scholarly journals A Cognitive Stylistic Analysis of Catharsis Used by Husseini Preachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-532
Author(s):  
Basim Jubair Kadhim ◽  
Mujtaba Mohammedali Yahya Al-Hilo
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Emotion Control ◽  
Emotion Model ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Control Loss ◽  
Stylistic Device

This study deals with catharsis as a cognitive stylistic device used to expel fear and anxiety for the sake of changing the audience toward better by preachers in Husseini discourse – Hussein is a grand Shiite Muslim leader. It aims to explicate the exploitation of catharsis by Husseini preachers and the conceptualization of such phenomenon by the audience. The study adapts the emotion model developed by Kovecses (2000); five stages are utilized: cause of the emotion, emotion, control, loss of control, and behavioral response. Twenty Husseini sermons are analyzed according to the stages of the model. Consequently, the study has come up with considerable conclusions. Chief among them are: Husseini preachers pragmatically use prosodic features to convey catharsis. A further conclusion is that catharsis is utilized by Husseini preachers as a strategy to teach the audience all the objectives of the Husseini revolution and to connect the objectives to this age for the sake of reform, using the fear that can modulate the human behavior.

scholarly journals A Pragma- Stylistic Analysis of Formal Congratulatory Letters in English and Arabic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-277
Author(s):  
Muna Y. Al-Janabi ◽  
Ibtihal M. Al-Tememi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Successful Performance ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Face Saving ◽  
Stylistic Device

Politeness strategies are of significant importance to maintain the face of the addressee. Senders of formal congratulatory letters seek to create a positive image in the minds of their addresses by performing particular illocutionary acts and face-saving acts (FSAs) in the form of written texts. To the best knowledge of the researcher, this topic received little attention from linguistic researchers, especially on the pragma-stylistic level. The importance of this study arises from the fact that congratulatory formal letters are an effective tool in the successful performance of foreign relations and thus deserve investigation. The current study investigates the pragma-stylistic aspects of illocutionary acts and FSA Politeness Strategies in some selected English and Arabic formal congratulatory letters written by English and Arabic officials. Findings reveal that assertive constitutes the highest frequency in English data, while expressive occurs more in Arabic. Besides, the FSA politeness strategy (Use appropriate forms of address) includes most of the total frequency in both English and Arabic data, which still it appeared more in English. Additionally, (Exaggerate interest, sympathy with H) comes next in Arabic, while (Be optimistic) appeared more in English. In addition, results show that exaggeration (Hyperbole) is the prevalent stylistic device used in Arabic. Arabic officials usually exaggerate the glorification of people in authoritative positions, while English high officials tend to be more moderate. The findings will be helpful in cross-cultural comparative studies and other related fields.

scholarly journals Literary narratives examining control, loss of control and illness: Perspectives of patient, family and physician.

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Shapiro ◽  
Michael Prislin ◽  
Deane H. Shapiro ◽  
Desiree Lie
Keyword(s):  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Control Loss

scholarly journals Scientometric analysis of psychological interventions based upon the use of Hypnosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Solid Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Therapeutic Technique ◽  
Emotion Control ◽  
Behavioral Techniques ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Scientometric Study

Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique that has developed for centuries, and every time with greater clinical and scientific weight. Currently, hypnosis constitutes a solid support method for treatments against chronic pain and for emotion control under situations that generate fear and anxiety -such as surgery or other type of phobias-, so it is presented as an alternative to the use of medicine/drugs by health specialists. On the other hand within the field of behavioral sciences, apart from controlling fear and anxiety responses, hypnosis serves as support to the various cognitive behavioral techniques by facilitating their assimilation and development. This work presents a scientometric study of the research done on hypnosis over the last fifteen years, from publications -in Spanish and English- in specialized journals, indexed in SCOPUS (a specialized international bibliometric database). The contemporary applications of hypnosis are presented and critically discussed; as well as the fields in which its application has proven successful; its limitations; the research networks generated within the time of the study; plus, probable projections for future research are also mentioned. 

scholarly journals Implicit Meanings of the Discourse of Fiction: Linguistic-And-Stylistic Analysis of the Story by I.A. Bunin “The Murderess”

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Victoria Maryanchik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Golden Section ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Narrative Development ◽  
Stylistic Device

The theme of the work is the mechanisms of implicit meanings verbalization infiction. The aim is to analyze stylistic convergence in the story of I.A. Bunin "The murderess" as an explication of subtext. The main methods are the following: denotative, chronotopic, stylistic, narrative, conceptual analysis. The main results identify stylistic mechanisms that provide an appropriate interpretation of the literary text. It is revealed that the stylistic convergence includes colorative gradation, parcelling, semantic-syntactic verbalization of perceptual concept, semantic-stylistic actualization of the "golden section", conceptual antonymy, semantic sound images. Implicit meanings are identified in the narrative development: stylistic techniques and mechanisms of implicit artistic meanings verbalization are distinguished in each macrosituation. The term "method" traditionally refers to the conscious using of stylistic means by the author; the term "mechanism" is understood as a synergistic process of organizing the text space as a result of interpretative operations. The described techniques and mechanisms add to the repertoire of artistic stylistics. The means of fiction temporality are nominated; the vertical chronotope in macrosituations is modelled. The special feature of Bunin's story composition is "the effect of eversion": it transfers the semantic emphasis from the criminal action to the assessment of this action. The analysis confirms ecphrasticityand visualization of the image of an icon of the phenomenon within the analyzed story. The main oppositions power / people is distinguished in the conceptual field. The role of stylistic device in the synergetic organization of the text is shown. The main conclusion is drawn that the implicitness, ambiguity and "multi-focus" of the author's assessment as a feature of Bunin's idiostyle is realized through the mechanism of stylistic convergence.

scholarly journals Linguistic Means in Image of COVID-19 (German Political Discourse in Media)

2020 ◽  
pp. 194-209
Author(s):  
Daniil A. Petrenko ◽  
Eduard V. Likhachev ◽  
Marina V. Chernyshova
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Research Task ◽  
The Media ◽  
Linguistic Units ◽  
The Impact

The article is focused on the role of lexical and prosodic means of expression in the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in German political media discourse. As a research task, the authors identified an attempt to assess the dynamics of the image of the coronavirus phenomenon in the media and to identify the conditionality of the use of linguistic units at certain stages of the pandemic. The material for the study was transcripts and audio recordings of plots from leading German news channels in the first half of 2020. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the frequency of the use of lexical units and the correlation of lexical and prosodic means of expression. In the course of linguo-stylistic analysis, the main stylistic means are established, depicting the course of the pandemic and the fight against the virus. The prosodic features of the informants' speech, which are determined in the course of the electroacoustic analysis of statements, are brought into consideration. The impact of COVID-19 on all spheres of public life in Germany and its maximum representation in the media determine the relevance of this study. The novelty of the study is seen in the application of a comprehensive methodology for analyzing expressive means in the speech of informants in the period from January to May 2020.

scholarly journals A Pragma- Stylistic Analysis of Formal Congratulatory Letters in English and Arabic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna Y. Al-Janabi ◽  
Ibtihal M. Al-Tememi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Successful Performance ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Face Saving ◽  
Stylistic Device

Politeness strategies are of significant importance to maintain the face of the addressee. Senders of formal congratulatory letters seek to create a positive image in the minds of their addresses by performing particular illocutionary acts and face-saving acts (FSAs) in the form of written texts. To the best knowledge of the researcher, this topic received little attention from linguistic researchers, especially on the pragma-stylistic level. The importance of this study arises from the fact that congratulatory formal letters are an effective tool in the successful performance of foreign relations and thus deserve investigation. The current study investigates the pragma-stylistic aspects of illocutionary acts and FSA Politeness Strategies in some selected English and Arabic formal congratulatory letters written by English and Arabic officials. Findings reveal that assertive constitutes the highest frequency in English data, while expressive occurs more in Arabic. Besides, the FSA politeness strategy (Use appropriate forms of address) includes most of the total frequency in both English and Arabic data, which still it appeared more in English. Additionally, (Exaggerate interest, sympathy with H) comes next in Arabic, while (Be optimistic) appeared more in English. In addition, results show that exaggeration (Hyperbole) is the prevalent stylistic device used in Arabic. Arabic officials usually exaggerate the glorification of people in authoritative positions, while English high officials tend to be more moderate. The findings will be helpful in cross-cultural comparative studies and other related fields.

The Human Behavioral Response to Automated Trading

2017 ◽  
pp. 206-237
Author(s):  
Roumen Vragov
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Commodity Markets ◽  
Computer Algorithms ◽  
Behavioral Biases ◽  
Attitudes Towards Technology ◽  
Electronic Agents

The use of computer algorithms by human traders in markets has been steadily increasing. These electronic agents or proxies vary in terms of purpose and complexity, however, most of them first require some input on the part of the human trader and then perform the rest of the trading task autonomously. This paper proposes a theoretical model of human behavior that can be used to detect behavioral biases in commodity markets populated by humans and electronic proxies. The model's predictions are tested with the help of laboratory experiments with economically-motivated human subjects. Results suggests that the usefulness of automated trading is initially diminished by behavioral biases arising from attitudes towards technology. In some cases, the biases disappear with experience and in others they do not.

“Do You Read Me?”

Glimpse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Tracy Powell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nonverbal Communication ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Unconscious Processes ◽  
Original Message ◽  
Embodied Action ◽  
Verbal Utterance

Inaccurate interpretation of negotiated nonverbal communication during an intimate encounter has serious moral and legal repercussions. Reciprocity between bodies allows one to assess the intention of the other. However, when the intended message is miscommunicated through the sender’s embodied action or misperceived by the receiver, a sexual assault can ensue. Understanding, conveying, and responding to behavioral gestures indicative of agreement or refusal to consent, is an emotional quagmire that has received global attention through sociopolitical movements such as #MeToo. Despite the desired cogitation of a pre-reflexive intentioned message, reciprocal navigation of a shared intimate space shifts within the corporeal/intercorporeal relationship, such that a habituated behavioral response, autonomic bodily responding, and socialized dating norms all have the potential to sabotage the essence of the original message. Seeking legal retribution is compromised in its application of objectified parameters to an ambiguous, subjective human interaction. While programs promoting slogans such as “Just Say No” are well intentioned, the complexity of human behavior, unconscious processes, and subjective perception, all suggest that communicating a refusal to consent extends far beyond the verbal utterance of saying “No.”

scholarly journals The Image of Woman in English Proverbs: A Stylistic Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Tat’yana E. Alekseeva ◽  
◽  
Larisa N. Fedoseeva
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
First Time ◽  
Stylistic Device

This article deals with the English proverbs containing the concept of woman. The aim of the research was to analyse the means of expression used to portray the woman in her various social roles, to describe her personal traits and to reveal the attitude towards women in the society. The novelty of this paper lies in systematizing the stylistic devices used in proverbs about women and discovering a device that has not been included in the existing classifications of expressive means. In the course of the research, the authors selected English proverbs with the lexeme woman and analysed them from the point of view of stylistics. The fact that such proverbs are highly numerous indicates the importance of gender relations in a society, while their subject matter demonstrates an arrogant and often dismissive attitude towards women in a world dominated by men. The stylistic analysis found metaphor, simile and epithet to be the most productive lexical devices in creating a negative image of women, while parallelism, antithesis and repetition seem to be the most frequent syntactic devices serving to emphasize the connotations of the proverbs. Irony and paradox render the sarcastic, condescending attitude towards women; this function is also performed by intentionally illogical sequences of homogeneous parts of the sentence, when women are placed on a par with animals, inanimate objects, and the elements (the stylistic device for the first time described by the authors). It should be noted that the characteristic features of proverbs as a genre of folk art, i.e. rhythmic, intonational, and phonetic, are inherent in English proverbs about women as well. The material obtained can be used in linguistics courses at universities.

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