scholarly journals Socio-regional speech versus "Oxford accent" - trends and fashions in the pronunciation of English English

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Ingrid Wotschke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
British English ◽  
Post War

Post-War years have brought new speech habits and evaluations on grounds of so far unprecedented social contacts between the classes. The following paper will focus on recent articulatory developments together with their socio-economic roots and psy-chological implications, to assess the effects of cross-cultural influence on educated Southern British English.

scholarly journals Animation Cross-Cultural Communication from the Perspective of Semiotics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yan
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Animation Industry ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
The World

<p>In today's globalization, each country in the world is exporting its own economic, political and cultural ideas. The animation industry is part of the cultural industry. China is at a disadvantage in the export in cultural industries. There is a huge gap between China and countries like Japan, Europe and the United States and other countries regarding the animation industry. Therefore, it is necessary to learn the experience and technology of advanced countries to improve ourselves, not only to improve the animation production capacity of China, but also to enhance cultural influence in the international community.</p>

The Philosophy of African Logic

2017 ◽  
pp. 96-121
Author(s):  
Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Keyword(s):  
Formal System ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Formal Logic ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Other ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
System 2 ◽  
The One ◽  
Universal Applicability

The chapter aims to do two things: 1) a rigorous presentation of philosophy of African logic and 2) to do this from the perspective of Ezumezu (an African) logic. The chapter will proceed by defining the three aspects of Ezumezu logic namely: 1) as a formal system, 2) as methodology, and 3) as a philosophy of African logic. My inquiry in this work primarily is with the philosophy of African logic but it will also cut across formal logic and methodology in addition. In the first section, I will attempt to show how the cultural influence behind the formulation of the principles of African logic justifies such a system as relative on the one hand, and how the cross-cultural applications justify it as universal on the other. I believe that this is where African philosophical assessment of African logic ought to begin because most critics of the idea of African logic agitate that an African system of logic, if it is ever possible, must necessarily lack the tincture of universal applicability. Afterwards, I will narrow my inquiry down to the African philosophy appraisal of African logic with an example of Ezumezu system. This focus is especially critical because it purveys a demonstration of a prototype system of an African logic. In the section on some principles of Ezumezu logic, I will attempt to accomplish the set goal of this chapter by presenting and discussing some principles of Ezumezu logic which I had formulated in earlier works in addition to formulating a few additional ones. The interesting thing to note here is that these principles are/will all (be) articulated from the African background ontology. I will conclude by throwing further light on the merits, nature and promises of an African logic tradition.

Reconstructing social emotions across languages and cultures

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-493
Author(s):  
Karolina Krawczak
Keyword(s):  
American English ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Social Emotions ◽  
British English ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Lexical Categories

Abstract The present study investigates the adjectival profiling of shame from a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. This concept, overarching the field of negative self-evaluative emotions, is operationalized through two lexical categories (‘shame’ and ‘embarrassment’) that are comparable in the languages under investigation. The usage of the adjectival exponents of these categories is analyzed in four communities of British English, American English, French, and Polish. The study has two goals, one descriptive, the other methodological. Firstly, it aims to identify the conceptual structuring of the two lexical categories relative to their respective socio-cultural contexts. The result will be four sets of culture-sensitive usage profiles. Secondly, the study further advances corpus-driven quantitative methodology for the description of intersubjectively-grounded abstract concepts. The results obtained here provide partial evidence for the existence of a cultural continuum ranging from the Anglo-Saxon communities, through France to Poland along the descriptive dimension of individualism-collectivism.

Overcoming cross-cultural differences in post-war Sri Lanka: the case of Jetwing in Jaffna

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-193
Author(s):  
Vipula Wanigasekera
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Cross-cultural differences must be taken into consideration for tourism development. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the importance of cross-cultural differences in a location which is emerging from a dark period after a prolonged war caused by ethnic differences. Design/methodology/approach While the existing tourism models deal with the impact of cross-cultural differences, it is difficult to apply them in certain situations, such as postwar Sri Lanka. The study therefore adopted an inductive, qualitative approach where information has been obtained from all stakeholders. Findings The conflict in Sri Lanka in the North and East has been interpreted differently by many individual stakeholder groups. This study reveals how economic development can bring communities together. The project elaborated in this study represents an investment of over US$6m. Given that the location of Jaffna was a focal point of the 26-year long civil war from 1983 to 2009, the risk of failure would have been extremely high. Originality/value The study ascertained qualitative perceptions from a cross-section of perspectives: the investor, local residents and employees. The project is shown to be a viable example of how to address socio cultural differences in the creation of a profitable venture.

The Post-War Generation and Establishment Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

Social Forces ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Christiano ◽  
Wade Clark Roof ◽  
Jackson W. Carroll ◽  
David A. Roozen
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Post War

scholarly journals Striding Both Worlds: Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's Literary Traditions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Crocker
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
The University

Witi Ihimaera has been a dominant force in New Zealand literature for four decades.  In Striding Both Worlds Melissa Kennedy presents a study of the published works of Ihimaera and considers his place in the New Zealand literary landscape.  The image evoked from the title, of Ihimaera with a foothold in both Maori and Pakeha literary traditions, immediately alerts the reader to a potentially broader reading of Ihimaera's work than may previously have been explored.  Striding Both Worlds is a reworking of Kennedy's 2007 doctoral dissertation: 'Striding Both Worlds: Cross-Cultural Influence in the Work of Witi Ihimaera', a collaboration between Universite de Bourgogne, Dijion and the University of Canterbury, Christchurch. 

Romantic Oratory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Thompson
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
Political Act ◽  
John Thelwall ◽  
The French Revolution

This chapter presents Romanticism as a golden age of oratory whose variety and cross-cultural influence were obscured in the reactionary aftermath of the French Revolution. Treating public speech as a political act and an art of gender and class mobility, the chapter defines oratory in distinction to orality and rhetoric through elocutionary theorists such as Thomas Sheridan and John Thelwall, who anticipate postcolonial concepts of oracy and orature. It then highlights three chief forms of oratory recognized in the era: parliamentary (balancing the giants Burke, Sheridan, and Fox against the radical ‘counter-parliamentary’ orators Thelwall, Wedderburn, and Hunt), religious (tracing conflicts over extemporality in the established, dissenting, and millenarian traditions), and theatrical (noting Sarah Siddons’s influence upon changing views of women as speakers). It ends by considering the lecture as a Romantic genre, and recitation as a tool of active, critical, and participatory democratic education through personation.

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