Testing the Limits of Oral Narration: A Case Study of the Armenian Genocide

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rueben Zaramian
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Theory ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Oral Narration

This paper incorporates mnemonic, oral-formulaic, and semantic theory to identify a clear, replicable pattern of tropes, memes, and 'phraseological units' in Armenian Genocide oral narratives. The paper is part of a larger project that aims to propose a new theory on the efficacy and structural value of memory-based storytelling and oral transmission.Cette communication incorpore des théories de la mnémonique, de l’oralité et de la sémantique afin d’identifier un ensemble de tropes, de mèmes et d’unités phraséologiques clairs et reproductibles dans le discours narratif oral relatif au génocide arménien. La communication s’inscrit dans un projet plus vaste qui cherche à proposer une nouvelle théorie sur l’efficacité et la valeur structurelle de l’histoire basée sur la mémoire et la transmission orale. 

scholarly journals Presuppositons in processing: a case study of German "auch"

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-315
Author(s):  
Florian Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Processing ◽  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Semantic Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Syntactic Analysis ◽  
Additive Particle ◽  
Study Participants

This paper presents two experimental studies investigating the processing of presupposed content. Both studies employ the German additive particle auch (too). In the first study, participants were given a questionnaire containing bi-clausal, ambiguous sentences with 'auch' in the second clause. The presupposition introduced by auch was only satisfied on one of the two readings of the sentence, and this reading corresponded to a syntactically dispreferred parse of the sentence. The prospect of having the auch-presupposition satisfied made participants choose this syntactically dispreferred reading more frequently than in a control condition. The second study used the self-paced-reading paradigm and compared the reading times on clauses containing auch, which differed in whether the presupposition of auch was satisfied or not. Participants read the clause more slowly when the presupposition was not satisfied. It is argued that the two studies show that presuppositions play an important role in online sentence comprehension and affect the choice of syntactic analysis. Some theoretical implications of these findings for semantic theory and dynamic accounts of presuppositions as well as for theories of semantic processing are discussed.  

scholarly journals Integrating Type Theory and Distributional Semantics: A Case Study on Adjective–Noun Compositions

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Asher ◽  
Tim Van de Cruys ◽  
Antoine Bride ◽  
Márta Abrusán
Keyword(s):  
Type Theory ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Semantic Theory ◽  
Formal Semantic ◽  
Distributional Semantics ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Semantic Framework ◽  
Algebraic Interpretation

In this article, we explore an integration of a formal semantic approach to lexical meaning and an approach based on distributional methods. First, we outline a formal semantic theory that aims to combine the virtues of both formal and distributional frameworks. We then proceed to develop an algebraic interpretation of that formal semantic theory and show how at least two kinds of distributional models make this interpretation concrete. Focusing on the case of adjective–noun composition, we compare several distributional models with respect to the semantic information that a formal semantic theory would need, and we show how to integrate the information provided by distributional models back into the formal semantic framework.

scholarly journals Investigating Lexical Diversity of Children Narratives: A Case Study of L1 Speaking

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-388
Author(s):  
Famala Eka Sanhadi Rahayu ◽  
Aries Utomo ◽  
Ririn Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Lexical Diversity ◽  
Frequency Word ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
The Subject

Lexical diversity is one of the language tools to measure varied words or vocabulary produced by learners in a text both spoken and written. This research aims to investigate the lexical diversity of children narratives produced by children orally. The research design of this research was a case study supported by quantitative data. Meanwhile, the subjects of this research are seven children around 6-9 years old. In collecting data, the researchers employed narrative storytelling based on a picture which is drawn by the subjects. In analyzing data, TTR (Type-Token -Ratio) was used to measure the lexical diversity gained from the subject while the theory was used to explain the phenomena. Based on the findings, it is found that (1) older children have higher lexical diversity than the younger ones, (2) younger children produced higher lexical frequency (word tokens) than the older ones (3) individual variations caused an anomaly of the result in which older children were expected to have higher lexical frequency but the result showed the reverse. Keywords: Lexical Diversity, Children, Oral Narratives, Case Study. 

scholarly journals Falsification of Historical Figures (The Armenian Population in Turkey before and after the Genocide)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2 (22)) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Gaiane Muradian
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Online News ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
News Medium ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Armenian Population ◽  
Present Case Study

The argument and objective of the present case study is to prove, through the scientific method of analysis, that the online news medium Azerbaijani Vision (en.azvision.az), applying history falsification (negationism and revisionism) referring to the 1915 Armenian Genocide in general, and to the historic figures on the number of Ottoman Armenian population before and after the Genocide in particular, leverages technology to produce and disseminate false and fabricated figures about the mentioned data of Armenian population within the frames of its anti-Armenian propaganda. My assumption will be that the false model of history serves its function for a certain while because societies eventually enter a period when distorted representations stop serving the intended ends and impartial and unbiased research starts seeking the truth.

scholarly journals Prototype Theory in the Judicial Practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union. A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-119
Author(s):  
Mateusz Zeifert
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Semantic Theory ◽  
Prototype Theory ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Judicial Interpretation ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Court Of Justice

Abstract Prototype theory is a semantic theory according to which the membership of conceptual categories is based not on a list of criterial features, but rather on the similarity to the most representative member of the category. Consequently, conceptual categories may lack classical definitions and rigid boundaries. This article supports the claims, already made by other scholars working in the field, that prototype theory may greatly augment our understanding of legal (i.e. statutory, judicial) interpretation. Legal provisions are traditionally written as classical definitions, but they are rarely applied that way. Statutory concepts tend to be interpreted with a great deal of flexibility, using a wide array of extra-textual factors. This is especially true for the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which has to deal with the challenges of the multilingual, supranational law of the European Union.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE ORAL NARRATIVES OF MINORITY CENTENARIANS: A CASE STUDY IN SOCIAL JUSTICE

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 643-643
Author(s):  
B Grunder ◽  
M Heinz ◽  
G McCall ◽  
A Bishop ◽  
T Finchum
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Oral Narratives

Emotions and Nationalism: Armenian Genocide as a Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinem Adar
Keyword(s):  
Armenian Genocide

Observations of and on First and Second Life Storytelling

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Ripley
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Etude De Cas ◽  
Étude De Cas ◽  
Electronic Mediation

Oral narratives are increasingly being given/shared via electronic mediation. A pilot comparative case study of oral narratives co-created in first life and Second Life was conducted to determine both the effectiveness of observation as a method, and as an initial emergent comparison of the co-creation of oral narratives so mediated.Les récits oraux sont de plus en plus documentés et partagés par voie électronique. Une étude de cas pilote et comparative des récits oraux co-créés dans la vie réelle et dans Second Life a été entamée pour déterminer l’efficacité de l’observation comme méthode ainsi que pour en comparer l’émergence dans les récits oraux co-créés et partagés par de telle voies de communication.

Applied Semantics and the Qur'an: Izutsu's Methodology as a Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-173
Author(s):  
Ṣalāḥ Al-Dīn Al-Zarāl
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Semantic Theory ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Japanese Scholar ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This article focuses on the methodology of the Japanese scholar, Toshihiko Izutsu, as put forward in his God and Man in the Koran: Semantics of the Koranic Weltanschauung. This work is a semantic reading of the Qur'an in which its author utilises two paradigms, sometimes using a descriptive approach in order to interpret Qur'anic concepts in a situated time, and sometimes using an historical approach to explain the development of conceptual frameworks in pre-Islamic Arabia on the eve of Islam and at the time of the revelation. In the Introduction, I give a general overview of modern semantic theory. Part One discusses applied semantics and explores the extent to which it can be applied as discourse analysis and the ways in which it can be a location for hermeneutical interpretation. Part Two will then discuss the works of Izutsu and his methodology in order to propose a suitable paradigm for interpreting the actual words of the Qur'anic vocabulary with respect to their semantic significations.

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