scholarly journals Social and Cultural Euphemism in Saudi Arabic: a Semantic, a Pragmatic and a Sociolinguistic Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Bakri Al-Azzam ◽  
Mohammad Al-Ahaydib ◽  
Norah Alkhowaiter ◽  
Husam Al-Momani
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Development ◽  
Linguistic Behavior ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Saudi Arabic ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
Linguistic Phenomenon

This paper explores the universal linguistic phenomenon of the social and cultural euphemism in Saudi Arabic. It aims at improving the understanding of other cultures' readers of the Saudi culture, concerning uses of euphemism, and simultaneously showing how some linguistic expressions are essentially products of social and cultural pressures. To examine this notion, the study analyzes and classifies examples of the most frequently used Saudi Arabic euphemism, based on various topics. The study shows that the social and cultural factors are very influential in expressing euphemism. It also reveals a clear and a huge shift in the use of euphemism in the Saudi culture, where Saudis did not apply euphemisms frequently in the past, as they are applying these days. Because of the new development of the country’s economy, openness, interfaith dialogue, cultural communication, new lifestyles have emerged and called for more prestigious linguistic behavior. It is hoped that the study would uncover why there are certain sensitive situations where euphemism is needed, such as those of religion, social circumstances, and death situations. 

scholarly journals Research on the Diffusion of Network Buzzwords from the Perspective of Communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Ruiyang Qu
Keyword(s):  
Development Trend ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Network Culture ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Development ◽  
The Times ◽  
Psychological Demands

<p>With the advent of the era of big data, the popularity of "Internet +" has promoted the development of the social and cultural environment, and the production and dissemination of information have also had an important impact on social culture. As the communication language of Internet users in the network culture, the emergence and development of network catchwords also reflects the psychological demands of the audience and the direction of cultural communication in the digital era under the influence of the development of the Internet. From this perspective, from the perspective of communication, this paper discusses the new development trend of the way of the spread of Internet buzzwords in the context of the development of the times, and its impact.</p>

scholarly journals Lembranças de Velhos: o mundo do trabalho na infância

1999 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Fabiana Streck ◽  
Thirzá Baptista Frison
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work World ◽  
And Gender

Resumo: Para Ecléa Bosi, uma das funções sociais do velho é recordar, ou seja, reconstruir o passado a partir de um olhar do presente. Considerando que o ato de lembrar é fundamental na resignificação da própria vida e também do reconhecimento de si, buscamos investigar as lembranças de velhos sobre o mundo do trabalho na infância e quais as características atribuídas a esse universo. O trabalho em nossa sociedade, tem papel fundamental por ser tanto um fator de socialização, quanto de aceitação social. Lembrar o passado e, principalmente, um passado de trabalho, contribui para o aumento da integridade e da auto-estima, em especial, quando se tratam de idosos aposentados. Foram examinados os relatos de onze pessoas, maiores de 60 anos, aposentadas há cinco anos ou mais, entrevistadas para a pesquisa "Identidade e Aposentadoria". Entre os principais resultados, revelou-se diferenças entre os relatos daqueles que trabalharam na infância e daqueles que não tiveram essa experiência. Foram também constatadas as influências de fatores sócio-econômicos e culturais, envolvendo nível econômico, moradia em ambiente urbano ou rural e questões de gênero. As lembranças de trabalho trazem consigo não apenas uma possibilidade de dedução do conceito de trabalho para cada entrevistado, mas também fazem referência à forma corno a mundo do trabalho era constituído. Palavras-chave: Terceira idade. Lembranças. Trabalho. Abstract: For Ecléa Bosi, one of the social functions of the elder is to remember, or, rebuild the past from the present outlook. Taking into account that the act of remembering is basic in the re-significance of his/her own life, and also in the acknowledgement of him/herself, the memories the elder have of his/her childhood work world, and which characteristics are attributed to such universe, were investigated. Work, in our society, has a fundamental role not only as a socialization factor but for social acceptance as well. Remembering the past, and mainly the work, helps increase the integrity and self-esteem, especially in retired seniors. The reports of 11 individuals over 60 years of age, retired for five or more years, interviewed for the research "Identity and Retirement" were examined. Among the most important results, differences were pointed out between those who worked in his/her childhood and those who did not have such experience. Influences of social-cultural factors were also noted, involving economic standard, living in rural or urban environment, and gender. The memories of work bring along not only the possibility of inferring the concept of work for each individual interviewed, but also the reference to the form of how the work world used to be made up. Keywords: Third age. Memories. Work.

The Psychology of (Pseudo)Science: Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Factors

Pseudoscience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio J. C. Lobato ◽  
Corinne Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Psychology Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Social Level

We review findings from the psychology of science that are relevant to understanding or explaining peoples’ tendencies to believe both scientific and pseudoscientific claims. We discuss relevant theoretical frameworks and empirical findings to support the proposal that pseudoscientific beliefs arise in much the same way as other scientific and non-scientific beliefs do. In particular, we focus on (a) cognitive and metacognitive factors at the individual level; (b) trust in testimony and judgments of expertise at the social level; and (c) personal identity and the public’s relationship with the scientific community at a cultural level.

Green Consumption: An Environmental Friendly and Healthy Approach for Chinese Consumers

2014 ◽  
Vol 694 ◽  
pp. 426-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jun Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors

Green consumption embodies the pursuits of environmental safety and health. Most of western countries have begun to promote the concept of green consumption since the 20th century. With a relatively slow development, Chinese government began to introduce this new concept till 2001. Some Chinese consumers have built green awareness and realized the importance of green consciousness since 2008. However, there is still a need for Chinese government and researchers to examine the effective factors which can influence and accelerate the development of green consumption in China. This paper reviews the current literatures related to green consumption and green consumer. This paper also investigates the social and cultural factors which influence on the Chinese consumers in relation to green consumption.

scholarly journals DAMPAK SOSIAL KONFLIK ETNIK DI KINALI 1999-2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Welly Ibrahim ◽  
Ansofino Ansofino ◽  
Ahmad Nurul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Impact

Kinali is an area inhabited by diverse ethnic with different cultures, namely Minangkabau, Mandailings, and Java. The area consists of diverse ethnic, there is always the potential for conflict. The conflict in 1999 between ethnic Minang and Mandailing in the wake of misunderstanding between the two warring ethnic ie ethnic Mandailing ethnic Minang and eventually led to a major conflict anarchistic. The impact of the conflict in the district Kinali West Pasaman on society viewed from social and cultural factors that people prefer not to socialize and interact with other ethnic groups, the social and economic factors of conflict have an impact on the decrease in public income and region for post-conflict societies choose to not interact and one of which is not to the market. Social factors are political, namely the attitude of the ethnic Mandailing are not adaptive in the pattern of relationship with the dominant culture in Kinali caused by the attitude of discriminative ethnic Minang in Kinali against ethnic Mandailing in various facets of life which they live for these finally bear aversion to mambaur and mingle normal and reasonable.Kinali adalah daerah yang ditinggali beragam etnik dengan latar budaya yang berbeda, yakni etnik Minankabau, Mandailing, dan Jawa. Daerah yang terdiri dari beragam etnik, selalu ada potensi munculnya konflik. Konflik yang terjadi pada tahun 1999 antara etnik Minang dan etnik Mandailing di latarbelakangi karena kesalahpahaman antara kedua etnik yang bertikai yaitu etnik Minang dan etnik Mandailing akhirnya berujung ke konflik besar yang bersifat anarkis. Dampak dari konflik di Kecamatan Kinali Pasaman Barat terhadap masyarakat dilihat dari faktor sosial budaya yaitu masyarakat lebih memilih untuk tidak bersosialisasi dan berinteraksi dengan etnik lain, pada faktor sosial ekonomi konflik berdampak kepada terjadinya penurunan penghasilan masyarakat dan daerah karena pasca konflik masyarakat memilih untuk tidak berinteraksi dan salah satunya tidak kepasar. Faktor sosial politik yaitu sikap orang etnik Mandailing yang tidak adaptif dalam pola hubungannya dengan kebudayaan dominan yang ada di Kinali disebabkan oleh sikap deskriminatif etnik Minang di Kinali terhadap etnik Mandailing dalam berbagai segi kehidupan yang mereka jalani selama ini yang akhirnya berbuah keengganan untuk mambaur dan bergaul secara normal dan wajar.

scholarly journals Investigation on Productivity of Synonym Words with Different Semantic Prosody in English

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Negin Yazdani motlagh ◽  
Masih Rahimi Nezhad
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
Linguistic Behavior ◽  
Semantic Prosody ◽  
Linguistic Phenomenon

“Semantic prosody” has been researched since the first claim of Sinclair in (1987). Since then, semantic prosody became one of the most important issues in language studies as a linguistic phenomenon. In 1993, Louw defined semantic prosody as a special tendency of words, which might be in a pleasant environment that creates a ‘positive semantic prosody’ or in an unpleasant environment that creates a ‘negative semantic prosody’. The current research is based on a corpus analysis design, in “COCA” and “COHA”. Two synonym pair words of “Start/Begin” and “Guide/Lead to” were chosen as a case study. Representative number of each word was estimated by “Cochran’s formula”. This study is concentrated on investigation of the fact that while negative semantic prosodies are much more frequent than words with positive semantic prosody, but based on the linguistic positivity bias and “The Pollyanna hypothesis” which is introduced by Boucher and Osgood (1969), in English, the productivity of words with positive semantic prosody in synonym pairs, is more than productivity of negative semantic productivity. This fact might be due to the social interactions, the emotional content of words and linguistic behavior. It is notable to say that people tend to talk more about the brighter side than the darker side of life. This discrepancy makes words’ choosing somehow problematic for translators and English learners.

scholarly journals Tindak Tutur Memohon dalam Bahasa Jepang (Irai): Analisis Skenario Drama Televisi Jepang Love Story Karya Eriko Kitagawa

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Rita Susanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
Love Story ◽  
The Third ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this article was to know the social and cultural factors in the speech acts regarding requests in Japanese. Data were taken from the Japanese drama entitled Love Story. Analysis was done qualitatively by identifying, classifying, and explaining. The result indicated that there were three factors influencing the speech acts of requests in Japanese, those are the situation; the relationship between the speaker and the hearer; and the third is the social status, social interaction, and age. It is concluded that the speech does not mainly concern that the meaning should be easily understood but it also has to consider the socio cultural factor of the spreaker.  

scholarly journals Relationship Between Parents Role With Teen’s Attitude About Free Sex

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 098-103
Author(s):  
Dian Lutfinawati ◽  
Intin Ananingsih
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Factors ◽  
P Value ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Test Result

Teenagers are the transition from children into adults whose duration varies depends on the social and cultural factors. Parents take an important role to improve the general knowledge of child and adolescent reproductive health in particular. Method: The research design was correlational design. The research sample was 30 student XI class in MAN Wlingi, Blitar Regency. It was choosen using purposive sampling. The data was collected using questionnaire. The data was analysed using Chi Square Test. Result: The results showed by Chi Square correlation (Rho) that the  p value = 0,001. Discussion: Based on the results of the research, it was recommended that parents not fully apply the authoritarian role to the teenagers

scholarly journals COVID-19 Impacts on Historic Soundscape Perception and Site Usage

Acoustics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-610
Author(s):  
Pamela Jordan ◽  
André Fiebig
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Memorial Landscape ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Acoustic Environments ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors

The ISO 12913 standards acknowledge the primacy of context in perceiving acoustic environments. In soundscape assessments, context is constituted by both physical surroundings and psychological, social, and cultural factors. Previous studies have revealed similarities in people’s soundscape assessments in comparable physical surroundings, such as urban or national parks, despite differing individual associative contexts. However, these assessments were found to be capable of shifting in the historic setting of the Berlin Wall Memorial. Providing contextual information from the past appears to have some bearing on soundscape perception. The COVID-19 lockdown measures enacted since March 2020 in Germany have prevented most tourist activity at the memorial, and a resulting shift in user activity has been observed in the otherwise open and accessible memorial landscape. Building on previous soundscape investigations conducted at the memorial, this paper investigates what effect the restrictions have had on the soundscape context and its perception by visitors. Informal interviews paired with comparative measurements indicated context pliability for local stakeholders. In contrast to site programming alone, tourist presence also appears to affect context perception for local users. This holds repercussions for soundscape and heritage site designs serving local and tourist populations—and their divergent perceptions—alike. The impacts of soundscape assessments being neither static nor generalizable across stakeholders are discussed with suggestions for further research.

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