English Phraseology: Cognitive, Symbolic and Terminological Aspects (Based on Idioms with Colour Adjectives Black/White/Red)

The authors focus on idioms as means of categorization of the world and means of keeping temporal and spatial cultural-historical data transmission. Special attention is given to the symbolic meaning of idiom components. Aspects of English phraseology are analyzed by emphasizing phraseological antonymy as an important linguistic universal that is pointed out as binary structures playing an important role in cognition by participating in cognitive and structural processes. The analysis considers explicit and implicit representation of the concept of ‘white’, its semiotic and symbolic meanings and its psychical effect on a human being. The article focuses on the process of phrase-forming as a language phenomenon and an efficient means of term-formation in the English language. The authors discusses possibility of using and reproducing idioms with the phraseological model adjective + noun and forecasts further term-formation according to the phraseological model. The article is aimed at showing interaction of linguistic and extra linguistic aspects within an idiom, as a linguistic unit, and the way the linguistic aspects transform into extra linguistic ones and vice versa.

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From Ladder and Thread to Heaven: The Symbolic Meaning of the Path in a Fragment of the Linguistic World Image

Linguistics ◽

10.12958/2227-2631-2021-2-44-38-52 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 38-52

Author(s):

Oksana Simovych ◽

Keyword(s):

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Symbolic Meaning ◽

Demarcation Line ◽

Concrete Situation ◽

General Semantics ◽

The World ◽

Symbolic Meanings ◽

The Subject ◽

World Image

This article «From Ladder and Thread to Heaven: The Symbolic Meaning of the Path in a Fragment of the Linguistic World Image» explores the problem of the analysis of folk customs. These customs could be verbalized both in folk texts and in dialects. The specifics of this study lie in the linguistic analysis of the symbols which are usually interpreted as folk customs and folk objects. However, the symbolism of the objects in national customs causes the development of a symbolic meaning of the respective word that defines these objects. In this way, many symbols in folk customs become verbal, and the context of the custom creates a foundation for the development of the symbolic meaning. The verbal symbols analyzed are a «thread», a «ball of twine», a «ladder», a «bridge» and a «cross». In the national Ukrainian linguistic space, these words have the general semantics of the ‘connection between worlds’. It is stressed that the symbolic meaning of the (celestial) ladder has been discovered in the biblical context. This is also relevant for the clarification of the subject of continuity in the development of the symbolic meanings, which are also documented in the Ukrainian context. A concrete situation in linguistics and custom creates conditions under which arise symbolic co-meanings that develop in the framework of the same main symbolic archetypical meaning. All analyzed symbols belong to the archetypical ones. That is why they have been also discovered with the same semantics in other languages. This is the reason why the analysis of such symbols requires not only facts documented in the dictionaries and texts in Ukrainian, but also information about the respective symbol in other linguistic cultures. It is also pointed out that the thread is analyzed as an apotropaic symbol. This word has also been documented linguistically as a symbol of the demarcation line between one’s own world and the world of «others».

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Gendering in the Ascription of Symbolic Meaning to Dance in Germany

Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings ◽

10.1017/s2049125500000662 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 40 (S1) ◽

pp. 175-180

Author(s):

E. Hollister Mathis-Masury

Keyword(s):

Social System ◽

Community Building ◽

Symbolic Meaning ◽

Current Status ◽

Dance Studies ◽

Historical Factors ◽

The World ◽

Symbolic Meanings ◽

Dance Companies

This presentation deals with the current status of dance studies in Germany, focusing particularly on the situation in Baden-Württemberg, the home state of the internationally renowned Stuttgart Ballet. Whereas German dance companies enjoy some of the highest subsidies in the world, and freelance dancers in Germany benefit from privileges in the German social system, dance is not an independent subject of study at any level of the German educational system. The strong discrepancies in educational, cultural, and social policy on dance are indicative of the limits to and disagreements within symbolic meaning ascribed to dance. The relevant areas of policy will be presented, as well as the historical factors in the development of these discrepancies. A discussion of the role of gendering in the ascription of symbolic meanings to dance follows, especially considering current developments regarding community building and social justice.

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Wayang Jawa Timuran Lakon Gandamana Luweng (Kajian Struktur Dan Makna)

Mudra Jurnal Seni Budaya ◽

10.31091/mudra.v33i1.137 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Andini Shinta Kurniawati

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Symbolic Meaning ◽

Main Subject ◽

Qualitative Research Design ◽

Art Form ◽

The World ◽

Symbolic Meanings ◽

Data Source

Wayang, sebagai salah satu bentuk kesenian klasik tradisional yang oleh pecintanya dikatakan mempunyai nilai adiluhung, banyak mempengaruhi tata nilai kehidupan Jawa khususnya dan masyarakat pada umumnya.Orang Jawa begitu percaya adanya perlambang, simbolisasi ataupun filsafat hidup yang berupa mitos pada satu lakon wayang.Salah satu lakon wayang yang cukup menarik perhatian adalah lakon wayang dengan judul Gandamana Luweng. Pokok permasalahan yang dikaji dalam penulisan ini adalah (1) Bagaimana struktur lakon Gandamana Luweng, (2) Bagaimana makna simbolik lakon Gandamana Luweng. Tujuan penulisan ini yaitu menganalisa dan mendeskripsikan struktur lakon dan makna simbolik lakon Gandamana Luweng. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomnologis empiris. Subjek utama dalam penelitian ini adalah Ki Pringgo Jati Rahmanu, sedangkan pengumpulan data diperoleh dengan pengamatan, wawancara, studi dokumen, dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan melalui reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Pemerksaan keabsahan data menggunakan informan review dan triangulasi data (sumber dan teknik). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa struktur lakon Gandamana Luweng terdiri atas sinopsis, penjabaran lakon, penokohan, alur, setting, dan tema cerita.Lakon Gandamana Luweng ini memiliki makna bahwa jika dalam suatu Negara para rakyatnya bermoral lemah tidak mempunyai kekuatan dan keberanian apalagi kesadaran apa arti hidup ini maka hancurlah Negara itu. Dari data tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa Lakon Gandamana Luweng memiliki struktur lakon cukup menarik yang dikemas dalam durasi tampilan 60 menit, sedangkan dengan adanya makna simbolik yang terkandung diharapkan para pelaku hidup ini akan sadar tentang pentingnya saling mengerti, menyadari tentang hidup dan kehidupan di dunia.Shadow Puppettry, as one of the traditional classical art form that by the lover is said to hold in high value, hold much affect to the values of life of Java in particular and its society in general. The Javanese are very confident in the use of symbols. Symbols and philosophies of life that are manifest in one myth in one puppet play. One of the puppet plays that attract attention is the wayang play entitled "Gandamana Luweng". The main issues studied in this book are (1) How Gandamana Luweng play is structured, (2) The symbolic meaning of Gadamana Luweng play. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and describe the structure of the play and the symbolic implications of the play Gandamana Luweng. This research uses qualitative research design with empirical phenomenological approach. The main subject in this study is Ki Pringgo Jati Rahmanu, while data collection is obtained with observation, interview, document study, documentation. Data analysis is done through by data reduction, presentation data, and conclusion. The validity of data is checked using using informant review and triangulation of data (source and technique). The results of this study indicate the structure of the Gandamana Luweng play consists of synopsis, description of the play, characterization, plot, setting, and theme of the story. This Gandamana Luweng play has the meaning if country’s people possess weak moral, no strength and courage let alone awareness as to what this life means, then the country is destroyed. From these data can be concluded Gandamana Luweng shadow puppet play holdss a fascinating structure that comprises a 60 minute view duration, where the symbolic meanings intentions are expected that these actors will be aware of understanding each other, conscious about life and life in the world.

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The Center for International Biomedical Communications Research

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1636285 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 05 (03) ◽

pp. 142-146

Author(s):

A. Kent ◽

P. J. Vinken

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

English Language ◽

Medical Information ◽

Biomedical Literature ◽

Information Storage ◽

Control Mechanisms ◽

University Of Pittsburgh ◽

The World ◽

The University ◽

Excerpta Medica Foundation

A joint center has been established by the University of Pittsburgh and the Excerpta Medica Foundation. The basic objective of the Center is to seek ways in which the health sciences community may achieve increasingly convenient and economical access to scientific findings. The research center will make use of facilities and resources of both participating institutions. Cooperating from the University of Pittsburgh will be the School of Medicine, the Computation and Data Processing Center, and the Knowledge Availability Systems (KAS) Center. The KAS Center is an interdisciplinary organization engaging in research, operations, and teaching in the information sciences.Excerpta Medica Foundation, which is the largest international medical abstracting service in the world, with offices in Amsterdam, New York, London, Milan, Tokyo and Buenos Aires, will draw on its permanent medical staff of 54 specialists in charge of the 35 abstracting journals and other reference works prepared and published by the Foundation, the 700 eminent clinicians and researchers represented on its International Editorial Boards, and the 6,000 physicians who participate in its abstracting programs throughout the world. Excerpta Medica will also make available to the Center its long experience in the field, as well as its extensive resources of medical information accumulated during the Foundation’s twenty years of existence. These consist of over 1,300,000 English-language _abstract of the world’s biomedical literature, indexes to its abstracting journals, and the microfilm library in which complete original texts of all the 3,000 primary biomedical journals, monitored by Excerpta Medica in Amsterdam are stored since 1960.The objectives of the program of the combined Center include: (1) establishing a firm base of user relevance data; (2) developing improved vocabulary control mechanisms; (3) developing means of determining confidence limits of vocabulary control mechanisms in terms of user relevance data; 4. developing and field testing of new or improved media for providing medical literature to users; 5. developing methods for determining the relationship between learning and relevance in medical information storage and retrieval systems’; and (6) exploring automatic methods for retrospective searching of the specialized indexes of Excerpta Medica.The priority projects to be undertaken by the Center are (1) the investigation of the information needs of medical scientists, and (2) the development of a highly detailed Master List of Biomedical Indexing Terms. Excerpta Medica has already been at work on the latter project for several years.

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Impact of Social Media on English Language: A Review

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v3i3.10426 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Dr. Neha Sharma

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cultural Values ◽

English Language ◽

Major Influence ◽

International Level ◽

Class Society ◽

The World ◽

The Status ◽

The Media ◽

Subsequent Rise

Language being a potent vehicle of transmitting cultural values, norms and beliefs remains a central factor in determining the status of any nation. India is a multilingual country which tends to encourage people to use English at national and international level. Basically English in India owes its presence to the British but its subsequent rise is not fully attributable to the British. It has now become the language of wider communication which is now spoken by large number of people all over the world. It is influenced by many factors such as class, society, developments in science and technology etc. However the major influence on English language is and has been the media.

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L'anglicisme dans la langue française

Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.29037/digitalpress.43286 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 00013

Author(s):

Danny Susanto

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Oil Industry ◽

English Word ◽

Public Institutions ◽

Font Size ◽

The World ◽

French Speaking ◽

The Difference ◽

Definition Of ◽

Bibliographic Study

The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon known as “anglicism”: a loan made to the English language by another language. Anglicism arose either from the adoption of an English word as a result of a translation defect despite the existence of an equivalent term in the language of the speaker, or from a wrong translation, as a word-by-word translation. Said phenomenon is very common nowadays and most languages of the world including making use of some linguistic concepts such as anglicism, neologism, syntax, morphology etc, this article addresses various aspects related to Anglicisms in French through a bibliographic study: the definition of Anglicism, the origin of Anglicisms in French and the current situation, the areas most affected by Anglicism, the different categories of Anglicism, the difference between French Anglicism in France and French-speaking Canada, the attitude of French-speaking society towards to the Anglicisms and their efforts to stop this phenomenon. The study shows that the areas affected are, among others, trade, travel, parliamentary and judicial institutions, sports, rail, industrial production and most recently film, industrial production, sport, oil industry, information technology, science and technology. Various initiatives have been implemented either by public institutions or by individuals who share concerns about the increasingly felt threat of the omnipresence of Anglicism in everyday life.

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The Oxford History of the Novel in English

10.1093/oso/9780199609932.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

English Language ◽

Book History ◽

World Order ◽

The United States ◽

The Novel ◽

History Of The Novel ◽

Post Colonial ◽

The World ◽

History Of

Volume Nine of this series traces the development of the ‘world novel’, that is, English-language novels written throughout the world, beyond Britain, Ireland, and the United States. Focusing on the period up to 1950, the volume contains survey chapters and chapters on major writers, as well as chapters on book history, publishing, and the critical contexts of the work discussed. The text covers periods from renaissance literary imaginings of exotic parts of the world like Oceania, through fiction embodying the ideology and conventions of empire, to the emergence of settler nationalist and Indigenous movements and, finally, the assimilations of modernism at the beginnings of the post-imperial world order. The book, then, contains chapters on the development of the non-metropolitan novel throughout the British world from the eighteenth to the mid twentieth centuries. This is the period of empire and resistance to empire, of settler confidence giving way to doubt, and of the rise of indigenous and post-colonial nationalisms that would shape the world after World War II.

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Where news could not inspire change: TRT World as a party broadcaster

Journalism ◽

10.1177/14648849211033444 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146488492110334

Author(s):

Mona Elswah ◽

Philip N. Howard

Keyword(s):

Public Diplomacy ◽

English Language ◽

Media Freedom ◽

Editorial Policies ◽

The World ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Media Market

Turkey has vastly increased the scale of its investment in public diplomacy tools. Although Turkey is considered one of the world’s worst jailers of journalists, its media market is one of the fastest-growing in the world. In 2015, the Istanbul-based English-language TRT World was launched with the slogan ‘where news inspires change’, The channel promised to provide impartial coverage of global news, with its experienced journalists addressing global audiences. In this study, we investigate the interplay between public diplomacy and editorial policies at TRT World. After conducting in-depth interviews with TRT World journalists, we argue that the channel has shifted its style from being Turkey’s public diplomacy tool into becoming the AKP’s voice to the world. By examining TRT World, this study provides a framework to understand how international broadcasters operate in countries where media freedom is restricted.

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Elicüra: The “Feasts of Merit” Shawl of the Chakhesang Naga of Northeast India

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man ◽

10.1177/0972558x21990790 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0972558X2199079

Author(s):

Yekha-ü ◽

Queenbala Marak

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Social Rank ◽

Northeast India ◽

Symbolic Meaning ◽

Way Of Life ◽

Gift Economy ◽

The World ◽

The Right

Feasts of Merit are an important social way of life among different tribes in the world, especially in Southeast Asia. In Northeast India, the different Naga tribes were well-known for this practice before the advent of Christianity. However, among the Chakhesang Nagas, after the advent of Christianity, the practices of giving feasts continue to this day with minor modifications in terms of rituals and taboos while the symbolic meaning and values behind this practice are retained. The Feasts of Merit, among them, are intricately connected to their worldview, whereby the feast-givers distribute their wealth in terms of sacrificing mithun, buffalo, and/or other livestock, in consecutive feasts, and receiving in return a higher social rank and the right to wear a special shawl (“Feasts of Merit” shawl), variously known as hapidasa, elicüra, and thüpikhü and the right to adorn the house with special architecture (mithun and buffalo wood carvings on the wall, and to put up a horn at the pinnacle of the house front). This article discusses the “Feasts of Merit” shawl and how it is connected intrinsically to the ethos of the tribe, and in doing so it states that the Chakhesang feasts can be looked upon as gift economy.

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