Próby normalizacji polskiej terminologii ekonomicznej w XIX wieku na podstawie prac Fryderyka Skarbka i Józefa Supińskiego

The object of the linguistic analysis is the Polish economic terminology, which intensively evolved in the 19thcentury under the influence of new Western European ideas related to technological progress and develop-ment of the capitalist economy. This paper presents the rules for coining new terms and assimilating bor-rowings (mainly from French) into the Polish scientific literature. Attempts at standardisation of the Polish economic terminology, consisting in the systematisation of notions, polarisation of terms, and specification of their semantic scope are characterised based on studies by Fryderyk Skarbek and Józef Supiński. The aspi-ration for separating economic categories from legal ones and terms from colloquial lexis is illustrated with selected examples. The methods of popularising the knowledge of economics and the related terminology in the society applied by both scholars are also indicated here.

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“Lay down branch roads, provide town sites, build barracks”: A Practical Stylistic Investigation of Hyde Clarke’s Colonization, Defence, and Railways in Our Indian Empire (1857)

Linguae & - Rivista di lingue e culture moderne ◽

10.7358/ling-2020-002-vird ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Francesca Virdis

Keyword(s):

Technological Progress ◽

English Language ◽

Postcolonial Studies ◽

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Research Purpose ◽

Mental Attitude ◽

Syntactic Structures ◽

Main Research ◽

Colonial And Postcolonial Studies

In his treatise Colonization, Defence, and Railways in Our Indian Empire (1857), Hyde Clarke wholeheartedly approves of Indian colonial railways and advocates the need for the British to bring about technological progress in the subcontinent. The main research purpose of this article is to provide stylistic evidence of how Clarke relays and constructs his Anglocentric and imperial viewpoint on Indian railways. The article firstly introduces the figure of Clarke and his railway pamphlet, and discusses the keywords colonialism and colonization as defined in two authoritative nineteenthcentury dictionaries of the English language and in colonial and postcolonial studies. Secondly, moving from this field and from the field of postcolonial stylistics, the stylistic methodology defined by Ron Carter as “practical stylistics” is applied to thirteen sequences from the treatise including the keyword colonization. Finally, the definitions of colonialism and colonization are compared with Clarke’s notion of colonization as emerging from the text. This linguistic analysis hence identifies and explores the stylistic strategies utilised by the author – mainly stylistic choices at word- and phrase-level, syntactic structures and the pragmatic functions of these devices – and reveals the ways in which he conveys his colonial mental attitude to the Indian reality.

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The contribution of creative writing to the standardization of Mauritian Creole

Language and Literature ◽

10.1177/0963947007079103 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 245-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Roshni Mooneeram

Keyword(s):

Creative Writing ◽

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Prolific Author ◽

Language Standardization ◽

Written Form ◽

Western European

In the histories of western European vernacular languages, it is widely acknowledged that literary figures have played an important role in the process of language standardization. Indeed, the codifying of language and the canonizing of literature are often seen as symbiotic processes. This article explores the links between creative writing and standardization by looking at the case of Mauritian Creole (MC). For these purposes, I carry out a linguistic analysis of selected works of Dev Virahsawmy, the pioneering and most prolific author using the medium of MC. The analysis focuses on the development of a systematic orthography, lexical, register and syntactic elaboration. In the case of MC, which did not have a written form prior to literature, it is suggested that the symbiosis mentioned by Adamson in relation to language standardization runs deeper. The article finally highlights the establishment of a standard as being subject to intentional individual pressures.

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Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Productivity around Edge Computing and the Internet of Things

IoT ◽

10.3390/iot1020024 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 436-450

Author(s):

Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero ◽

Francisco-Javier Hinojo-Lucena ◽

Magdalena Ramos Navas-Parejo ◽

Gerardo Gómez-García

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Scientific Productivity ◽

Edge Computing ◽

The Internet ◽

The Past ◽

The Internet Of Things

Technological progress has recently led to the emergence of various technological resources and means that are improving specific aspects of society. An example of this can be found in the “internet of things” and “edge computing”. The present study aims at knowing and analyzing the scientific literature of the set of terms formed by “edge computing” and “internet of things”, called from now on ECIT. In order to carry out the research, a study has been developed, based on bibliometrics, by means of scientific mapping. In this case, different production indicators have been taken into account, as well as the structural and dynamic development of the terms and authors extracted from the publications through the programs Analyze Results, Creation Citation Report and SciMAT. The results indicate that the study theme “edge computing” and “internet of things” is of recent creation, given that its beginnings date back to 2014. Since then the level of production has been dizzying, increasing considerably in the past two years. It can be concluded that the field of study of ECIT is of recent creation, with a solid research base based on the “internet of things”. Furthermore, the themes “big data”, “energy” and “framework” can be considered as the future lines of research on ECIT.

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A 200-Year History of the Study of Childhood Language Disorders of Unknown Origin: Changes in Terminology

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2019_pers-sig1-2019-0007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 6-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Laurence B. Leonard

Keyword(s):

Language Impairment ◽

Specific Language Impairment ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Language Disorder ◽

Language Disorders ◽

Unknown Origin ◽

Developmental Language Disorder ◽

The Past ◽

History Of ◽

The Many

Purpose The current “specific language impairment” and “developmental language disorder” discussion might lead to important changes in how we refer to children with language disorders of unknown origin. The field has seen other changes in terminology. This article reviews many of these changes. Method A literature review of previous clinical labels was conducted, and possible reasons for the changes in labels were identified. Results References to children with significant yet unexplained deficits in language ability have been part of the scientific literature since, at least, the early 1800s. Terms have changed from those with a neurological emphasis to those that do not imply a cause for the language disorder. Diagnostic criteria have become more explicit but have become, at certain points, too narrow to represent the wider range of children with language disorders of unknown origin. Conclusions The field was not well served by the many changes in terminology that have transpired in the past. A new label at this point must be accompanied by strong efforts to recruit its adoption by clinical speech-language pathologists and the general public.

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RF o Characteristics in Three Groups of Females: Cross-Linguistic Analysis

Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations ◽

10.1044/cds7.2.3 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 3-7

Author(s):

Robert Mayo ◽

T. Reneé Watkins ◽

Alisha S. Richmond

Keyword(s):

Linguistic Analysis

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Development of Reading Remediation for Dyslexic Individuals

Zeitschrift für Psychologie ◽

10.1027/2151-2604/a000259 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 224 (4) ◽

pp. 240-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mélanie Bédard ◽

Line Laplante ◽

Julien Mercier

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Behavioral Data ◽

Educational Neuroscience ◽

Reading Remediation ◽

Functional Brain ◽

Neurophysiological Data ◽

Brain Correlates ◽

Research Questions ◽

The Brain

Abstract. Dyslexia is a phenomenon for which the brain correlates have been studied since the beginning of the 20th century. Simultaneously, the field of education has also been studying dyslexia and its remediation, mainly through behavioral data. The last two decades have seen a growing interest in integrating neuroscience and education. This article provides a quick overview of pertinent scientific literature involving neurophysiological data on functional brain differences in dyslexia and discusses their very limited influence on the development of reading remediation for dyslexic individuals. Nevertheless, it appears that if certain conditions are met – related to the key elements of educational neuroscience and to the nature of the research questions – conceivable benefits can be expected from the integration of neurophysiological data with educational research. When neurophysiological data can be employed to overcome the limits of using behavioral data alone, researchers can both unravel phenomenon otherwise impossible to document and raise new questions.

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