scholarly journals Speaker self-profiling through discursive indexation and syntactic encoding in Spanish radio talk

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Aijón Oliva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identities ◽  
Syntactic Function ◽  
Cognitive Continuum ◽  
Verbal Agreement ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Radio Talk

Syntactic and discursive choices in context can constitute resources for the interactional profiling of the direct participants. This study analyzes the frequencies with which speakers index themselves, as well as the syntactic functions they preferably accord themselves when doing so, in a corpus of Spanish radio discourse where a range of textual genres and speaker socioprofessional identities are contemplated. The analysis is restricted to central syntactic functions, i.e. those with the capacity to establish agreement with the verb. A dichotomy is proposed between subject and (accusative or dative) object self-encoding, based on the different morphological means through which verbal agreement is carried out in this language, namely verbal endings and clitics. Both the statistical patterning of variation and the discursive-pragmatic motivations of particular choices are subsequently examined. The selection of a specific syntactic function for the encoding of the speaker is found to often serve communicative goals related to the textual genre and to the kinds of socio-professional identities speakers intend to develop within it. Significant correlations are obtained between higher percentages of self-encoding as subject and higher rates of discursive self-indexation altogether, although speakers presenting themselves as political representatives diverge from this tendency for particular communicative reasons. The results are interpreted as being parallel to a discursive-cognitive continuum between subjectivity and objectivity that underlies speaker interactional self-profiling and discourse construction.

scholarly journals The Second Edition of the Integrative Levels Classification: Evolution of a KOS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Ziyoung Park ◽  
Claudio Gnoli ◽  
Daniele P. Morelli
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Classification Theory ◽  
General Classification ◽  
Knowledge Organization System ◽  
Syntactic Function ◽  
Integrative Levels ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractPurposeThis paper informs about the publication of the second edition of the Integrative Levels Classification (ILC2), a freely-faceted knowledge organization system (KOS), and reviews the main changes that have been introduced as compared to its first edition (ILC1).Design/methodology/approachThe most relevant changes are illustrated, with special reference to those of interest to general classification theory, by means of examples of notation for individual classes and combinations of them.FindingsChanges introduced in ILC2 include: the names and order of some main classes; the development of subclasses for various phenomena, especially quantities and algebraic structures; the order of facet categories and the new category of Disorder; notation for special facets; distinction of the semantical function of facets (attributes) from their syntactic function. The system can be freely accessed online through a PHP browser as well as in SKOS format.Research limitationsOnly a selection of changed classes is discussed for space reasons.Practical implicationsILC1 has been previously applied to the BARTOC directory of KOSs. Update of BARTOC data to ILC2 and application of ILC2 to further information systems are envisaged. Possible methods for reclassifying BARTOC with ILC2 are discussed.OriginalityILC is a newly developed classification system, based on phenomena instead of traditional disciplines and featuring various innovative devices. This paper is an original account of its most recent evolution.

Modulated Masculinities

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-138
Author(s):  
Jeremy F. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Character Type ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Middle Aged Male

The middle-aged male worker, bridling at the demands of the contemporary workplace has become a recurrent character type in recent French feature films and novels. Often, this male protagonist’s problems at work are mirrored by his difficulties at home retaining his authority as a paterfamilias. These films and novels hence offer a proliferation of narratives featuring middle-aged men struggling to modulate their professional identities and masculine roles in accordance with the demands of the contemporary workplace. As such, these narratives may also reflect the centrality of the male breadwinner and the patriarchal nuclear family to the French social model and hence may represent a series of conservative responses to perceived crises of masculinity and the nuclear family. The chapter shows that this kind of conservative response is epitomised by the novels of Houellebecq, in which laments at the loss of patriarchy are articulated to a critique of contemporary forms of immaterial labour in a particularly insistent fashion. The chapter then turns to a selection of films and novels that offer more nuanced representations of middle-aged male workers and their difficulties with work and family.

Zur Entwicklung von ἑκὼν εἶναι im Altgriechischen

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-238
Author(s):  
Luz Conti
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Negative Polarity ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
Syntactic Function ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Selection Of

ZusammenfassungIn the construction ἑκὼν εἶναι, grammars identify the function of εἶναι either with the function of an old dative or accusative. However, some scholars consider εἶναι redundant because it is difficult to ascertain its exact semantic and syntactic function. In any case, neither the original meaning of εἶναι in this construction nor the functional relationship of ἑκών with the infinitive has been described satisfactorily. The semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic differences between ἑκών and ἑκὼν εἶναι have not been determined either. This paper analyzes both ἑκών and εἶναι based on a selection of works of different chronology and genres in order to propose both a diachronic and a synchronic explanation of the construction ἑκὼν εἶναι. The data analysis supports the interpretation of εἶναι as a limitative infinitive that developed into a focusing element. In sentences with negative polarity, ἑκὼν εἶναι has regularly evolved into a parenthetical, specifically a self-correction parenthetical.

scholarly journals Identidades docentes e diferença no discurso de professores de Língua Inglesa em formação inicial

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Domingos Baladeli ◽  
Aparecida De Jesus Ferreira ◽  
Clarice Nadir Von Borstel
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Literacy Studies ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
New Literacy Studies ◽  
Identity Studies ◽  
Teacher Professionalization ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Selection Of

Neste artigo discutimos os conceitos de identidades docentes e diferença apartir de um recorte de dados de pesquisa narrativa. A pesquisa foi realizada com um grupo de professores em formação inicial participantes do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência – Pibid. A pesquisa objetivou identificar, nos discursos de seis professores de Língua Inglesa em formação inicial  de  duas  universidades  públicas  do  Paraná,  Brasil,  quais  eram  os sentidos que estes sujeitos constroem sobre a profissão professor. Tal análise foi fundamentada nos Novos Estudos do Letramento e nos estudos sobre identidade, enfatizando a influência das trajetórias escolares na construção de suas  identidades  docentes.  Em  linhas  gerais,  foi  possível  observar  nos discursos dos seis professores a relação entre as trajetórias escolares e os sentidos que constroem sobre o que é ser professor de Língua Inglesa. Os discursos indicaram ainda que as identidades docentes estão em permanente negociação e que a participação em programas de formação profissionalcomo o Pibid tem favorecido o processo de reflexão do grupo sobre si mesmo e sobre a profissão professor.PALAVRAS-CHAVEIdentidades docentes; Diferença; Pibid; Profissão professor ABSTRACTIn this paper we discuss the concepts of teacher identities and differencebased on a selection of data collected during a narrative research study. This research was carried out with a group of six pre-service English teachers who integrated the Pibid, a Brazilian program for teacher professionalization. The aim was to identify meanings for the teacher profession in the discourses of these  teachers  from  two  public  universities  in  Brazil.  The  analysis  was supported by the theoretical framework of New Literacy Studies and identity studies focused on the influence of the school trajectories on their professional identities. In general terms it was possible to observe the relation between school trajectories and the meanings constructed by the pre-service English teachers  about  the  teacher  profession.  The  discourses  exposed  that professional identities are being constantly negotiated and that the opportunity to engage pre-service students in a program such as Pibid has allowed the group  to  reflect  about  themselves  as  teachers  and  about  the  teacher profession.KEYWORDSTeacher identities; Difference; Pibid; Teacher profession

Visiting London relatives

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Levey
Keyword(s):  
Relative Clauses ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Grammatical Function ◽  
Syntactic Function ◽  
Cross Variety ◽  
Restrictive Relative Clauses ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Selection Of

This small-scale study focuses on variation in the relative marker paradigm in the vernacular of a group of preadolescents recorded in the Greater London area. The distributional and multivariate analyses of variation in relative marker usage in restrictive relative clauses reveal that the wh-forms who and what are well-established in the relative marker paradigm of the preadolescents. Who and what are shown to be sensitive to the animacy of their antecedent heads: Who is strongly favoured by human antecedents, whereas what is preferred with non-human antecedents. The numerically dominant relativizer that is shown to be strongly conditioned by the grammatical function of the relative marker as well as being favoured by indefinite and inanimate antecedent heads. The zero variant is similarly sensitive to syntactic function, and is preferentially selected in non-subject position. Furthermore, the selection of zero relatives is found to be highly constrained by clause length. Cross-variety comparison of the results with previous research on other English dialects suggests that not only are there nuanced differences in the choice of relative marker, but that there are possibly construction-specific differences constraining the choice of specific variants.

Cognitive gadgets and cognitive priors

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Domenico Iannetti ◽  
Giorgio Vallortigara
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Some of the foundations of Heyes’ radical reasoning seem to be based on a fractional selection of available evidence. Using an ethological perspective, we argue against Heyes’ rapid dismissal of innate cognitive instincts. Heyes’ use of fMRI studies of literacy to claim that culture assembles pieces of mental technology seems an example of incorrect reverse inferences and overlap theories pervasive in cognitive neuroscience.

Note on Selection of Coordinate Systems for Geodynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Static Systems ◽  
Selection Of

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.

Measurements of the Cape Astrometric Survey of the Southern Hemisphere

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 515-521
Author(s):  
W. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Automatic Measuring ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

SummaryA routine has been developed for the processing of the 5820 plates of the survey. The plates are measured on the automatic measuring machine, GALAXY, and the measures are subsequently processed by computer, to edit and then refer them to the SAO catalogue. A start has been made on measuring the plates, but the final selection of stars to be made is still a matter for discussion.

Application of Improved Voltage Compensation in the SEM to Imaging of Organic Materials

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
P.J. Killingworth ◽  
M. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Organic Materials ◽  
Operating Parameters ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Beam Diameter ◽  
Incident Electron Beam ◽  
Specimen Material ◽  
Voltage Compensation ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Scanning Electron

Ultimate resolution in the scanning electron microscope is determined not only by the diameter of the incident electron beam, but by interaction of that beam with the specimen material. Generally, while minimum beam diameter diminishes with increasing voltage, due to the reduced effect of aberration component and magnetic interference, the excited volume within the sample increases with electron energy. Thus, for any given material and imaging signal, there is an optimum volt age to achieve best resolution.In the case of organic materials, which are in general of low density and electric ally non-conducting; and may in addition be susceptible to radiation and heat damage, the selection of correct operating parameters is extremely critical and is achiev ed by interative adjustment.

Selection and Preparation of Specific Tissue Regions For Tem Using Large Epoxy-Embedded Blocks

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 324-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Lowrie ◽  
W. S. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microscopic Evaluation ◽  
Embedded Blocks ◽  
Specific Tissue ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Selection Of

The importance of examining stained 1 to 2μ plastic sections by light microscopy has long been recognized, both for increased definition of many histologic features and for selection of specimen samples to be used in ultrastructural studies. Selection of specimens with specific orien ation relative to anatomical structures becomes of critical importance in ultrastructural investigations of organs such as the lung. The uantity of blocks necessary to locate special areas of interest by random sampling is large, however, and the method is lacking in precision. Several methods have been described for selection of specific areas for electron microscopy using light microscopic evaluation of paraffin, epoxy-infiltrated, or epoxy-embedded large blocks from which thick sections were cut. Selected areas from these thick sections were subsequently removed and re-embedded or attached to blank precasted blocks and resectioned for transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

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