytical tools and adopt the cognitive-functional model proposed elsewhere to further explore the issue of visual-verbal coherence through Guo Xi’s Early Spring and the bilingual museum catalogue entries attached to it, in physical exhibitions or virtual museums, with a particular view to explaining how a linguistics- or stylistics-based analysis endorses the interpretation of a specific artwork on discursive and cultural levels.


Author(s):  
Oksana Aleksandrova

Background. Under the new conditions in Ukraine, a new wave of interest in the work of the classic of the music culture of the 20th century Georgiy Sviridov is being observed, and it actualizes the search for the methods of scientific cognition corresponding to the spiritual depth of creativity. The artistic and aesthetic content of his vocal and choral compositions reveals the biblical image of the “inner man” and through it awareness of culture as a universe, where the man and God coexist in synergy. In the post-secular period, the world of music created by the outstanding artist was marked by the document of the individual and artistic experience of overcoming the crisis phenomena in society. The urgency of the present article is due to the need to find analysis methods appropriate for the style of vocal and choral compositions by G. Sviridov and for the upgrade process of methodology knowledge of the philosophical principles of composing activities of the 20th century as a whole. Objectives. The object of research is a musical composition; its subject is presented by the principles of the spiritual-semantic approach, determined by the worldview and style of the composer’s thinking. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the spiritual-semantic approach as a cognitive model of cognition of musical compositions on the material of vocalchoral genres by G. Sviridov. Methodology. The basis of the spiritual-semantic analysis is the concept of spiritual analysis of music by V. Medushevsky. A. Belonenko was the first to express the opinion that religious themes penetrated the entire creative work of the composer. L. Shapovalova offered methods of cognition of the spiritual reality of a musical composition and defined the liturgy as an “archetype” of the creativity of the believing man (homo credens). N. Varavkina-Tarasova highlighted the issues of the symbolic meaning of the spiritual content of G. Sviridov’s creative work on the example of “Three Choirs to the Tragedy by O. Tolstoy "Tsar Fodor Ioannovich"”. O. Tevosyan revealed a numerical symbolism of certain compositions by the composer. The development of the predecessors’ ideas is the author’s definition: the spiritual-semantic approach is a way of scientific cognition of the ontology of creativity. The “style of thinking” is evident through the system connections of the composer’s text with ideological traditions and the cultural environment. Presenting the main material. One of the criteria of the spiritual-semantic approach is the adequacy of thinking and language: the semantic function of the sign, multiplied by its presence in the material and spiritual plane of the composition, becomes a meaning-creating factor. The first level of the spiritual-semantic analysis of a musical composition is the first-element signs as an expression of the manifestation of the Being: preintonation, rhythm-intonation, harmonic tunes, timbre-complexes, in which the generalized archetypes of culture are contained in the concentrated (“curtailed”) form. The second level reveals a compositionally-designed meaningful image that originates from the first element (motive, theme). Since the symbol is a dynamic phenomenon, its further “germination” in the musical form is connected not only with the immanent-musical syntax. The symbolization of the sound-image is most clearly manifested in the third level of the spiritual-semantic analysis, which characterizes the type of musical dramaturgy (taking into account the world attitude of homo animus – the lyrical universe, according to M. Arkadyev). The fourth, metaphysical, level characterizes the complete meaningful image. The immanent-musical quality of the sound of a composition does not simply create a holistic gestalt, but with its help point to the invisible world (the Bible, the Life of the Saints, the Liturgy). At the highest fifth level, there is the outcome of consciousness, that perceives a musical composition, into the broad context of the existence: music creates spiritual values of a universal human meaning, "bridges" its meaning with the civilizational processes of the mankind (hence it gets the definition of “culture creating one”). We indicated the methodological role of the philosophical category of “the picture of the world”, the content of which synthesizes the deep ideas about the Universe. In the national picture of the world, the most significant laws of the existence of culture are recorded. Results. The category of the “composer’s style” contains such components as the creator’s worldview and the system of principles of his artistic thinking, expressed in the semiotic structure, the laws of composition and dramaturgy of compositions. The phenomenon of G. Sviridov is that from the sphere of the secular interpretation of the poetry by A. Pushkin, S. Yesenin, A. Blok, which corresponded to anthropocentrism of musical and poetic thinking, he implemented “modulation” to the Orthodox spirituality. The spiritual-semantic approach has a general methodological value, since it broadens the theoretical concepts of the cognitive science of stylistic phenomena in music. Its content, constituents, and objectives provide the perspective of the further substantiation of ideological positions; serve as tools for improving the methodology for analysing liturgical compositions (through signs and symbols of the spiritual time space). Conclusion. The three groups of semantic signs of the vocal-choral style by G. Svyrydov have been distinguished: anthropocentric, sound-imaging (nature, native land) associated with them, metaphysical (time, eternity, way of spiritual ascension), liturgical (Christ, Gate of the Lord, pure Thursday, bell-sound, prayer songs).


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