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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER MARKER AND MANDARIN CHINESE AFFIXOID
Get PDFThis study focuses on the recent morphological development -jie ‘sister’ in Mandarin Chinese. For example, in zhùpǎo-jiě 助跑姐 ‘a woman who ran up to pretend something’ -jie is an affixoid. Our data are taken from Taiwan News Smart Web (2019) and are examined within a semantic and morphological framework. The goal of the study is to investigate the semantic and morphological attributes of [X + jie] nominals and to find out social development the nominals revealed. The findings show that, semantically, [X + jie] refers to the outer appearance, emotion, and behavior of the targeted female. Morphologically, the nominals could be in sentential form and undergo omission, reversion, modification, etc. before reaching suffixation formatting with the affixoid. The high productivity of the gender marker -jie brings the social development of this Chinese speaking society to light. [X + jie] nominals demonstrate social activity, cultural organization, political event, and language contact in Taiwan
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The Role of Linguistic Intertextuality in the Construction of Multimodal Metaphor in Contemporary Street Dance
No full textThis paper examines the role of linguistic intertextuality in shaping the cognitive process of metaphorical meaning-making in contemporary street dance performances. By analyzing how intertextual elements influence multimodal metaphors, the study reveals the impact of linguistic cues on audience interpretation. Data from three performances in the World of Dance competition are analyzed using Conceptual Blending Theory (Fauconnier and Turner) and Intertextuality (Kristeva). The research addresses two questions: a) How do intertextual references shape multimodal metaphors in dance? b) What role do linguistic elements play in enhancing cognitive comprehension? Findings indicate: 1) Intertextual references enrich multimodal metaphors, deepening audience engagement. 2) Linguistic elements activate background knowledge and cultural references, enhancing cognitive comprehension and the viewer’s experience. These insights highlight how integrating linguistic elements enriches multimodal presentations and contributes to discussions in multimodal discourse analysis, emphasizing the power of language in dynamic performance art
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Multimodal metaphors in public service advertisements: Cross-cultural considerations
Get PDFThis study investigates the role of multimodal metaphors in public service advertisements (PSAs), focusing on their application across diverse cultural contexts to understand their impact on global communication. It explores how metaphors are structurally encoded through cognitive, visual, and textual formats, providing insights into their persuasive and communicative functions. Utilizing Lakoff & Johnson’s (1980) Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Forceville’s (2008) multimodal metaphor framework, and Trompenaars’ (1994; 2004) cultural dimensions, the research examines PSAs addressing global warming from both individualistic and collectivist cultural contexts. The analysis is based on a dataset of 100 global warming PSAs sourced from AdForum’s international advertising database. This selection ensures that the advertisements represent a range of effective communication practices across different cultural dimensions. The study is driven by two research questions: a) How is pictorial metaphor structurally encoded across cognitive, visual, and textual modes in PSAs produced in different cultural contexts? b) What intended messages do the PSAs imply, and how do pictorial metaphors and cultural elements contribute to their communicative function? The findings reveal: 1) PSAs from individualistic cultures tend to use straightforward, visually explicit metaphors, while PSAs from communitarian cultures favor more complex, implicit metaphors, reflecting cultural preferences for directness versus contextualization. 2) The intended messages of PSAs vary by cultural context, with individualistic cultures emphasizing personal responsibility through metaphors, while collectivist cultures highlight collective action and shared responsibility. These findings demonstrate how metaphors are tailored to resonate with cultural values, contributing to the fields of advertising, cross-cultural communication, and environmental advocacy.This study investigates the role of multimodal metaphors in public service advertisements (PSAs), focusing on their application across diverse cultural contexts to understand their impact on global communication. It explores how metaphors are structurally encoded through cognitive, visual, and textual formats, providing insights into their persuasive and communicative functions. Utilizing Lakoff & Johnson’s (1980) Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Forceville’s (2008) multimodal metaphor framework, and Trompenaars’ (1994; 2004) cultural dimensions, the research examines PSAs addressing global warming from both individualistic and collectivist cultural contexts. The analysis is based on a dataset of 100 global warming PSAs sourced from AdForum’s international advertising database. This selection ensures that the advertisements represent a range of effective communication practices across different cultural dimensions. The study is driven by two research questions: a) How is pictorial metaphor structurally encoded across cognitive, visual, and textual modes in PSAs produced in different cultural contexts? b) What intended messages do the PSAs imply, and how do pictorial metaphors and cultural elements contribute to their communicative function? The findings reveal: 1) PSAs from individualistic cultures tend to use straightforward, visually explicit metaphors, while PSAs from communitarian cultures favor more complex, implicit metaphors, reflecting cultural preferences for directness versus contextualization. 2) The intended messages of PSAs vary by cultural context, with individualistic cultures emphasizing personal responsibility through metaphors, while collectivist cultures highlight collective action and shared responsibility. These findings demonstrate how metaphors are tailored to resonate with cultural values, contributing to the fields of advertising, cross-cultural communication, and environmental advocacy
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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