scholarly journals Sociolinguistic variation of parameters of oral spontaneous text

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Ekaterina S. Khudyakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Modeling ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Sociolinguistic Variation ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Variation Of Parameters ◽  
The Social ◽  
Factor Type ◽  
And Gender

The article examines the social factors influence on prosodic manifestation of syntactic and macrosyntactic units. The data collected during suprasegmental analysis of spontaneous speech are used, which are directly related to the syntactic level, namely: the average length of a phrase in words and in syntagmas and the average length of a syntagma in phonetic words, as well as parameters associated with the design of the whole text: the number of composition blocks in the text, their length in phrases, the length of the whole text in phrases and words. The results of statistical modeling of the influence of the factors "age", "type of education", "level of education" and "gender" clearly indicate that the factors "type of education" and "gender" significantly influence the variation of syntactic and macrosyntactic parameters of an oral text. The factor "type of education" significantly affects the number of phrases in the text and the length of the text block in phrases – both parameters are significantly higher for the speakers who specialize in Humanities compared to those who specialize in Sciences. The length of the syntagma depends on the speaker’ gender – syntagmas produced by male speakers are longer.

scholarly journals Psycho-social factors associated with high depressive symptomatology in female adolescents and gender difference in adolescent depression: an epidemiological survey in China’s Hubei Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenzhe Sun ◽  
Junhua Mei ◽  
Yanyan Wang ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Zhou Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Background Exploring etiological clues to adolescent depression, especially in female adolescents, might be helpful to improve the social environment of female adolescents. The aim at this study is to explore psycho-social factors of female adolescents with high depressive symptomatology and gender differences in depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents. Method We examined 4100 adolescents from Wuhan city and Jianli county via a cross-sectional study. Depressive symptomatology was screened through the Chinese version of Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to explore the factors related to high depressive symptomatology in female and male adolescents, respectively. Results The prevalence of high depressive symptomatology in female and male were 38.9 and 30.2% respectively. The psycho-social factors of high depressive symptomatology in female adolescents were age (Adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.201, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.076 ~ 1.341), single parent family (aOR = 2.004, 95%CI, 1.448 ~ 2.772) and fathers’ education level (compared to primary school and below, [Junior middle school, aOR = 0.641, 95%CI, 0.439 ~ 0.934; Senior middle school, aOR = 0.603, 95%CI, 0.410 ~ 0.888; College degree and above, aOR = 0.639, 95%CI, 0.437 ~ 0.936]). Conclusion Fathers’ education level was associated with high depressive symptomatology in female adolescents. Female adolescents whose father with primary school education or below deserves more attention. Further epidemiologic researches need to be conducted to explore the different risk factors between female and male adolescents in China.

Factors that affect entomophagical practices in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Anankware ◽  
E.A. Osekre ◽  
D. Obeng-Ofori ◽  
C.M. Khamala
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Religious Reasons

This study evaluated the social and ecological factors that affect entomophagy in Ghana with a view to instigate the initiation of programmes for the use of insects for human and poultry nutrition in Africa. Two thousand questionnaires were administered to randomly selected respondents in all the ten regions of Ghana. With regards to social factors, entomophagy was found to be influenced by age, gender, education and occupation. Entomophagy is practiced across all age groups and gender in Ghana. Proportionally, 90, 78 and 74% of the aged (60+), middle aged (31-50) and the youth (18-30), respectively, were observed to consume various insect species. Ecologically, entomophagy was more pronounced in rural than urban areas. Over 87% of respondents who consume edible insects acquire them through harvesting/trapping. Four insect species were identified as feed for animals. The majority (81.6%) of the respondents consume insects as a source of protein, 9.6% for cultural reasons, 5.6% for medicinal values and 3.0 and 0.2%, respectively, for recreational and religious reasons. Gender has the least influence on entomophagy. Considering the economic, ecological and nutritional importance of edible insects in traditional Ghanaian foods, attention should be given to sustainable environmental harvesting practices.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING ENGLISH

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-75
Author(s):  
Suci Farianti
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Occupation Level ◽  
Parents Education ◽  
Learning English

The research focused on the social factors which can influence the students’ achievement in learning English. Social factors are believed as the factors which play a crucial role in language learning and it can give impacts on foreign language learning. In this case, this research was conducted to investigate the impacts of social factors of parents’ economic level, Parents’ education level, parents’ occupation level and the environment on students’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language. The objects of the research were 10 students with special need and their parents at the eighth grade of SLB Negeri Pembina Aceh Tamiang. In conducting the data, the test and the questionnaire were designed. The twenty question items of the test were given to the students and an eighteen item of questionnaire were given to the parents’ to find out the require information on the social factors. In addition, in analyzing the data, all available data were processed by SPSS 17.0 for descriptive, correlation, ANOVA, and predictive analysis. Furthermore, based on the finding and the result of the research, the hypothesis (H0) of the research was rejected. In other word, there was no a significant correlation between social factors namely parents’ economic level, parents’ education level, parent’s  occupation level and environment on students’ achievement in learning English. Therefore, it can be stated that the variety of the students’ scores were not influenced by the social factors discussed on this research in which it was probably influenced by other factors such as the personality of the students, the students’ disability, etc.

scholarly journals Sociolinguistic Variation in Athenian Suburban Speech

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Theodoropoulou
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Prepositional Phrase ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Sociolinguistic Variation ◽  
Northern Area ◽  
Friendship Group ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Western Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

This article focuses on the description and interpretation of the social meaning of sociolinguistic variation in Athenian suburban speech. A descriptive statistical and a Varbrul analysis of the syntactic variable Verb and presence or absence of Prepositional Phrase (V +/– PP), as it is used by native northern and western suburbanites of Athens, suggests that primarily the area (northern and western suburbia) and, to a lesser extent, the sex of the speakers are statistically significant macro social factors constraining variation. In an effort to tease out the social meaning of the variation, a further analysis of some micro factors within each area, including the group of speakers, the topic, and the stance towards the rivalry between the aforementioned suburban areas, suggests that variation in both areas is interactionally constrained, but in the northern area it tends to be more friendship group-constrained, while in the western area it is more education-constrained. In light of these findings, the sociolinguistic implications of the study translate into the analytical need to account for the relationship between interactional and social factors in the description of variable grammars.

scholarly journals Hubungan Faktor Usia dan Tingkat Pendidikan Terhadap Pengetahuan Penggunaan Antibiotik di Kelurahan Sidorejo Kidul

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Yuswantina Yuswantina ◽  
Niken Dyahariesti Dyahariesti ◽  
Nur Laeli Fitra Sari ◽  
Emi Dyah Kurnia Sari
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Age Factor ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Tingginya penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak  tepat menyebabkan terjadinya masalah resistensi antibiotik. Aspek pengetahuan merupakan faktor sosial kognitif yang mempengaruhi perilaku pada setiap individu, termasuk perilaku dalam penggunaan antibiotik. Pengetahuan sendiri sangat dipengaruhi oleh tingkat pendidikan dan faktor usia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat Kelurahan Sidorejo Kidul terhadap penggunaan antibiotik berdasarkan tingkat pendidikan dan faktor usia. Metode penelitian ini adalah survei analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah masyarakat Kelurahan Sidorejo Kidul sebanyak 100 responden yang dipilih secara proporsional sampling. Data tingkat pendidikan dan factor usia terhadap pengetahuan dalam penggunaan antibiotik dianalisis menggunakan uji korelasi Chi Square. Hasil analisis diperoleh berdasarkan tingkat pendidikan nilai Asymtotic Significance  yang diperoleh adalah 0,000 < 0,05 yang artinya terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pendidikan dan pengetahuan dalam penggunaan antibiotik. Pengujian SPSS berdasarkan faktor usia didapatkan nilai signifikan 0,018 < 0,05 yang artinya terdapat hubungan yang sigifikan antara usia dengan tingkat pengetahuan. Dari hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat korelasi antara tingkat pendidikan dan factor usia masyarakat Kelurahan Sidorejo Kidul Kecamatan Tingkir Kota Salatiga tehadap pengetahuan dalam penggunaan antibiotic.Kata Kunci : Antibiotik, tingkat pengetahuan, faktor usiaThe high use of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance problem. Aspects of knowledge is a cognitive social factors that influence the behavior of each individual, including behavior in the use of antibiotics. Knowledge is greatly influenced by the age factor and level of education.This study aims to determine the correlation of education level  and the age factor in Sidorejo Kidul Village Tingkir District Salatiga on knowledge in the use of antibiotics.This research method is analytic survey with cross sectional approach. Samples were Sidorejo Kidul Villager 100 respondents selected by proportional sampling. Data on the education level of knowledge in the use of antibiotics were analyzed using Chi Square correlation test.The results obtained for the level education by analysis of Asymtotic Significance value of 0.000 or less than 0.05, which means there was a significant correlation between level of education and knowledge in the use of antibiotics. Testing using spss for the age factor obtained a significant value of 0.018 <0.05, which meant there was a significant correlation between age and level of knowledge. From these results it can be concluded that there is a correlation between the level of public education and the age factor of Sidorejo Kidul Villager Tingkir District Salatiga on knowledge in the use of antibiotics.Keywords : Antibiotics, level education, age factor, knowledge

scholarly journals FACE POLITENESS OF MAKASSAR PEOPLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Nur Qalbis
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Loss Of Face ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Face Search ◽  
Negative Face

This research explains faculty aspects among Makassar tribe community in South Sulawesi. The objective is to provide an understanding of Makassar facilitation aspect in Gowa district. This study describes the form of expressions related to the concept of face (self-esteem, image) that is loss of face, face thickness, and face search of speech acts in the community. Face has two aspects: positive face and negative face. This research uses qualitative approach, methods with observation, interview, and recording techniques. The results of this study indicate that there is a shift in the concept of Makassar society face that this is influenced by the level of social, education, and gender. Social status here is no longer influential in preserving the concept of the face. This is because there is a shift between the social statue bangsawa no longer care about it, let alone the young. Furthermore, the level of education, that the higher the education then they will maintain the concept of face in interacting with each other in the community. Finally, sex also determines facial or facial salvation in communicating, compared with male women are very maintaining the concept of advance in communicating and interacting in the community.    

scholarly journals Morphophonemic Variation in CaC-Initial Verb Structures in Kuwaiti Arabic

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Hanan A. Taqi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sociolinguistic Variation ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Modern Arabic

This study aims to investigate the linguistic and social factors influencing the realisation of the initial Modern Arabic verb form CaC-in Kuwaiti Arabic (KA). While very few studies have examined the sociolinguistic variation of the initial verb form CaC-in KA, this variable has been found to be produced in the speech of two Kuwaiti communities from different ethnic backgrounds, namely Najdi (from Saudi Arabia originally) and Ajami (from Iran originally). The aim is to analyse the realisation of CaC-forms as a reflection of ethnicity, age and gender in KA. Data were collected from 48 male and female Kuwaiti speakers from two ethnicities (Najdi and Ajami), three age groups (chosen according to relevant milestones in the history of Kuwait). Two main techniques were implemented to collect data in this study, namely spontaneous and controlled data. The investigation showed that there were significant differences in the realisation of the initial verb form CaC-in the two ethnicities and across age and gender. The study also showed that the CaC-form had less prestige than did the CiC-form, which is mostly found in the Najdi variety.

scholarly journals Penggunaan tongue scraper dan kebersihan gigi dan mulut setelah penyuluhan pada anak Panti Asuhan Ashabul Kahfi Makassar Using tounge scraper and oral-dental hygiene after counseling at children of orphanage Ashabul Kahfi Makassar

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Idham Idham ◽  
Rifaat Nurrahma ◽  
Rasmidar Samad
Keyword(s):  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Dental Hygiene ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Tongue Coating ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tongue Cleaning ◽  
And Gender

Tongue cleaning is a simple and quick procedure to eliminate organisms and debris on tongue. Tongue cleaning canbe performed by using a tongue scraper. This study was conducted to determine the correlation between the index ofOHI-S and tongue coating, and explain the knowledge of oral hygiene and a tongue scraper tongue at an orphanage inMakassar. Subjects were children of orphanage Ashabul Kahfi, who attend and agree to all the procedures. Dentalhygiene assessed by OHI-S index and examination of the tongue by tongue coating index. A total of 24 boys and 16girls were given questionnaires before and after counseling. The results showed no significant correlation between thetwo indices (p=0.382). Distribution of the questionnaire answers showed increased correct answers after givingcounseling. However, based on the level of education and gender, showed no significant differences in knowledgeregarding the cleanliness of the tongue and a tongue scraper (p=0.858, p=0.486). Significant differences were also seen in the comparison group who use and do not use a tongue scraper. It was concluded that there was no significantcorrelation between OHI-S index and tongue coating, but counseling would increase knowledge of the child orphanageAshabul Kahfi although there was no difference in knowledge regarding the cleanliness of the tongue and a tonguescraper based on education level and gender.

scholarly journals Secondary School Students and their Families’ Attitudes toward Schooling in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Opoola B. T. ◽  
Taofik Olaide Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
And Gender

Using drama as an awareness creation tool, this study examined the influence of gender, age, class, socio-economic status, parent’s level of education and religion on adolescents’ attitude towards schooling. A total of 300 (150 JSS and 150 SS2) students (males=153; females=147) randomly selected from six coeducational secondary schools in Ibadan constituted the sample for the study. The adopted Attitude toward Education Scale by Glassey (1945) and Socio-economic Status Scale by Salami (2015) were used to collect the data. The results indicated that positive significant relationship existed between the adolescents’ attitude towards schooling and gender, age, socioeconomic status, parent’s (father’s) level of education and religion but not with class which is negative. The results indicate the need to include the students’ parental and personal-social factors when counselling students through drama and performances that show students and parents’ negative attitude toward schooling.

Convergences and divergences inthe use of the diminutive in Medellin, Caracas and Madrid

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-340
Author(s):  
Irania Malaver ◽  
Florentino Paredes García
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

Abstract This article analyzes the differences and coincidences in the uses of the diminutive found in three varieties of Spanish. Based on the classification of the pragmatic functions of the diminutive by Reynoso (2003), and the analysis of 5355 cases of non-lexicalized diminutives, it may be observed that the three varieties converge greatly in the production of the diminutive forms of -ito. There is some divergence in the variety of lexical bases that support the diminutive since the people of Madrid use (and listen to) more diminutives than Americans, but they use (and listen to) them in a smaller number of different words. The social factors contained in the sample have shown a reduced effect on the functions of the suffix, and a partially differentiating behavior among the three communities: in Caracas, age has a strong influence on the functions while, in Madrid and Medellin, the level of education is the factor that exerts more influence on these functions.

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