scholarly journals Studying the origin of the foggara in the Western Algerian Sahara: an overview for the advanced search

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1268-1277
Author(s):  
A. Dahmen ◽  
T. Kassab
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Advanced Search ◽  
Algerian Sahara ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Secondary Interest

After more than a century, studies on the origin of the foggara the Western Algerian Sahara remain open. The reasons are related to disconnected approaches and a lack of focus on the subject as a main search aim. Hence, there is a need for a retrospective synthesis on what could be figured out from the different studies on the question in order to suggest a new search perspective. An overview of the sources shows an ascending development through reporting, critical and interpretative approaches. The comparative study figures out some synthetic aspects which feebly suggest a local invention process even with some preliminary arguments. The origin of the foggara often seems of secondary interest. The origin is checked, at least, through apparent foggara characteristics so that the studies seem less systematic. Additionally, an interest in the intangible aspects and comparative studies is missing. The study concludes that there is a need to conduct multidisciplinary fieldwork investigation in the regions surrounding the Tademaït plateau. This has to be conducted on the most ancient foggaras, checking systematically the characteristics of both tangible and intangible aspects. An additional comparative study should eventually check the similarities with the recent findings in the ancient Garamantian Fezzan.

Comparing Communist Nations: Prospects for an Empirical Approach

1968 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Shoup
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Comparative Study

The past decade has witnessed a rapid, but uneven, growth in comparative studies. While certain types of political systems have received the lion's share of attention, others have remained backwaters of comparative research, experiencing little or no development in the application of comparative techniques. The comparative study of communist states, until recently, fell into the latter category—relatively neglected and certainly not enjoying the reputation and prestige of work with newly emerging nations or Western political systems.Now this state of affairs is undergoing a change, or at least the promise of one. In the past several years, the possibility of developing comparative techniques in the study of communist political systems has become the object of growing interest and has provoked not a little discussion and debate.1The opportunities and the problems that face this field—especially in developing empirically oriented comparative analysis—are the subject of the present article.

Wilhelm Bacher’s Place in the History of Hebrew Linguistics

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron Dotan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Critical Measure ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
History Of Linguistics ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Historical Treatment ◽  
Hebrew Linguistics

Summary The comparative study of languages goes back at least as far as to the work of Hebrew grammarians of the 10th century; consequently, medieval Hebrew linguistics should receive more attention within the general history of linguistics than it has generally been given. Wilhelm Bacher’s (1850–1913) role in the study of the history of Hebrew linguistics was decisive; the two recently reprinted volumes, Die Anfänge der hebräischen Grammatik (1895) and Die hebräische Sprachwissenschaft vom 10. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert (1892), constitute important contributions to the field. The extensive bibliography of Bacher added to the reprintings under review supplies an idea of the scope of Bacher’s scholarship in general, and of his contribution to the study of medieval linguistics in particular. The present article surveys this latter aspect of Bacher’s work, covering his text editions and monographic studies. This is concluded up by a chronological overview of all medieval linguists treated by Bacher and a list of his books translated into Hebrew. In the remainder of the article the two reprinted works are evaluated individually, the chronological span and the nature of their approach to the subject matter are compared, and an attempt is made to analyze Bacher’s methods in collecting his material and in preparing it for scholarly presentation. There follows an evaluation of Bacher’s studies in the light of present-day scholarship in the historical treatment of Hebrew linguistics. Finally, critical measure is taken of the introductory article prefaced to the reprint of Bacher’s works.

Frazer's “Folk-Lore in the Old Testament”

1924 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-82
Author(s):  
Henry Preserved Smith
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Points Of Interest ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study

Sir James George Frazer is a well known authority on the subject he has made his own, and his voluminous works are familiar to every student of anthropology and the history of religions. The fact that he has put his extensive knowledge at the disposition of the Old Testament student is to be welcomed. This he has done in the works mentioned below, the larger one in three volumes, the smaller one by condensation and omission giving the main points of interest. That the larger work meets a felt want is indicated by the fact that a second printing was called for the year after the first publication, a symptom of the present interest in the comparative study of religions.

scholarly journals V. On the structure of the gills of the Lamellibranchia

1903 ◽  
Vol 195 (207-213) ◽  
pp. 147-284 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Gill Structure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modern Treatment ◽  
Gill Lamellae ◽  
The Comparative Study

The comparative study of the gill structure of the Lamellibranchia may be said to date from 1875. Williams, it is true, had in 1854 published two papers on the subject, but owing to the fact that the morphological relations of the gill lamellæ to the gill axis and to other parts of the body were not then understood, and owing to the somewhat wild and fantastic mode of argument affected by this author, they cannot claim to be seriously regarded as the first important contribution to the literature of the subject. The few remarks on the different types of Lamellibranch gills made by Leuckart in 1848 (p. 113), Hancock in 1853 (p. 290), and Duvernoy in 1854 (p. 37) are of interest only from an historical point of view, and do not come within the range of the modern treatment of the subject; and the excellent figures and remarks on gill structure made by Deshayes in 1844-1848 cannot claim to be considered in the present connection, being purely descriptive and not comparative. It was Posner who first attempted a systematic investigation of the subject, and in his memoir of 1875 he discussed, not very astutely, the minute structure of the gills of Anodonta and eleven other genera of bivalve Mollusca. Some fifteen months later Peck, who in 1875, independently of Posner’s work, had commenced a similar investigation, published his important observations on the gills of Area, Mytilus, Dreissensia and Anodonta . It was this paper which first placed the comparative study of the gills upon a sound basis. The investigation was conducted in the laboratory of Professor Ray Lankester and under his direction, and the working hypothesis around which the paper was written, and which has stood the test of time ever since, was, as the author explains, supplied by Professor Lankester. An adequate terminology was propounded for the grosser and finer parts of the gill, and this terminology remains in general use at the present day.

scholarly journals Symbolism in the English and Russian fairy tale folklore: comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Kseniya Yur'evna Vavilova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study

The subject of this research is the symbolism in the English and Russian fairytale tradition. The object is the texts of the Russian and English fairy tales. Analysis of the texts reveals the typical functions performed by symbols in both folklore traditions. The author provides the examples of symbols and offers the interpretation of objects-symbols, symbols-zoonyms, color and number symbols, time and space symbols. Comparative study of folklore heritage of non-cognate languages reveals the fundamental commonness of a particular folk genre of different peoples in their perspective upon reality, methods of depiction, and ideological interpretations. The scientific novelty consists in conclusions obtained in the comparative study of the symbolism of fairy tale texts in the Russian and British folklore, which is important for determination of linguistic, semiological and cultural universals. The comparative study of folklore material of two traditions in the sphere of the poetics of folklore reveals the traditional universals and unique features on the level of symbolism of the fairy tale genre. Within the framework of the article, the author analyzes the functionality of thematic, animalistic, color, spatial-temporal, and numerical symbols. The acquired results are underpinned by a large number of text examples.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME LYRIC AND EPIC GENRES IN AZERBAIJANI AND ENGLISH CHILDREN’S FOLKLORE

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Nigar Aghayeva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Children's Songs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tongue Twister ◽  
The Comparative Study

Children's folklore genres play a very important role in children’s development. Article is devoted to the comparative study of some lyric and epic genre features of Azerbaijani and English children's folklore. Children folklore has a lot of common peculiarities. But there are also some differences. In this regard, the subject of the research is fundamental and comparative typological analysis of the lyric and epic genres of Azerbaijani and English children’s folklore were involved to the research. Article provides a comparative analysis of both Azerbaijani and English lullabies, riddles, tongue twister, and children's songs. Thus, the similarity of folklore genres in the study is linked to the closeness of human thought and its relation to reality. The similar life conditions of Azerbaijani and English peoples and the stereotypes of behavior formed according to these situations, oral traditions, especially comparisons of children's folklore texts revealed parallels in terms of information. Similarities in connection with life conditions are clearly observed in many children's folklore genres, as well as in some lyric and epic genres.

The Comparative Study of Memorial Preaching

1990 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
David d'Avray
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Memorial Service ◽  
Comparative History ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Dead Person ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Comparative Treatment ◽  
The Comparative Study

ANYONE who has attended an academic memorial service or a funeral has directly experienced the tradition of memorial preaching. I define this largely, and include any sermon about a dead person not a saint, whether or not it was given at a service linked to burial. I have not included purely secular addresses, though they are closely related. The subject lends itself to comparative treatment because memorial preachers of different periods have tried to bring out the significance of a person's life and death in the light of the religious and other values of the society to which both preacher and deceased belong. This provides the common basis without which comparative history is uninstructive.

Description Is Not Explanation: a Methodology of Comparison

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Logical Types ◽  
Goals And Objectives

AbstractThis essay presents a methodological framework for the comparative study of religion by analyzing academic description and explanation. It demonstrates how these two methods are in fact different forms of comparison with distinct goals and objectives. It further argues that description and explanation are related according to Bertrand Russell's theory of logical types and that successful comparative study adheres to the principles of logical typing. The essay aims to encourage more confident comparative studies in the History of Religions.

On Post-Epileptic States: A Contribution to the Comparative Study of Insanities

1888 ◽  
Vol 34 (147) ◽  
pp. 349-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hughlings Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study

Section I. Difficulties of the Subject.—I find that I have not made my opinions as to the nature of Post-Epileptic States clear to many of my medical brethren. I may plead in extenuation that, as the subject involves consideration of Psychology, the Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System, and Clinical Medicine, it is not easily presented in a simple way. It would be an absurdity to attempt to simplify it by ignoring its difficulties, and, before such an audience as this, it would be impertinent to deal with it in a popular way.∗ In the investigation of so large a subject, having the several very different aspects mentioned, we ought to take into very particular account many things which are, I think, commonly little regarded in connection with it, or which are passed over as being irrelevant to it. As I deal with post-epileptic states as they form part of the subject, Comparative Study of Insanities, I must consider the three topics recently mentioned; and, as one of my aims is to show that the same general principles apply to diseases of all parts of the nervous system, I shall frequently take cases of non-mental diseases for illustration.

scholarly journals Urban Cosmopolitanisms in the Arab World: Contributing to Theoretical Debates from the Middle East

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Franck Mermier
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
British Occupation ◽  
Religious Plurality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study

AbstractThe notion of cosmopolitanism has been the subject of many definitions and has attracted renewed interest in the context of globalization. Cosmopolitanism, however, in a sociological perspective, has two main meanings. It can refer to the skills of individuals who are able to move between different worlds precisely because of their cosmopolitan cultural capital. It also refers to the ethnic, cultural and religious plurality of cities, some of which may be more cosmopolitan than others. The two seem inseparable since the degree of cosmopolitanism of an urban space is also a function of its capacity to absorb external influences through its inhabitants. This article focuses on the forms of urban cosmopolitanism present in the Arab world and their relationship to the type of urbanity specific to each city. In particular, it discusses how this notion has been used to analyze urban realities in highly differentiated historical and cultural contexts, raising the case of Aden under British occupation. By highlighting the plurality of forms of cosmopolitanism within a cultural area, this study aims to question its definition on the basis of this criterion and to contribute to the comparative study of urban societies in a context of globalization.

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