scholarly journals The embodied and the cultural in the conceptualization of pitch space in Croatian

Jezikoslovlje ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-219
Author(s):  
Sanja Kiš Žuvela ◽  
Ana Ostroški Anić
Keyword(s):  
Human Perception ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Space Thickness ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Image Schemas ◽  
Musical Pitch ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Linguistic Influences ◽  
Pitch Space

Most conceptual metaphors that conceptualize musical pitch rely heavily on human perception, images and experience structured through spatial and orientation image schemas such as the schema of verticality. The paper analyses conceptual metaphors that structure pitch relations in terms of vertical space, thickness and size as they appear in the Croatian musical terminology. The image schemas of verticality and size are analysed within the conceptual metaphors pitch relations are relations in vertical space and pitch relations are relations in size in order to define to what extent their motivation is embodied and universal, and what can be attributed to cross-cultural and cross-linguistic influences present in the creation and understanding of music terminology in Croatia.

Each Man's Father Served as his Teacher: Constructing Relatedness in Pliny's Letters: In loving memory of Harry Bernstein (1913––2008)

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil W. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Literary Authority ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cultural Project ◽  
Exemplary Model

Recent scholarship has examined Pliny's efforts to embed his acts of patronage in the rhetorical context of paternity. This paper examines how Pliny employs the discourse of paternity in representing himself as a mentor and exemplary model for young men, with particular focus on Book 8 of the Letters. Though he lacks a child or adoptive heir himself, Pliny embeds his work in a tradition in which Roman writers from the Elder Cato onward presented literary authority as coextensive with paternal authority. In Ep. 8.14, Pliny presents an idealized image of education by fathers or paternal surrogates that legitimates both his receipt of benefits from his mentors and his own efforts to instruct young men in the manner of a father. Pliny presents his published work as a model for Genialis in Ep. 8.13 and his personal life as an example for Junius Avitus in Ep. 8.23. Ep. 8.10, 11 and 18 provide further contexts for Pliny's discourse of paternity. Two additional examples of the creation of relatedness in elite Roman culture (interactions with caregivers and the experience of contubernium) are briefly discussed. I consider in conclusion how study of Pliny's Letters may contribute to the larger cross-cultural project of understanding how otherwise unrelated persons, through informal activities such as mentorship, may construct relationships more salient to them than their biological or legal kinships.

Mohawk Reinvention of the Fort Orange and Albany Courthouses, 1652-77

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly A. Rine
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
European Institution ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Indian Relations ◽  
Anglo Indian

This article analyzes the process of how Albany came to stand as a center of Anglo-Indian relations in the seventeenth century. Through the understanding of the diverse and changing geographical interpretations of particular places and spaces, this paper analyzes Iroquois, Dutch and English understandings of significance and uses of the Fort Orange, later Albany, courthouse to demonstrate how the Iroquois, Mohawks in particular, were able to both function within and contribute to the reinvention of this quintessential European institution to suit their own diplomatic purposes. Through understanding varying interpretations of the court as a diplomatically significant place, we gain a clearer understanding of the role of Native peoples in the creation of this cross-cultural courthouse as it became “the only appointed and prefixed place” of the Covenant Chain of Alliance between the Iroquois and English in 1677.

scholarly journals From Simple Metaphors to Conceptual Blending: The Mapping of Analogical Concepts and the Praxis of Translation

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-81
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. McElhanon
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Conceptual Blending ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Image Schemas ◽  
Optimality Principles

I have five goals for this paper. First, I will demonstrate the influence that the understanding of metaphor has had on the praxis of translation. Second, I will introduce and apply more recent insights in human conceptual processes, in particular those of image-schemas, conceptual metaphors and conceptual blends. Third, I will introduce optimality principles and relate them to the suggested conceptual blends. Fourth, I will present some translations of conceptual blends and then suggest optimality principles for translating conceptual blends and evaluate the translations by them. Finally, I will suggest areas that require further research. This study is exploratory and suggestive. Hopefully, readers will wish to broaden their understanding of cognitive linguistics and refine what is presented here.

scholarly journals Unrecognized states: legal and economic aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
V. N. Goncharov ◽  
V. A. Glazkov ◽  
A. V. Bondarchuk
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Military Conflicts ◽  
Before And After ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Political Economic

Introduction. The transformational processes that are taking place in the world lead to the creation of new relationships and institutions. The problem is the creation of an unrecognized or partially recognized States is happening everywhere and is still relevant for many centuries. Their emergence is caused by political, economic, ethnic, cross-cultural and other problems, ignoring which can lead to social explosions and military conflicts. Currently, no territory is immune from the possibility of external incitement of conflicts, which has become possible in the context of digitalization of society.Materials and methods. In the course of the research, a set of approaches and methods that are used in the framework of legal science was applied – General, General scientific, special methods of cognition: dialectical, logical,formal legal. The specificity of the research subject led to the use of a comparative approach.Results. The authors compare socio-economic indicators of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, the people’s Republic of Karabakh, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Luhansk people’s Republic and the Donetsk people’s Republic. Special attention is paid to comparing the size of territories and the population of unrecognized States before and after the conflict. Analytical information is provided on the formation of the budget of unrecognized republics and the number of people who have adopted the citizenship of the Russian Federation.Discussion and conclusion. The authors conclude that unrecognized States have all the opportunities not only to preserve, but also to increase their economic potential.

scholarly journals Syntactic Analyssis of Spatial Configuration in Indo-Portuguese Houses in Goa

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 3037-3045
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Natural Tendency ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cultural Composition

The culture of a place can be understood by analysing its architecture and vice versa. Each place has a unique culture and hence a unique architectural style. Vernacular architecture is a perfect example for displaying the culture of that place, as it is built based on the culture of that place. However, the culture of a place can be changed or altered when it comes in contact with another culture. The degree and dominance of one culture over another, purely depend on the sextent to which both the cultures have acculturated. Hence, vernacular architecture which is a reflection of culture also has a natural tendency to change and to accommodate changes and is flexible, adaptable and hence sustainable. There are many factors that lead to a cross-cultural composition like trade links, colonisation, and westernisation etc. among which colonisation plays a major role in the creation ofa new culture in the coastal stretch of India. Goa is one such perfect example where crosscultural miscegenation is seen due to Portuguese colonisation. This paper aims in understanding and evaluating the crosscultural amalgamation which is reflected in Indo-Portuguese houses through a study and analysis of four case examples in Goa using space syntax.

scholarly journals Narzędnik afirmacji w wybranych językach słowiańskich

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Marcin Grygiel
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Semantic Classification ◽  
The Real ◽  
Physical Relation ◽  
Image Schemas ◽  
Linguistic Usage ◽  
Semantic Properties

Instrumental of affirmation in selected Slavic languagesIn the present article I argue that apart from the genitive of negation, Slavic also makes use of the instrumental of affirmation – but its recognition requires a more sophisticated, function-oriented analytic model, firmly grounded in the real linguistic usage and sensitive to semantic conditioning – such as cognitive semantics. The discussion offered seems to suggest that the Slavic instrumental is an inherently affirmative case, as opposed to genitive which has specialized in expressing partition, disjunction and negation, e.g. compare Pol. ciasto z orzechami/ Srb. kolač sa orasima ‘a cake with nuts INSTR’ vs. Pol. ciasto bez orzechów/ Srb. kolač bez oraha ‘a cake without nuts GEN’. Furthermore, because of its semantic properties, the instrumental case is attracted by positive contexts and acts as an intensifier of affirmation. Slavic instrumentals can be classified, on the basis of the positive meanings they imply, as instrumentals of completeness, instrumentals of conjunction and instrumentals of existence. The proposed semantic classification becomes more refined when image-schemas of CONTAINER, PATH, SURFACE and conceptual metaphors related to the physical relation of COVERAGE are included in the model.

Sharing Indigenous Foods Through Stories and Recipes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Kelly Skinner ◽  
Hannah Tait Neufeld ◽  
Emily Murray ◽  
Suzanne Hajto ◽  
Laurie Andrews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Indigenous Foods ◽  
Selection Of

Participants at the second National Gathering of the Aboriginal Nutrition Network (ANN) were encouraged to submit their favourite traditional recipes. Approximately 40 were received, and a volunteer working group contacted contributors to assist in the creation of a recipe resource with a selection of 12 recipes that included traditional ingredients to promote Indigenous foodways. All contributors were interviewed to share stories about their recipes. Each recipe was then tested, photographed, and developed into a resource handout that was disseminated to a variety of stakeholders. Afterwards, a brief survey was conducted with ANN recipients of the recipes (n = 23) to evaluate the recipe collection. When asked, “Prior to learning about this resource, was a collection of recipes using traditional foods something that you or the communities you work with were interested in?” all respondents answered yes. Nearly all found the recipes easy to follow (91%), and that they were applicable to the interests or needs of the communities they work with (83%). Preserving recipes and building opportunities for dietitians and other health professionals to contribute to traditional food recipe collections facilitates increased knowledge transfer, enhanced cross-cultural understanding, and is generally a useful tool for those working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Challenges for Science

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-195
Author(s):  
Harvey Whitehouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Transdisciplinary Collaboration

The book ends by calling for a new kind of science of the social, one that recognizes the immense challenges posed by the sheer complexity of sociocultural phenomena and the fact that our evolved psychology is not well designed to grasp, let alone address, those challenges. Nevetheless, we live in a time when the potential rewards of transdisciplinary collaboration are richer than they have ever been before. This chapter describes some of the main hurdles to achieving that potential and discusses how these might be overcome. The very enterprise of social science is inherently unnatural, given our uniquely human evolved psychology, and this may explain why the study of the social has proven harder to get off the ground, in comparison with many other life sciences. The resulting lack of consensus on basic matters of epistemology and method has contributed to the creation of theoretical and methodological divisions in the social sciences in the alternate guises of the ‘two cultures problem’ and the ‘silo effect’. The solutions proposed here advocate new forms of problem-centred transdisciplinary research based on the kinds of cross-cultural collaborative programmes described in detail throughout the book.

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