Lexical Quantors: From Term to Discursive Practice

The paper looks into the emergence of terms and neologisms related to COVID-19 outbreak, which are treated as lexical quantors (LQs). A LQ, as a linguistic nominative unit, reflects the amount of language knowledge (LK) represented in a certain segment of language worldview (LWV). It is represented by a word or a phrase, which constitutes some quantum of information to designate a certain segment of LWV. It has a systemic character and is reflected in the semantics of a linguistic unit. This research is aimed at exploring COVID-19 lexical quantors both in terminological and general vocabulary aspects and it defines the major language concepts for special purposes (LSP). It is characterized by the word formation means expressing all types of LK with the prevalence of a denotative special meaning. General COVID-19 lexical units employ all word formation means to render both denotative and connotative components of LQs meanings revealing also social, cultural, and axiological aspects of LK. The boundary between COVID-19 terminology and general lexical units is quite blurred when the transition from one layer of vocabulary to another is observed. Word formation is viewed as the process of constructing LQs in terms of aggregated, condensed and modified knowledge means. In conclusion, the informative potential realization of LQ is manifested in various discursive practices, namely: media, politics, and public service announcements (PSA) that embrace both linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of communication.

Al-Amr ‘inda ‘ulama al-Balagah wa ‘Ulama Usul al-Fiqh ‘ala Mustawa al-Ta’rif wa al-Siyag wa al-Ma’ani al-Siyaqiyah

Balagah and usul fiqh are two different sciences. Balagah science is the science that reveals an aesthetic meaning which is clearly used in a real expression, Takes an effect in our soul, and maintains the relevance of each sentence with where the phrase is being pronounced. Moreover, please pay attention to the coherence with the people we talk to. Whereas Usul Fiqih is the Islamic legal sciences (Islamic jurisprudence) studied theories, norms, and sources. Both sciences are studied in relation to fi'il amr, In Balagah, Fi'il amr is the one method from Insya Zalbi decree while in Usul Fiqih, fiil amr is the one of Usul Fiqih Norm which is due to that the law and syari’as can increase. And the result of this research is, in Balagah and Usul Fiqih have the same interpretation about fi’il amar that requires to have to do from a higher authority to underling, and that have 4 sigah. And the difference between the two science is from the meaning of fi’il amar, in Balagah have a special meaning from fi’il amar that there is no meaning in Usul Fiqih that the means is lasting. Permission and exemplary. So in Usul Fiqih have a special meaning from fi’il amr there is no meaning in Balagah that means is: obligatory, mouming, admonition, discussion, degradation, patience, dissuasion, delegation.

AKULTURASI BUDAYA SOSIAL DAN MAKNA SIMBOLIK TARI DERO

The process of acculturation runs very quickly or slowly depending on the perception of the local community towards the incoming foreign culture. The purpose of the study is to find out the cultural acculturation and symbolic meaning of dero dance. Research methods use a qualitative approach, with a single case study design. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The results of the study that dero dance has a common meaning as a form of gratitude and a sense of community unity regardless of social strata but the meaning and value shifted due to the acculturation of foreign cultures using modern music collaborated with other cultures. The special meaning of the dero dance movement is a simple and simultaneous presentation of motion in doing and has its attraction that can give suggestions and feel the desire of everyone to participate in doing dero dance moves. This type of dance is a popular traditional dance that can be followed and pulled with the whole community in the event of a traditional party and dero dance is a social dance from various circles considering that this dero dance aims to unite the movement. Dero dance is performed at the traditional ceremony of the wedding and thanksgiving party. The meaning of the floor pattern of the circle shape that is not broken and well maintained as a form of mutual help.

PERMAKAMAN BELANDA PENELEH SURABAYA: ARTI KHUSUS DAN POTENSINYA SEBAGAI PUSAT PEMBELAJARAN DAN REKREASI [PENELEH DUTCH CEMETERY IN SURABAYA: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND POTENTIAL AS A LEARNING AND RECREATION CENTRE]

Penelitian ini membahas arti khusus yang terdapat pada permakaman Belanda Peneleh di Kota Surabaya. Permakaman Belanda Peneleh dipilih sebagai objek penelitian karena permakaman tersebut memiliki makam dan prasasti lama dengan berbagai bentuk dan usia yang relatif utuh. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui arti khusus yang terdapat pada permakaman Belanda Peneleh. Berdasarkan arti khusus yang terdapat pada makam Belanda Peneleh dapat dipahami cara kita menjaga, melindungi dan mengembangkannya. Data tentang nilai penting diperoleh dari hasil pengamatan lapangan dan studi pustaka, baik tentang kompleks makam maupun yang berkaitan dengan kota Surabaya kuno serta tentang perkembangan agama di Surabaya. Data dianalisis lalu diintepretasi untuk mengetahui arti khusus dari permakaman Belanda Peneleh. Data nisan yang bisa dibaca dianalisis tentang bahannya, kondisi kerusakan, isi inskripsi yang ada, serta hiasan yang digunakan. Data tersebut dikorelasikan dengan data sejarah yang diperoleh dari kajian pustaka. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa permakaman Belanda Peneleh memiliki arti khusus sejarah, ilmu pengetahuan, agama, dan kebudayaan yang dapat digunakan sebagai bahan pembelajaran untuk masyarakat. Dengan adanya penelitian ini, diharapkan bahwa permakaman Belanda Peneleh dapat dimanfaatkan untuk kepentingan pendidikan yang dapat diakses semua kalangan dan memberi pemahaman mengenai sejarah, masyarakat, dan budaya orang-orang Belanda di Indonesia, serta relevansinya pada masa sekarang.This study discusses the significance of the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery in Surabaya. The Peneleh Dutch Cemetery was chosen as the object of research due to the feature of old tombs and inscriptions, in various shapes and ages, that are relatively complete. The purpose of this study was to determine the special meaning of the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery. The significance of the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery may enlighten on the means to protect and develop it. Data on the importance of value were obtained from field observations and literature studies, both about the tomb complex and those related to the ancient city of Surabaya as well as about the development of religion in Surabaya. The data were analyzed and then interpreted to find out the special meaning of the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery. The legible data of the headstones were analyzed with regard to the material, the condition of damage, the content of the inscriptions, and the decorations. The data were compared to historical data extracted from literature reviews. Analysis results suggest the Peneleh Dutch Cemetery has special historical, scientific, religious, and cultural meanings that can be used as learning materials for the community. It is hoped that the Dutch Cemetery can be used for educational purposes that can be accessed by all groups and provide an understanding of the history, society and culture of the Dutch people in Indonesia and their relevance today.

Konteksty społeczne początku XX wieku a poradnictwo dla rodziców w zakresie opieki i wychowania na ziemiach polskich

Social Contexts of the Beginning of the 20th Century and Counseling for Parents in the Field of Care and Education in Poland The beginning of the 20th century was a period of great popularity of guidebooks for parents, which often dealt with issues related to the care and upbringing of children in the family, and the authors focused especially on the role of the mother, assigning it a special meaning. The aim of the article is to present the content of counseling for parents on the care and upbringing of children at the beginning of the 20th century in Poland. The article also presents the position of the educators and psychologists of the time on the issues related to the upbringing and care of children in the family environment. The analyzes include publications that appeared in Poland in a period of political change that initiated changes in the approach to the tasks of the family regarding upbringing and childcare. The independence of Poland enabled the development of native pedagogical thought, which resulted in the implementation of new ideas and the creation of new concepts of education.

Companions of the Prophet as Anti-Colonial Fighters: The Political Evolution of ʿAlī Tales in Siberia and the Kazakh Steppe

Tales about the caliph ʿAlī have circulated as popular entertainment throughout the Islamic world since the medieval era. While their meaning to their audiences has varied, on the frontiers of Islam, including in Siberia and the Kazakh steppe, the battles of ʿAlī and other companions of the Prophet against infidels took on special meaning. Among Kazakh nomads under Russian rule, these tales gained broad popularity in the second half of the nineteenth century as the status of Kazakhs as a Muslim community came under threat from changing Russian policies. It was at this time that Kazakh-language ʿAlī tales were composed and published by Muslim publishers in Russia. One of these was the Qiṣṣa-yi Ṣalṣāl, by the Siberian poet Mäulekey Yumachikov, in which the infidels whom ʿAlī and the other companions battle are clearly identified as being Russians, although placed in the earliest period of Islam. This tale enables us to see the political evolution of such tales, which constitute a response to the cultural and political pressures of Russian colonialism.

a vital past

We lived and lived. But then, whoops!We found ourselves in other times…Timur Shaov. “Other times (listening to Galich once again)”Crises shaking our reality in the last decades happen so often that they overlap each other like roof tiles. Linear development of the second half of the twentieth century gave way to the era of cardinal changes. While building a new world, we strongly feel the need to preserve and comprehend the past. It is possible to understand the new only in comparison with the past. The disappearing world that consists of separate, isolated and selfcontained fragments is embodied in monuments of architecture. Images, techniques and practices of design and construction acquire a special meaning and new relevance in these new times. Wooden architecture of Siberia and stone merchant houses in Yalutorovsk, ancient churches and Leonidov’s avant-garde project, ruins of Stalin’s camps and the Korean Garden in Irkutsk are elements of the past that we need to understand the present. Protesting against the unification of tastes, breach of family relations and destruction of traditions, glocalization is on the rise.

The «Plaiting» on the Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Rus Coins of the XIV Century

The article is devoted to the problem of the «plaiting» presence on the Lithuanian, Lithuanian-Rus and the Golden Horde coins of the 14th century. The coins with portrait and the beast lion (or the leopard) with a «plaiting» over its head and the coins with the beast lion (or the leopard) with a «plaiting» and Arabic (or Cyrillic legend (?)) are analyzed. The Kyivan Rus coins of Vladimir Olgerdovich (1362—1394) with princely sign and «plaiting» (around which is the inscription with the name of the prince) and the Golden Horde coins with «plaiting» are also examined. Many researches associate the «plaiting» with the Tatar «tamga», and the coins with such a symbol might have indicated the Golden Horde dependence. However, this ornament («ornamentum monetale» by Ch. M. Fraehn) may have a special meaning related to the Juchid monetary coinage. The Golden Horde coins with «plaiting» were the most important instrument of payment and taxation realization on the greater part of the Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Rus principalities. After the Syni Vody River battle of 1362 many the Golden Horde centers and trade routes in the basins of the Dnipro, Dnister and Southern Buh rivers were significant sources of the monetary silver arrival. Many qualitative (also with «ornamentum monetale» — «plaiting») silver coins of Abdallah Khan (1363—1370) and Muhammad Bulaq Khan (1370—1380), were minted in the western mints of the Mamai Horde (Azak, Ordu, Shehr al-Jedid). The silver coins of the Golden Horde were the source for the oldest Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Rus coins and bars of Olherd (1345—1377) and his sons. The oldest Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Rus coins made of approximately 900-standart silver corresponded to silver coins of the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde silver coins (also with «ornamentum monetale» — «plaiting») are one of the most constant parts of money circulation in Ukrainian territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 1360-ies till the first quarter of the 15th century.

Dispossessed, without place and face. The plight of elders

Purpose Have we grown closer and closer apart? Imagine the plight of our elders. Their history is linked with their geography, where they lived, loved and labored. The purpose of this paper is to explore how, though they have earned their “place” in the world, a world now under the hegemony of accelerated time and blurring of distance, many of them feel displaced, “unseen” and irrelevant. Design/methodology/approach The paper’s methodology is in narrative structure, at times referring to contemporary philosophical and art sources. The author’s commentary addresses this loss of place and face for today’s elders within the context of our failure, in the USA and much of the West, to construct a consistent, coherent philosophy of life stages. Put simply, the thoroughly pragmatic and future-driven culture of youth and productivity assigns no intrinsic value to getting old. Findings Place unfolds in particularities – my place, our home, etc. – and is critically distinct from space. As we squeeze together time and space through worldviews and technologies, we have erased the importance of place. This poses unique problems for elders for whom place, in particular home, carries special meaning involving time and relationships. Originality/value For elders, in particular, meaning comes through lived, embodied experiences. The author argued that our embodied encounters enable moral meaningfulness, and that it is the face which is the centerpiece of such engagement. Face reveals a moral invitation to authentic person-to-person communication. And in light of this communication, understanding the importance of place and need for face-to-face interaction helps to ground us in our conversations with elders. With our seniors, for whom the greatest gift is our time and attention, it is not only what we say, but how we are with them, through our presence, that matters.

Performance evaluation of SIFT against common image deformations on iban plaited mat motif images

Decorative plaited mat is one of the many examples of rich plait work often seen on Borneo handicraft products. The plaited mats are decorated with simple and complex motif designs; each has its own special meaning and taboos. The motif designs are used as a reflection of environment and the traditional beliefs in the Iban community. In line with efforts from UNESCO’s and Sarawak Government’s, digitization, and the use of IR4.0 technologies to preserve and promote this cultural heritage is encouraged. Towards this end goal, we present a novel image dataset containing 10 Iban plaited mat motif classes. The plaited mat motifs are made of diagonal and symmetrical shapes, as well as geometric and non-geometric patterns. Classification’s accuracy using scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) features was evaluated against 6 common image deformations: zoom+rotation, viewpoint, image blur, JPEG compression, scale and illumination, across multiple threshold values. Varying degrees of each deformation were applied to a digitally cleaned (and cropped) image of each mat motif class. We used RANSAC to remove outliers from the noisy SIFT matching result. The optimal threshold value is 2.0e-2 with a reported 100.0% matching accuracy for the scale change and zoom+rotation set.