scholarly journals L’italiano nei linguistic landscapes dell’Austria meridionale: alcune considerazioni

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-43
Author(s):  
Luca Melchior
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Information ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Lexical Items

Italian language in the linguistic landscapes of Southern Austria: some remarks Italian is widely used in the linguistic landscape of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Graz, though there isn’t a significant presence of Italians. Italian is used not only in the domains of fashion and gastronomy, but also in a wider range of domains, including some subcultures. Besides a wide range of Italian lexical items, one can also find morphological and syntactical patterns. This can be seen as a proof of widespread active and passive Italian language skills in the local population. However, its use in commercial signing has in most cases only a symbolic function, while semantic information is given in German. Keywords: Linguistic landscape, contact Italian, plurilingualism, language skills, Austria

Полиязычие в образовании как кондиция развития Кыргызстана

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Гүлия Эрмат кызы
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Key Words And Phrases ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
General Overview

Аннотация: В статье предлагается общий обзор двуязычия в Кыргызской Республике и необходимости изучения иностранных языков для развития толерантной личности. Особое внимание уделяется языковым навыкам обучающихся как одному из важных условий развития страны в целом. Соблюдение координации в преподавании иностранного, русского и родного языков является одним из главных стимулов поддержания и повышения интереса к изучению языков. Владение несколькими языками дает человеку способность осуществлять коммуникативную деятельность и стремиться к расширению лингвистического мировоззрения. Многоязыковая коммуникативная способность населения также может рассматриваться как одно из условий экономического роста в республике. Ключевые слова: Двуязычие, полиязычие, культура, национальность, конкурентоспособность, стратегия, образовательные реформы, коммуникативные навыки, лингвистическое сознание, гражданская интеграция Аннотация: Макалада Кыргыз Республикасындагы орун алган билингвизм боюнча жалпы сереп сунушталып, коомдогу толеранттуулукту илгерилетүүдө чет тилдерди үйрөнүү зарылчылыгы баяндалат. Өлкөнүн бүтүндөй өнүгүү жолунда, маанилүү шарттардын бири – бул англис, орус жана кыргыз тилдерин окутуудагы болгон координациянын сакталышы эсептелинет. Адамдын бир нече тилдерди билүүсү, ага болгон кызыгуу менен гана чектелип кала бербестен, жеке коммуникативдик жөндөмдү андан ары кеңейтүүгө өбөлгө түзөт. Жергиликтүү калктын коммуникативдик потенциалы өлкөнүн экономикалык өсүүсүнө түздөн-түз таасирин тийгизип, жарандык интеграцияга мүмкүнчүлүк түзүлөт. Түйүндүү сөздөр: Билингвизм, полилингвизм, маданият, улут, атаандаштык, стратегия, билим берүү реформасы, коммуникативдик аң-сезим, жарандык интеграция. The article offers a general overview of bilingualism in the Kyrgyz Republic and the need to learn foreign languages for advancing tolerance in a society. Special attention is paid to the language skills of people as one of the important development conditions of the country itself. Compliance with coordination in the teaching of the English, Russian and Kyrgyz languages is one of the main ways to maintain and increase interest in the study of languages. Knowledge of several languages gives a person an ability to carry out communicative activities and strive to expand own linguistic worldview. Multilingual communicative capacity of the local population can also be considered as one of the conditions for economic growth in the country. Key words and phrases: Bilingualism, polylinguism, culture, nationality, competitiveness, strategy, educational reforms, communication skills, linguistic consciousness, civil integration.

The French in Egypt in 1798—1801: Failed Dialogue of Civilizations

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7 (105)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Alexandre Tchoudinov
Keyword(s):  
French Literature ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
French Army ◽  
Muslim Population ◽  
Napoleon Bonaparte ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Complete Failure

The article is devoted to the problem of cross-cultural interaction between the French and the Arabs during the Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte 1798—1801. Using a comparative analysis of a wide range of French sources and Arab chronicles, the author comes to the conclusion that Bonaparte's attempt at an inter-civilizational dialogue with the Muslim population of Egypt ended in complete failure. Based on the stereotypical ideas about the Orient, common in the French literature of the Enlightenment, Napoleon tried to play in Egypt the same role that, according to the French philosophers, the Prophet Muhammad allegedly played in his time, namely, to take advantage of the “credulity” and “superstition” of the local population to subordinate it to his power. However, the Egyptians were very skeptical concerning Bonaparte's claims about the French army's commitment to Islam and his attempts to present himself as the Mahdi, the prophet of the last times. The daily practices of the occupiers, which openly contradicted the culture of Islam, completely alienated the Muslims from the French, which resulted not only in their mutual misunderstanding, but also in real hatred for each other.

Bilingual winks and bilingual wordplay in Montreal's linguistic landscape

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (228) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Lamarre
Keyword(s):  
Language Skills ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Politics Of Language ◽  
French And English ◽  
Legal Constraints

AbstractIn Québec, legislation regulates the language of public and commercial signage. As intended, this has transformed the linguistic landscape (LL) of Montreal, which looks more French than just three decades ago. But if we stop looking and actually listen to the city's soundscape, what is clear is that Montreal is a much more bilingual and multilingual city with a population increasingly able to read signs both in English and in French. Interestingly, in the Montreal LL can be found a number of commercial signs that are nothing less than wry “bilingual winks” that circumvent legislation, sometimes with quite wicked skill, and play with French and English. These bilingual winks are clearly intended for a population with the language skills to catch the wink and can be interpreted as manifestations of the increasing number of complex language repertoires, but also of a bilingual aesthetic that revels in disrupting and claiming space. It would also seem, however, that while a certain amount of covert bilingual creativity has been inspired by the legal constraints imposed in Québec, bilingual wordplay has simply found ways of creeping into the LL, despite the politics of language and legislation.

scholarly journals Research Regarding the Morphological Characteristics of Calendula Officinalis Local

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina ZEPA ZEPA CORADINI ◽  
Valeriu TABÄ‚RÄ‚ ◽  
Doru PETANEC ◽  
Lavinia MICU ◽  
Irina PETRESCU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Morphological Aspect ◽  
Calendula Officinalis ◽  
Experimental Field ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Polymorphic Species ◽  
Flowering Process

Marigolds have an important economic value which let to an increase production and cultivation being thus used in a wide range of fields. One of the basic elements regarding marigolds production is represented by anthodia with flowers and seeds determined by the blossom and the number of anthodium on the plant. The plant’s blossom is determined by the n umber of lingulate flowers from the external side of the anthodium where seeds grow. Calendula is a polymorphic species, forming during its evolution not only flowering, but also semi-flowering anthodia and simple flowers. In the experimental field of UASVM Timisoara we performed a series of research regarding the morphological features of six local population of marigold from the western part of the country. Flowers’ blooming proved to have a different evolution due to the influence manifested by the local population and also by the harvest results. This blooming phenomenon proved to highly influence the production elements. Blooming influence upon anthodia mass of seeds proved to be as similar as in case of anthodia with flowers. At the beginning of the harvest period, the anthodia mass of seeds proved to be maxim. According to the information collected during research, anthodia flowering fails to reestablish during harvest. The flowering process influences the number and the size of the seeds. Moreover, flowers blooming process may lead to the formation of homogenous seeds, not only in size, but also as regards their morphological aspect. The seeds from the flowering anthodia proved to be homogenous in comparison with other anthodia and had even better technological qualities.

scholarly journals Grammaticalization in Emirati Arabic

Arabica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 742-760
Author(s):  
Najib Ismail Jarad
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Grammatical Functions

Abstract This paper is concerned with the process of language change whereby lexical items and constructions, in specific contexts, come to serve new grammatical functions. Emirati Arabic provides us with a wide range of grammaticalization phenomena. The aim of this paper is twofold: to shed light on the basic concepts relating to grammaticalization phenomena and to examine the grammaticalization of a number of constructions in Emirati Arabic, investigating their formation and the changes in their functions. The development of these grammatical constructions follows a grammaticalization pathway identified for a wide range of linguistic items cross-linguistically.

Rural communes and Soviet farms on the eve and during the peasant rebellion of 1920–1921

2020 ◽  
pp. 221-226
Author(s):  
Vladimir B. Bezgin
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
First Time ◽  
Collective Farms

We examine the state of communes and farms, the attitude of the rural population to their organization and activities, as well as the state of collective farms on the eve and during the Tambov rebellion of 1920–1921. The relevance of the topic is determined by the need for a scien-tific understanding of the problem of insurrection in the Civil War and its manifestation in the form of a peasant rebellion led by A.S. Antonov. The purpose of the study is to establish the fate of collective farms during the armed protest of the Tambov peasants. The work was carried out on the basis of a wide range of archival sources, some of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The analysis of the problem is carried out taking into account the achievements of modern historiography of the issue and the use of scientific tools of advanced methodological approaches. We apply the entire arsenal of methods of historical research based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and consistency. It is established that the armed raids of rebel detachments on agricultural communes, Soviet farms were due to the need of the partisans for food, horses, forage, and the active participation of the local population in them stemmed from their view of the land and property of collective farms as rightfully belonging to them.

scholarly journals Local Population Structure and Seasonal Variability of Borrelia garinii Genotypes in Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Mtierová ◽  
Markéta Derdáková ◽  
Michal Chvostáč ◽  
Yuliya M. Didyk ◽  
Barbara Mangová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Infection Intensity ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Borrelia Garinii ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Questing Ticks ◽  
Ixodes Ricinus Ticks

Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne human disease in Europe, and Borrelia garinii, which is associated with avian reservoirs, is one of the most genetically diverse and widespread human pathogenic genospecies from the B. burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex. The clinical manifestations of LD are known to vary between regions and depend on the genetic strain even within Borrelia genospecies. It is thus of importance to explore the genetic diversity of such pathogenic borreliae for the wide range of host and ecological contexts. In this study, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was employed to investigate the local population structure of B. garinii in Ixodes ricinus ticks. The study took place in a natural wetland in Slovakia, temporally encompassing spring and autumn bird migration periods as well as the breeding period of resident birds. In total, we examined 369 and 255 ticks collected from 78 birds and local vegetation, respectively. B. burgdorferi s.l. was detected in 43.4% (160/369) of ticks recovered from birds and in 26.3% (67/255) of questing ticks, respectively. Considering the ticks from bird hosts, the highest prevalence was found for single infections with B. garinii (22.5%). Infection intensity of B. garinii in bird-feeding ticks was significantly higher than that in questing ticks. We identified ten B. garinii sequence types (STs) occurring exclusively in bird-feeding ticks, two STs occurring exclusively in questing ticks, and one ST (ST 244) occurring in both ticks from birds and questing ticks. Four B. garinii STs were detected for the first time herein. With the exception of ST 93, we detected different STs in spring and summer for bird-feeding ticks. Our results are consistent with previous studies of the low geographic structuring of B. garinii genotypes. However, our study reveals some consistency in local ST occurrence and a geographic signal for one of the clonal complexes.

scholarly journals Economic Valuation of an Urban Lake Recreational Park: Case of Taman Tasik Cempaka in Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal Othman ◽  
Yaghoob Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Recreational Services ◽  
Recreational Benefits

There is growing public support for an outdoor, nature-based urban park, which offers the local population a wide range of recreational services for an improved quality of life. This study estimates the economic value of recreational benefits for the case of a lake-based urban park known as Taman Tasik Cempaka (TTC) in Bandar Baru Bangi in Selangor, Malaysia. The Travel Cost Method (TCM) was used to generate the demand function for park visitation and the recreational benefits were estimated using the Poisson and Negative Binomial (NB) models. The net benefits of recreation per visitor were evaluated at MYR 6.2 per trip while the price elasticity of demand was highly inelastic at −0.48. The result provides support for the imposition of an entrance fee and the subsequent revenue collection may be used for park upkeep and conservation.

Ecological houses of Southern Kazakhstan using renewable energy sources

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardasher Namazbay Yussupov ◽  
Akmaral Ardasherovna Yussupova
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range

PurposeThe purpose of this article discusses the design of underground eco-houses using a dome structure of light construction while taking into account the historical experience of the development of the local population. This article considered the traditions of folk architecture and modern sophistication in the creation of energy-efficient eco-houses in foreign countries in the context of architecture and construction of affordable residential homes for the local population.Design/methodology/approachThe research presented in this paper was motivated by the need for developing agro-tourism facilities in hard-to-reach areas of the Silk Road in Southern Kazakhstan causes the construction of eco-houses built using local construction materials. Since ancient times in Southern Kazakhstan and during seasonal migrations in yurts of light construction, people have lived in mud-brick houses deep in the ground. Along with architectural and artistic solutions in building construction, great importance was attached to saving material resources, labour costs and achieving heat stability of residential buildings.FindingsIn the architectural and planning solution of the eco¬-house, progressive directions of construction of agrotechnical structures using renewable energy sources are adopted. Particular importance was given to the choice of the construction site on an elevated area nearby historical monuments and a favourable season for the construction of eco-houses with considering the natural and climatic characteristics of rural areas of Southern Kazakhstan.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper discussed the issues of insulation, ventilation and improving the eco-house microclimate comfort using local building materials. Improving the architectural and artistic expressiveness of the eco-house in terms of the tradition of folk architecture was also explicitly discussed in this paper.Practical implicationsTables with the justification of expediency of construction of economical eco-houses in natural and climatic conditions of Kazakhstan and Central Asia are provided. The results help to improve the energy efficiency of eco-houses in Kazakhstan by using renewable energy sources.Social implicationsSocial benefits are associated with the use of local raw materials. Eco-houses built from traditional building materials can become accessible to a wide range of people and stimulate the development of small businesses. This may be associated with the construction of eco-houses to serve visiting tourists in remote picturesque oases, as well as the manufacture of dome structures, felt products and the preparation of reed panels and so on.Originality/valueThe thermotechnical characteristics of the region's ground energy are given, which can significantly save the cost of heating the eco-house. Solutions for optimal insolation, ventilation of the eco-house are provided, taking into account the natural and climatic conditions of Southern Kazakhstan.

Unlocking the encoded English vocabulary in the Japanese language

English Today ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Barrs
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Product Packaging ◽  
Vending Machines ◽  
Tv Advertising ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Visual Landscape

The Japanese linguistic landscape is a dynamically vibrant area with words and phrases appearing in a vast array of locations written in a wide range of scripts, fonts, sizes and colours, and all serving a complex and interconnected array of functions. This visual landscape of shop signs, street signs, advertising posters, information boards and vending machines is complemented by a similar vibrancy and dynamism in more private domains such as restaurant menus, product packaging, clothing, newspaper articles, magazine stories and TV advertising. Immediately striking an observer of these contexts is the fact that, although the Japanese language has a highly complex writing system incorporating an admixture of logographic, syllabic and alphabetic characters, a great many of the words and phrases in Japanese social contexts are transcribed in Latin alphabet characters. Because the vast majority of these lexical items are either direct imports of words from the English language (often termed ‘loanwords' or ‘borrowings') or domestic creations based on English vocabulary (often termed ‘wasei eigo'/‘Japan-created English'), those who are familiar with the English language are assisted in their orientation around Japan by this pervasive use of English-based vocabulary.

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