scholarly journals The Semantic System of the Mari Folk Costume and its Artistic-Figurative Interpretation

ICONI ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Vladimir G. Kudryavtsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic System ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

The article is devoted to the study of the traditional Mari costume, which unifi es the worldview, aesthetical and artistic perceptions of the surrounding world. The semantic system of the folk costume and its artistic-fi gurative interpretation presumes a unity of their utilitarian and decorative purposes. On the basis of studies of material related to archeology, ethnography and art studies the ethnic-determining sources are revealed which are important for the development of the practice of contemporary ethnic design.

Is Basque morphologically ergative?

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gontzal Aldai
Keyword(s):  
Complex Issue ◽  
Semantic System ◽  
Case Marking

Although Basque’s case-marking pattern has conventionally been regarded as ergative, I argue in this article that it is not straightforward to determine whether this pattern is actually ergative or rather semantically-based. Several factors make this one a complex issue. Perhaps the most important factor among these, and one which has gone largely unnoticed in the literature, is the fact that there are clear dialectal differences regarding the behavior of lexically-simple unergative verbs. Another complication comes from establishing the specific contrast underlying the putative semantic split among Basque intransitives. With these questions in mind, I propose that the case-marking system of Western Basque should be considered semantically aligned instead of ergative. This system is based on a contrast patientive / non-patientive. Conversely, Eastern and Central Basque may be considered to have an ergative case-marking system, but one which differs in some respects from that of the most typical ergative languages and which is not too different from a semantic system.

Patterns of Experienced Aging with a Finnish Cohort

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riitta-Liisa Heikkinen
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
Accurate Picture ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Subjective Meanings

A cohort study of eighty-year old residents in Jyväskylä (pop. 66,000), central Finland, was carried out in 1990 as part of the EVERGREEN-project. A total of 262 persons born in 1910 were interviewed in the cohort study. The survey data produced a fairly accurate picture of the respondents' objective situation. In order to shed further light on how the respondents felt about growing old, tape recorded narrative stories were collected from a subsample of twenty persons (10 women and 10 men). The stories revealed the subjective meanings and evaluations attached by the individuals concerned to their own aging. Being members of the same culture and the same age cohort, they also shared the same way of perceiving themselves and the surrounding world. It became obvious that there existed some kind of boundary conditions for the experience of aging. The model of boundary conditions for the experience of aging was developed on the basis of the narratives.

ISSUES OF ETHNOCULTURAL TRADITIONS DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN ARTISTIC PRACTICE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
K. K. Murataev ◽  
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S. M. Krykbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Folk Art ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Applied Art ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Structurally Stable ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

The article deals with insufficiently studied theoretical aspects of revealing and analyzing new elements and motives of artistic and compositional means of expression in folk art, as well as topical issues concerning determining principles and possible options for their creative development in modern decorative and applied art, design, and artistic practice in general. The most important structural features of shaping in traditional art in the ontologically interrelated system "nature — man — object" are analyzed. The main structurally stable elements and components in Kazakh folk ornament are distinguished and characterized, these are the circle, S-shaped element, cruciform and triangular components. The evolution of their ideological and figurative interpretation and symbolism is traced, and their role in the genesis of folk art traditions formed over thousands of years is revealed. The selected basic elements of folk ornament, as the main components of means of artistic expression, are proposed to be defined and developed in line with modern interpretations of artistic and aesthetic categories — dynamics, statics, harmony and their decorative variations in accordance with the volumetric and spatial features of form.

scholarly journals Architecture and Protocol of a Semantic System Designed for Video Tagging with Sensor Data in Mobile Devices

Sensors ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 2062-2087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Macias ◽  
Jaime Lloret ◽  
Alvaro Suarez ◽  
Miguel Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Semantic System

scholarly journals METHOD OF DISCUSSION DURING LESSONS OF SURROUNDING WORLD LEARNING: THEORY, POSSIBILITIES AND RESULTS

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė ◽  
Jurgita Pitrėnaitė
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Waste Dump ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
Educational Role ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Fourth Form

Discussion in the process of teaching refers to a more sophisticated form of conversation, which is more frequently applied working with senior school learners. Problems rather than facts or phenomena are discussed. The question rises if the method of discussion is relevant in lessons of surrounding world learn-ing and whether it enables school learners to acquire knowledge, facilitates its memorisation or allows to ar-rive at solutions to urgent problems. The research involved 18 second formers, 15 school learners of fourth form and 13 students. All the groups of respondents discussed the same problem. Different roles were assigned to the participants in the discussion (a number of respondents represented heads of waste management company, whereas the rest assumed roles of residents of area where waste dump was being set up) and they involved in discussions of issues related to waste management and waste dump establishment. A considerable difference in the results of questionnaires provided to the participants before and after the discussion was observed. It is obvious that the respondents not only gained knowledge but also acquired a different perception and understanding of the problems analysed in the discussion. However, the compari-son of all the results of the survey revealed a stronger educational role of the discussion teaching fourth for-mers. This confirms theoretical statements that this method is more effective with senior school learners. The group of students also found the discussion useful. Key words: primary education, teaching of surrounding world learning, teaching methods, discussion.

scholarly journals The Theme of Death and Eternity in Emily Dickenson’s Poetry

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2 (5)) ◽  
pp. 112-119
Author(s):  
Gayane Petrosyan
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
American Poetry ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Universe

The poetry of the world-renowned poetess Emily Dickenson received general acclaim in the fifties of the previous century, 70 years after her death. This country-dwelling lady who had locked herself from the surrounding world, created one of the most precious examples of the 19th century American poetry and became one of the most celebrated poets of all time without leaving her own garden.Her soul was her universe and the mission of Dickenson’s sole was to open the universe to let the people see it. Interestingly, most of her poems lack a title, are short and symbolic. The poetess managed to disclose the dark side of the human brain which symbolizes death and eternity.

scholarly journals Hyperbole and emotionalisation: Escalation of pragmatic effects of proverb and metaphor in the “Brexit” debate

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-644
Author(s):  
Andreas Musolff
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Historical Investigation ◽  
Figurative Speech ◽  
Figurative Interpretation ◽  
The Eu

(How) Can the use of hyperbole in metaphorical idioms and scenarios contribute to an increase in emotionalisation of public debates? Using a research corpus of quotations from British politicians speeches and interviews and of press texts 2016-2020, this paper investigates hyperbolic formulations in Brexit-related applications of the proverb You cannot have your cake and eat it and related scenarios of national liberation, which appear to have strongly boosted emotionalised public debates. For instance, Brexit proponents reversal of the cake proverb into the assertion, We can have our cake and eat it, and their figurative interpretation of Brexit as a war of liberation (against the EU) triggered highly emotional reactions: triumphant affirmation among followers, fear and resentment among opponents. The paper argues that the combination of figurative speech (proverb, metaphor) with hyperbole heightened the emotional and polemical impact of the pro-Brexit argument. Whilst this effect may be deemed to have been rhetorically successful in the short term (e.g. in referendum and election campaigns), its long-term effect on political discourse is more ambivalent, for it leads to a polarisation and radicalisation of political discourse in Britain (as evidenced, for instance, in the massive use of hyperbole in COVID-19 debates). The study of hyperbole as a means of emotionalisation thus seems most promising as part of a discourse-historical investigation of socio-pragmatic effects of figurative (mainly, metaphorical) language use, rather than as an isolated, one-off rhetorical phenomenon.

scholarly journals Hausa phraseologisms as a structural property of language and cultural value

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-120
Author(s):  
Nina Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Structural Property ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Surrounding World ◽  
Nominal Compounds

The paper discusses phraseological units in Hausa as combinations of lexical units which have grammatical and cultural motivations. Its purpose is to identify language-specific types of structural phraseologisms and their culture-specific meanings. At the structural level, the most productive patterns of verbal phrases and nominal compounds are being presented. Special attention is devoted to various types of verb-based nominal phrases which refer to perceiving the surrounding world through instances of people’s behavior. The structural phraseologisms are also seen as a means of abstract conceptualization and a source of grammaticalization processes. The cultural background of the Hausa phraseologisms is referred to culture key-words and the traces of cultural experience which determine the meaning of the whole phrase. This approach includes a comparative perspective in studies on phrasal expressions in the Hausa language. The examples are taken from lexicographic sources and from descriptive works, they are also extracted from literary texts, the text of “Magana Jari Ce” [Speech is an Asset] by Abubakar Imam in particular.

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