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Father Walter J. Ong, SJ
No full textFather Walter J. Ong, SJ, Saint Louis University Professor of Humanities, William E. Heren Professor of English and Professor of Humanities in Psychiatry (date unknown). Photographer Daniel T. Magidson for SLU Public Relations
Exploring formulaic language : Perspectives from Walter Ong and Daniel Dennett
No full textIn this paper, I would like to discuss how formulaic language can be understood in the light of Walter Ong’s theory of oral culture and Daniel Dennett’s 2006 concept of memes. As empirical example, I use a corpus of 3.500 nationalistic songs from Norway, Sweden and Swedish-speaking Finland, spanning the years 1770 to 1920. These song lyrics demonstrate the establishment and replication of numerous set expressions, tropes and clichés within a specific ideological context. This ”formulaic language of nationalism” encompasses recurring rhymes (e.g., land – hand – strand [Sw. shore]), central concepts (”the people”, ”freedom”, ”honour”), and themes (e.g., the nation as a family of fathers, a mother/virgin country, and her sons/lovers). These elements are still distinctly recognizable in contemporary nationalist discourse across the Western world. According to Walter Ong, formulaic language functions as a mnemonic aid in oral cultures – indeed, the only way of transmitting information in a traditional society is to ”think thoughts that can be remembered”. Daniel Dennett, in his work Breaking the Spell (2006), builds upon this concept (although he does not directly reference Ong). Dennett suggests that easily memorisable words and actions might even accumulate more characteristics that promote replication, in effect mimicking natural selection. I propose that our understanding of formulaic language, not only within the realm of nationalist rhetoric but in a broader context, can be improved by considering the ”mechanistic” explanations put forth by Ong and Dennett
Report on Meteorological Research March 1, 1935 (m-1)
No full textThe object of the report was to elucidate in detail the various features of the research program in meteorology being carried on at the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute in Akron, Ohio. Mr. L. J. Fangman, of the U.S. Weather Bureau, was collaborating with the author in carrying out work such as a study of autographic records of the various meteorological elements during frontal passages with a view to the possible prediction of the intensity of the accompanying disturbance as it may affect the operation of aircraft and a study of atmospheric gustiness with a view to finding the dependence between frequency end amplitude of velocity fluctuations and the vertical temperature and velocity gradients
(Fourth) Report on Meteorological Activities at the DGAI (8-1-36)(Weather Bureau Copy)
No full textThis report is on the investigations of frontal phenomena at the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute in Akron, Ohio from January 1, 1935 through August 1, 1936. The investigation was carried out with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics, the U.S. Weather Bureau, the California Institute of Technology, and the Guggenheim Airship Institute. Mr. R.C. Robinson of the Weather Bureau cooperated with the author in carrying out the investigation. The object of the investigation was to determine the intensity of the atmospheric disturbances (i.e. rapidity of wind shift and gustiness) accompanying the passage of cold fronts, along with a study of the characteristics of the air masses involved and other features which might affect the intensity of the disturbance. The report treated thirty cold fronts which passed the station during 1935 to 1936
Archives and Images as Repositories of Time, Language, and Forms from the Past: A Conversation with Daniel Eisenberg
No full textExploring formulaic language [Elektronisk resurs] : Perspectives from Walter Ong and Daniel Dennett
No full textIn this paper, I would like to discuss how formulaic language can be understood in the light of Walter Ong’s theory of oral culture and Daniel Dennett’s 2006 concept of memes.As empirical example, I use a corpus of 3.500 nationalistic songs from Norway, Sweden and Swedish-speaking Finland, spanning the years 1770 to 1920. These song lyrics demonstrate the establishment and replication of numerous set expressions, tropes and clichés within a specific ideological context. This ”formulaic language of nationalism” encompasses recurring rhymes (e.g., land – hand – strand [Sw. shore]), central concepts (”the people”, ”freedom”, ”honour”), and themes (e.g., the nation as a family of fathers, a mother/virgin country, and her sons/lovers). These elements are still distinctly recognizable in contemporary nationalist discourse across the Western world.According to Walter Ong, formulaic language functions as a mnemonic aid in oral cultures – indeed, the only way of transmitting information in a traditional society is to ”think thoughts that can be remembered”. Daniel Dennett, in his work Breaking the Spell (2006), builds upon this concept (although he does not directly reference Ong). Dennett suggests that easily memorisable words and actions might even accumulate more characteristics that promote replication, in effect mimicking natural selection. I propose that our understanding of formulaic language, not only within the realm of nationalist rhetoric but in a broader context, can be improved by considering the ”mechanistic” explanations put forth by Ong and Dennett.</p
Daniel Akech
No full textabstract: Daniel was a little boy when the war came to his village. He witnessed people being shot and running for shelter. There was no food or water so he drank urine and ate tree leaves.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 24Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the "Lost Boys Found" oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
Daniel Emmett postcard
No full textPostcard of Daniel Emmett and his home in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Emmett is considered to be the author of the antebellum song "Dixie," written in 1859, which became the unofficial song of the Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. He was born in Mount Vernon in 1815 and taught himself the fiddle, and later became associated with minstrel shows and helped to define that genre. Minstrel shows traveled around the United States, presenting skits and musical performances. Emmett also composed many other songs, including "Old Dan Tucker," "Turkey in the Straw," and "The Blue Tail Fly." He died in 1904
Daniel Jau Maper
No full textabstract: Daniel Jau Maper was herding cattle when Arabs attacked his village.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 27Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the "Lost Boys Found" oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
Daniel A. Ngor
No full textWhen Daniel was five years old Arab soldiers attacked his village.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age : 23Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the "Lost Boys Found" oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
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