scholarly journals The Cognitive Coherence of Sociolects Across the Lifespan: A Case Study of Swabian German

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen V. Beaman ◽  
Fabian Tomaschek ◽  
Konstantin Florian Sering
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Unresolved Question ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Structural Correlation ◽  
Community Belonging ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Cognitive Coherence

In a thought-provoking article, Guy (2013:63) claims that “lectal coherence ... [implies] that variables are correlated; if they are not, the cognitive and social reality of the ‘sociolect’ is problematic.” Considerable linguistic research has established that, for structural reasons, variables are correlated; however, structural correlation does not imply sociolectal coherence. Thus the question arises: do multiple variables cluster or correlate, loosely, tightly, or not at all, based on social factors, such as age, gender, community belonging, salience, prestige/stigma, or other external factors (Guy and Hinskens 2016)? This paper explores the unresolved question of cognitive sociolectal coherence by investigating a panel of 20 speakers of Swabian, a dialect spoken in southwestern Germany, across a 35-year lifespan. The corpus consists of Labovian-style sociolinguistic interviews, and the data comprise 20 phonological and morphosyntactic linguistic features, coded for a binary distinction between the dialect and standard variant. In concurrence with Guy (2013), the findings support the notion that sociolectal coherence is more multi-dimensional than previously believed. However, clear patterns have emerged, indicating that sociolectal coherence may lie in more cognitive constructs such as the type, status, and stigmatisation of the variable itself.

STRATEGI MENINGKATKAN LOYALITAS KONSUMEN MAKANAN KHAS KOTA CURUP KABUPATEN REJANG LEBONG

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onsardi Onsardi
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Consumer Loyalty ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Typical Food ◽  
Internal And External Factors

The title of this study is the Strategy of Increasing Consumer Food Loyalty in CurupCity, Rejang Lebong Regency (Case Study in "Henvian" Typical Food Industry). Thisresearch is based on the importance of strategies in increasing business and consumerloyalty to products sold.Strategies to increase business and consumer loyalty can bedone with a SWOT analysis. Place of this research is the "Henvian" shop that sellstypical Rejang lebong food. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative.Informants in this study were people who were considered to know for certain about theHENVIAN Specialty Food Store in Curup City, Rejang Lebong Regency. The dataanalysis technique used in this study is a SWOT analysis to determine the strengths,weaknesses, opportunities and threats in a typical Rejang Lebong food business.By using SWOT analysis techniques that consist of strengths (weakness), weaknesses(weakness), opportunities (opportnity) and threats (threath). The results of this studycan be concluded that the internal factors that are the strength of the marketing strategyare the quality of the product that is good at a price affordable to the public andtourists, service that is friendly and responsive to consumer needs, as well astechnological advancements that facilitate the promotion of business. Internal factorsthat are a weakness are often lack of stock, there are some products that do not meet thestandard packaging, the product shelf life is short, employees do not use uniforms.External factors that become opportunities are a fairly high economic community,abundant raw materials while external factors that are a threat are the manycompetitors, an unstable economy, the price of basic needs increases. Based on theresults of the SWOT analysis of internal and external factors, the strategy used is toimprove product quality by improving the appearance of packaging and quality ofcontent and quality of service by providing uniforms to employees and providingstandards of service to consumers. .Keywords: Strategy, Consumer Loyalty, SWOT

The formation of the Egyptian Arabic dialect area

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Behnstedt ◽  
Manfred Woidich
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Dialect Contact ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
Egyptian Arabic ◽  
Transitional Area ◽  
The Mediterranean

This chapter deals with the sedentary dialects of Egypt, excluding the bedouin dialects of Sinai and the Libyan bedouin dialects on the Mediterranean coast. It attempts to combine historical information on the settlement of Arabic tribes in Egypt with accounts of present-day Egyptian dialects and those of the regions from which those tribes came, initially Yemen and the Levant, later Hejaz, and then the Maghreb. The diversity of the Egyptian Arabic dialect area is partly explained by external factors, namely different layers of arabization over centuries. It is also explained by internal factors, namely dialect contact, which implies phenomena such as hyperdialectisms. Egypt is seen as a dialect area in its own right, but one that shows phenomena of a transitional area between the Arab East and West. A case study of Alexandria deals with dialect death. The role of substrata is discussed, but is considered negligible.

Markers of identification in Indigenous academic writing: A case study of genre innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shurli Makmillen ◽  
Michelle Riedlinger
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Genre Studies ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Rhetorical Genre ◽  
Academic Genres

AbstractThis study contributes to research into genre innovation and scholarship exploring how Indigenous epistemes are disrupting dominant discourses of the academy. Using a case study approach, we investigated 31 research articles produced by Mäori scholars and published in the journal AlterNative between 2006 and 2018. We looked for linguistic features associated with self-positioning and self-identification. We found heightened ambiguous uses of “we”; a prevalence of verbs associated with personal (as opposed to discursive) uses of “I/we”; personal storytelling; and a privileging of Elders’ contributions to the existing state of knowledge. We argue these features reflect and reinforce Indigenous scholars’ social relations with particular communities of practice within and outside of the academy. They are also in keeping with Indigenous knowledge-making practices, protocols, and languages, and signal sites of negotiation and innovation in the research article. We present the implications for rhetorical genre studies and for teaching academic genres.

Multi-criteria decision-making algorithm based on aggregation operators under the complex interval-valued q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic information

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Harish Garg ◽  
Zeeshan Ali ◽  
Zaoli Yang ◽  
Tahir Mahmood ◽  
Sultan Aljahdali
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Score Function ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Interval Numbers ◽  
Fundamental Properties ◽  
Interval Valued

The paper aims to present a concept of a Complex interval-valued q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic set (CIVQROULS) and investigated their properties. In the presented set, the membership grades are considered in terms of the interval numbers under the complex domain while the linguistic features are added to address the uncertainties in the data. To further discuss more, we have presented the operation laws and score function for CIVQROULS. In addition to them, we present some averaging and geometric operators to aggregate the different pairs of the CIVQROULS. Some fundamental properties of the proposed operators are stated. Afterward, an algorithm for solving the decision-making problems is addressed based on the proposed operator using the CIVQROULS features. The applicability of the algorithm is demonstrated through a case study related to brain tumors and their effectiveness is compared with the existing studies.

scholarly journals Toward a Quantitative Approach to the Specialness of Poetry: Taking Chang Hen Ge and Chang Hen Ge Zhuan as a Case Study

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110299
Author(s):  
Cong Zhang ◽  
Rui Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Function Words ◽  
New Perspective

The differences of linguistic features between Chang Hen Ge ( Ge) and Chang Hen Ge Zhuan ( Zhuan) have rarely been mentioned in the relevant fields. Nevertheless, these differences can best highlight the specialness of poetry, for the two works were written contemporaneously by two friends on the same subject, in distinct styles. This article employs quantitative methods and indicators to provide empirical evidence for the specialness of Ge through comparisons between the two. The results show that, on the premise of expressing the same subject in different styles, Ge does have certain linguistic characteristics compared with Zhuan. Its particularity is reflected not only in fewer repeat characters and words but also in their richness, as well as in the use of more content words and fewer function words. Moreover, all of these characteristics have had a great influence on Ge’s artistic level and dissemination. Through this study, we hope that our methods provide a new perspective and shed some light on this area.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitality Industry in Greece and Its Treasured Santorini Island

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7906
Author(s):  
Nikola Medová ◽  
Lucie Macková ◽  
Jaromir Harmacek
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

This paper focuses on the dynamic of the recent upheaval in the tourism and hospitality sector due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Greece and Santorini island. It uses the case study of a country one-fourth of whose GDP consists of tourism. We compare the available statistical data showing the change in variables in the previous years with 2020 and look into the new challenges and opportunities posed by the drop in the numbers of visitors and flights. We focus mainly on the economic and social impact on the destination and possible future scenarios for further development in the area. Data show a significant effect of the pandemic on multiple variables, such as the long-term trend of the importance of tourism sector in GDP in Greece, the number of flights and visitors to Greece and Santorini island, and the contribution of tourism and travel to GDP. Based on the available data, we also construct three foresight scenarios that describe the possible futures for Santorini island in terms of the pandemic evolution. These scenarios may help various stakeholders and policymakers to be better prepared for different developments that may appear.

scholarly journals Respectus Philologicus, 2009 Nr. 16 (21) A

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-238
Author(s):  
Gabija Bankauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Literary Fiction ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Standard Language ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Verbal Metaphor ◽  
Scientific Life

CONTENTS I. DISCOURSE: THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS OF GENERATION, PERCEPTION AND IMPACTAgnieszka Miksza (Poland). The Politics of Reading and Writing. Jeanette Winterson’s Dialogue with Herself and the Reader... 11Olga Glebova (Poland). Recontextualisation as an Interpretive Strategy in Contemporary Novelistic Discourse ... 19Wojciech Majka (Poland).Understanding as Context for Disclosure ... 30Jurgita Vaičenonienė (Lithuania). Cultural Translation and Linguistic Metaphor: A Case Study of Verbal Metaphor Translation ... 38Regina Koženiauskienė (Lithuania). The Manipulation of Headlines: The Opposition of Text and Context... 50Erika Rimkutė, Neringa Pakalnytė (Lithuania). Topics and Linguistic Features of Social Advertisements...57Dovilė Vengalienė (Lithuania). The Cultural Aspects of Auto-Ironic Blends Referring to Lithuania and America in News Headlines ... 73Solveiga Sušinskienė (Lithuania). Nominalization as a Micro-Structural Item of English Scientific Discourse ...84 II. LITERARY FICTION: INTERPRETATION POSSIBILITIESUgnius Keturakis (Lithuania). Two Ways Leading to Modern National Culture: Vincas Kudirka and Jurgis Baltrušaitis... 93Marek Smoluk (Poland). The English Royal Court through the Eyes of Erasmus ... 105Ingrida Žindžiuvienė (Lithuania). Location and Space in Don Delillo’s Cosmopolis and Antanas Škėma’s Balta drobulė ... 112 III. CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH INTO LITHUANIAN LINGUISTICS: LINGUISTIC AND EXTRALINGUISTIC APPROACHESJonas Andrijauskas, Lina Bačiūnaitė-Lužinienė, Vytas Kriščiūnas (Lithuania). The Employment of New Technologies in Diachronic Toponymy ... 123Saulė Juzelėnienė, Giedrė Baranauskaitė (Lithuania). The Expression of Semantic Group of Movement in the Air in the Lithuanian and English Languages... 135Robertas Kudirka (Lithuania). The Formant Structure of the Accented Long and Short Vowels in the Lithuanian Standard Language... 141Jurga Kerevičienė (Lithuania). Dativus iudicantis in Lithuanian and its Equivalents in English ... 153Daiva Aliūkaitė (Lithuania). Accuracy of Standard Language Images: the Problem of Quasistandard... 160Nijolė Tuomienė (Lithuania). Declension of the ā- and iā Stem nouns in the Peripheral Ramaškonys Subdialect... 188Rima Bacevičiūtė (Lithuania). Tendencies and problems of instrumental analysis of sounds in lithuanian dialectology... 202 IV. SCIENTIFIC LIFE CHRONICLEBirutė Briaukienė (Lithuania). 110 Years to “Lietuviška gramatikėlė”...216Daiva Aliūkaitė, Gabija Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė (Lithuania). Young Linguists of the Lithuanian Language Gathering — a Part of Jubilee Events at VU KHF ...221 V. REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICATION... 226VI. OUR AUTHORS... 234

scholarly journals RELIGION AND THE IMMIGRANT: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF RELIGION IN THE SETTLEMENT OF IMMIGRANTS OF LUTHERAN ORIGIN IN KENYA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Richard Ondicho Otiso
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Lutheran Church ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Culture And Language

In the making of a new home, immigrants have always wanted to settle with people that share similar religious beliefs, given that religion is the only common point that offers universality contrary to culture and other social factors that are subject to change in respect with the surrounding. Given the increase in the global population statistics of the Lutheran church, this article presented a case study of the lives and activities of immigrants of Lutheran origin in Kenya. Based on the existing literature, factors like the religiosity, culture and language of the host community will be analyzed. Moreover, the major finding of this study identifies that the separation between immigrants and locals is based on the fact that there is lack of a common language between the two parties. Emphasis was put on language as the biggest unifying factor. A realization of the factors that hinder integration of immigrants into the host society as explained in this article will aid in the formulation of new policies by the Lutheran church of Kenya and as well go a long way in resolving the existing barriers to immigrant integration

The Media Trade Press as Technology Forecaster: A Case Study of the VCR'S Impact on Broadcasting

1997 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M. Napoli
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Media ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Trade Press

This paper assesses how the broadcasting and advertising trade press performed in their role as technology forecaster, using the introduction of the VCR and its potential impact on broadcasting as a case study. An examination of the forecasts made within the broadcasting and advertising trade press during the early stages of the VCR's development and diffusion indicates that the advertising trade press proved much more active and much more accurate in forecasting the future of the VCR. The results also indicate the importance of integrating technological and social factors for constructing accurate forecasts.

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