The lightness of existence and the origami of “French” anthropology
... Actor Network Theory, in this book, has now lost, for better or worse, its actors, and is now purely networks, at times with “padding” (Latour’s term), but mainly made active, through holes, gaps, and leaps (perhaps even nowadays synapses, though I don’t think that word appears in the book’s 488 pag ...
... Actor Network Theory, in this book, has now lost, for better or worse, its actors, and is now purely networks, at times with “padding” (Latour’s term), but mainly made active, through holes, gaps, and leaps (perhaps even nowadays synapses, though I don’t think that word appears in the book’s 488 pag ...
Molecular Perspectives on the Bantu Expansion
... The dispersal of the Bantu language family is a topic that has incited a large amount of research, both amongst specialists in African history as well as from scholars working in other disciplines. Setting aside the higher phylogenetic levels of which they themselves are part, the Bantu languages co ...
... The dispersal of the Bantu language family is a topic that has incited a large amount of research, both amongst specialists in African history as well as from scholars working in other disciplines. Setting aside the higher phylogenetic levels of which they themselves are part, the Bantu languages co ...
285 pdf - Hans L Zetterberg`s Archive
... that not only is within the reach of humanity, but is on a path on which we have already come a long way. When this project is finished, the seven volumes will appear in one comprehensive and integrated treatise, and/or in one Kindle-type file. ...
... that not only is within the reach of humanity, but is on a path on which we have already come a long way. When this project is finished, the seven volumes will appear in one comprehensive and integrated treatise, and/or in one Kindle-type file. ...
Brighter than Gold: Figurative Language in User
... characterize similes, and group them in two conceptually distinctive classes. The first class contains cues that are agnostic of the context in which the comparison appears (domain-agnostic cues). For example, we find that the higher the semantic similarity between the two arguments, the less likely ...
... characterize similes, and group them in two conceptually distinctive classes. The first class contains cues that are agnostic of the context in which the comparison appears (domain-agnostic cues). For example, we find that the higher the semantic similarity between the two arguments, the less likely ...
Lecture 9: Figurative Language Reading Types of Figurative
... Express one concept/situation in terms of another concept/situation (including all other participants, properties and events of that situation). FEELINGS are LIQUIDS: A simple phone call had managed to stir up all these feelings. Now here I was, seething with anger is a kind of pressure valve for th ...
... Express one concept/situation in terms of another concept/situation (including all other participants, properties and events of that situation). FEELINGS are LIQUIDS: A simple phone call had managed to stir up all these feelings. Now here I was, seething with anger is a kind of pressure valve for th ...
Optimality in Sentence Processing
... work on syntax. But numerous constraints have been proposed, and we risk having a large number of constraints, many of which may be irrelevant to the structural ambiguity phenomena under investigation. On the other hand, the particular ambiguities we look at may necessitate constraints on aspects of ...
... work on syntax. But numerous constraints have been proposed, and we risk having a large number of constraints, many of which may be irrelevant to the structural ambiguity phenomena under investigation. On the other hand, the particular ambiguities we look at may necessitate constraints on aspects of ...
Natural language acquisition and rhetoric in artificial intelligence
... Nowhere is this problem of keeping deficient theories more evidenced than in artificial intelligence's research into natural language. ...
... Nowhere is this problem of keeping deficient theories more evidenced than in artificial intelligence's research into natural language. ...
Foregone Conclusions?
... and unexamined. Second, this framework is not just simple, it is too simple. It is based on unrealistic assumptions about the character and differentiation of human populations. As the geneticist Alan Templeton (1998: 647) commented recently, “human evolution and population structure have been and a ...
... and unexamined. Second, this framework is not just simple, it is too simple. It is based on unrealistic assumptions about the character and differentiation of human populations. As the geneticist Alan Templeton (1998: 647) commented recently, “human evolution and population structure have been and a ...
Intuitions and Competence in Formal Semantics
... a flourishing field, but not longer the dominant paradigm, being in the company of corpus-based investigations, including typological and historical databases, work that extensively uses computational modelling, and so on. With this diversity in theories and approaches comes one in methodologies. An ...
... a flourishing field, but not longer the dominant paradigm, being in the company of corpus-based investigations, including typological and historical databases, work that extensively uses computational modelling, and so on. With this diversity in theories and approaches comes one in methodologies. An ...
Exploring Intercultural Interactions in Multicultural Contexts:
... Europe, where French still holds an official status, in Asia English has no serious rival because the many dialects in China and Southeastern Asia make the unification of Asian language impossible. Nowadays, McGurn writes, “Asians who learn English today are learning it not to speak with Americans o ...
... Europe, where French still holds an official status, in Asia English has no serious rival because the many dialects in China and Southeastern Asia make the unification of Asian language impossible. Nowadays, McGurn writes, “Asians who learn English today are learning it not to speak with Americans o ...
General Pedagogical Guide - Ministère de l`Éducation et de l
... The SEAL program conceives of language as a tool for the formulation of thought and as a means for communication. Its central principles, explained more fully in the following pages, are briefly stated below: 1. Language learners should treat varieties of whole discourse 2. with respect to all the m ...
... The SEAL program conceives of language as a tool for the formulation of thought and as a means for communication. Its central principles, explained more fully in the following pages, are briefly stated below: 1. Language learners should treat varieties of whole discourse 2. with respect to all the m ...
Kinship Expressions and Terms
... of the bride); and (4) inheritance (e.g., from father to son). Unfortunately, these social phenomena operate at different levels and are often nuanced and negotiable, rather than binaristic and rigid. Although the parameters may sometimes converge (e.g., patrilineal descent, patrilocal residence, fa ...
... of the bride); and (4) inheritance (e.g., from father to son). Unfortunately, these social phenomena operate at different levels and are often nuanced and negotiable, rather than binaristic and rigid. Although the parameters may sometimes converge (e.g., patrilineal descent, patrilocal residence, fa ...
WHAT IS MEANT BY DISCOURSE ANALYSIS?
... Discourse analysis does not presuppose a bias towards the study of either spoken or written language. In fact, the monolithic character of the categories of speech and writing is increasingly being challenged, especially as the gaze of analysts turns to multi-media texts and practices on the Interne ...
... Discourse analysis does not presuppose a bias towards the study of either spoken or written language. In fact, the monolithic character of the categories of speech and writing is increasingly being challenged, especially as the gaze of analysts turns to multi-media texts and practices on the Interne ...
Discourse and creativity - Reading`s CentAUR
... works of Shakespeare and a well-delivered apology to one’s in-laws. Many (indeed most) efforts in art and literature that aspire to the greatness of ‘big C creativity’ sadly miss the mark, and many everyday acts of creativity end up, sometimes unintentionally, having a major impact on the way people ...
... works of Shakespeare and a well-delivered apology to one’s in-laws. Many (indeed most) efforts in art and literature that aspire to the greatness of ‘big C creativity’ sadly miss the mark, and many everyday acts of creativity end up, sometimes unintentionally, having a major impact on the way people ...
Cognitive Development in Infancy
... during the first 2 years of life—the topic of this chapter. We examine the work of developmental researchers who seek to understand and explain the enormous strides that infants make in their understanding of the world and their ability to communicate with others. We begin by discussing the work of ...
... during the first 2 years of life—the topic of this chapter. We examine the work of developmental researchers who seek to understand and explain the enormous strides that infants make in their understanding of the world and their ability to communicate with others. We begin by discussing the work of ...
The Importance of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition
... communicate with the members of the second language society and find out about its culture. It does not necessarily refer to the direct contact with L2 group while in assimilative motivation learners wish to lose themselves in the target language and become an indistinguishable member of that speech ...
... communicate with the members of the second language society and find out about its culture. It does not necessarily refer to the direct contact with L2 group while in assimilative motivation learners wish to lose themselves in the target language and become an indistinguishable member of that speech ...
Transcultural Literary Studies: Politics, Theory, and Literary Analysis
... demonstrate a transnational turn in African literature in the modus of ‘what-ifs’. These “hypothetical narratives” imagine a futuristic utopia/dystopia, where the world order has been reversed—failed, impoverished, and backward Western states that are confronted with an advanced, highly educated, an ...
... demonstrate a transnational turn in African literature in the modus of ‘what-ifs’. These “hypothetical narratives” imagine a futuristic utopia/dystopia, where the world order has been reversed—failed, impoverished, and backward Western states that are confronted with an advanced, highly educated, an ...
COGNITIVE CONTROL AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION 2 The
... automatic yet incorrect language interpretations. A previous study by Novick, Trueswell, and Thompson-Schill (2005) indicated that children’s difficulties in overriding automatic interpretations might be due to an immature cognitive control system. Choi and Trueswell note, however, that this study d ...
... automatic yet incorrect language interpretations. A previous study by Novick, Trueswell, and Thompson-Schill (2005) indicated that children’s difficulties in overriding automatic interpretations might be due to an immature cognitive control system. Choi and Trueswell note, however, that this study d ...
Spanish prepositions in Media Lengua
... universal, it is difficult to test its validity empirically, since it may be hard to define what the next logical step in a diachronic process would be. Therefore, it is not tested in the present study. The third universal is related to the second: languages in contact will only change at those modu ...
... universal, it is difficult to test its validity empirically, since it may be hard to define what the next logical step in a diachronic process would be. Therefore, it is not tested in the present study. The third universal is related to the second: languages in contact will only change at those modu ...
semiotic mediation, language and society: three exotripic theories
... are traces of human social activities and social relations; from which it follows that in using and learning language, children learn their culture (Halliday 1980). The contribution of the social to the child’s cognitive growth is central to Vygotsky’s discourse of semiotic mediation (Vygotsky 1981: ...
... are traces of human social activities and social relations; from which it follows that in using and learning language, children learn their culture (Halliday 1980). The contribution of the social to the child’s cognitive growth is central to Vygotsky’s discourse of semiotic mediation (Vygotsky 1981: ...
Starting with complex primitives pays off: complicate locally, simplify
... pushes non-local dependencies to become local, i.e., they arise in the basic primitive structures to start with. The CLSG approach has led to some new insights into syntactic description, semantic composition, language generation, statistical processing, and psycholinguistic phenomena, all these wit ...
... pushes non-local dependencies to become local, i.e., they arise in the basic primitive structures to start with. The CLSG approach has led to some new insights into syntactic description, semantic composition, language generation, statistical processing, and psycholinguistic phenomena, all these wit ...
Semiotic Anthropology
... indexical or “pragmatic” level) interact with less contextual, more conventional kinds of meaning (the symbolic or semantic level, focused more on language content than form). (See Morris 1971 on the semantic/pragmatic distinction.) A further complication is introduced by the need to incorporate ana ...
... indexical or “pragmatic” level) interact with less contextual, more conventional kinds of meaning (the symbolic or semantic level, focused more on language content than form). (See Morris 1971 on the semantic/pragmatic distinction.) A further complication is introduced by the need to incorporate ana ...
Undergraduate Courses (meet major area requirements) See Major
... human communities have always been connected to one another in important ways, recent history has seen a quickening of transportation and communication, increasing the circulation of people, objects, and ideas across significant distances. In this course, we will explore the human side of this circu ...
... human communities have always been connected to one another in important ways, recent history has seen a quickening of transportation and communication, increasing the circulation of people, objects, and ideas across significant distances. In this course, we will explore the human side of this circu ...
Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Cultural Anthropology
... This Study Guide has been designed to accompany both the classroom and internet sections of ANT 2410, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology & Linguistics. The eight chapters in this Study Guide correspond to the eight units in the course; in each case, the chapters provide detailed guidance about wh ...
... This Study Guide has been designed to accompany both the classroom and internet sections of ANT 2410, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology & Linguistics. The eight chapters in this Study Guide correspond to the eight units in the course; in each case, the chapters provide detailed guidance about wh ...