Genre as cognitive construction

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-601
Author(s):  
Annalisa Baicchi ◽  
Aneider Iza Erviti
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Inseparable Pair ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The present article investigates a set of discourse connectors in the academic lecture genre from the viewpoint of the inseparable pair of pragmatics and cognition. Making use of the MICASE corpus for data retrieval, a selection of discourse constructions encoding comparative contrastive meanings are analysed and their distinctive features are critically described and explained. The aim is to show how each particular genre promotes the use of certain constructions. The MICASE database reveals that, among all the subgroups of complementary contrastive constructions, some seem incompatible with the academic lecture contexts by virtue of the particular characteristics of this specific genre.

Reframing (inner) terror: A digital discourse-based approach to evidential repositioning of reader reactions towards visual reframing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Domínguez-Romero
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Digital Discourse ◽  
Visual Markers ◽  
Selection Of

The present article claims that the British public opinion’s repositioning towards inner terror after the 2017 Westminster attacks was (i) affected by the visual reframing of an original viral press photograph of the attacks targeting a Muslim passerby as an inner terrorist and (ii) linguistically expressed through the use of ‘look’ object-oriented visual markers of evidentiality in written digital discourse. To support this claim, British readers’ commentaries on a selection of online opinion articles reframing inner terror into terror through the use of reframed press photographs will be taken as the corpus of analysis. The ultimate aim of the article is to unveil the British readers’ reactions to the reframed photographs of the attacks as linguistically expressed through their use of ‘look’ object-oriented repositioning strategies of visual evidentiality in order to analyse the repositioning process.

UUX Method Selection

i-com ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Fischer ◽  
Michaela Kauer-Franz ◽  
Dominique Winter ◽  
Stefan Latt
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Present Article ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Method Selection ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe establishment of human-centered design within software development processes is still a challenge. Numerous methods exist that aim to increase the usability and user experience of an interactive system. Nevertheless, the selection of appropriate methods remains to be challenging, as there are multiple different factors that have a significant impact on the appropriateness of the methods in their context of use. The present article investigates current strategies of method selection based on a conference workshop with practitioners. The results show that usability and user experience professionals concentrate on five to seven well-known methods and will need more support to select and use further ones.

Interpreting Citizenship Amendment Act: Its Content and Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-572
Author(s):  
Keshab Chandra Ratha
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
History Of ◽  
Constitutional Morality ◽  
Arbitrary Selection ◽  
Selection Of

India is endowed with a proud history of inclusive government and religious tolerance. Indian citizenship has always been firmly rooted in the country’s constitution, which lays priority on equality, regardless of gender, caste, religion, class, community or language. Attaching citizenship rights to religious affiliation runs counter to the letter and spirit of India’s Constitution and constitutional morality. The major thrust of the present article is to project government’s stance on the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, constitutional provisions in relation to the Act, thematic arguments of critics and constitutional experts on the matter, multifarious challenges ahead in respect of its implementation, by establishing the fact that any measure taken must remain in conformity with international norms and values and necessity of amending the law to do away with the arbitrary selection of countries and religious groups so that the current agitation can be easily tranquilised.

Bargaining with Jesus: Irony in Mark 5:1-20

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-251
Author(s):  
Andrew Burrow
Keyword(s):  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
New Host ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Selection Of

This study analyzes Mark 5:1-20 from the perspective of verbal and situational irony. 
I argue that three elements of irony in Mark 5:1-20 align with distinctive features of exorcisms in the ancient world: (1) the demons act as an exorcist against Jesus, who in turn will exorcise them; (2) the demons ask Jesus to consider their well-being when they have shown no concern for their host; (3) the demons believe that their selection of the swine as a new host will allow them to remain in the country of the Gerasenes, but it results in the destruction of the pigs. Additionally, using other ancient accounts of exorcism as comparative examples (those found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, Lucian, Philostratus, the Papyri Graecae Magicae, and the Testament of Solomon), I show that Mark 5:1-20 differs in many ways and that those differences both elucidate and intensify its elements of irony.


Part III Where to Arbitrate? Distinctive Features of Maritime Arbitral Seats, 8 Competition of Arbitral Seats in Attracting International Maritime Arbitration Disputes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mistelis Loukas
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Large Concentration ◽  
Commercial Arbitration ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Maritime Disputes ◽  
Local Courts ◽  
Criteria For Selection ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter examines the competition among arbitral seats in attracting maritime disputes. It first explores why certain seats are selected as a matter of general arbitration law and practice. It then discusses some key arbitral seats for the settlement of maritime disputes. It shows that there is a large concentration of cases in certain centres, where a number of well-known arbitral associations are established and the local courts and local laws are prepared to support the process. Although the key maritime arbitration centres do not necessarily coincide with the main commercial arbitration centres (with the exception of London, New York, and Singapore), the criteria for selection of key seats in maritime arbitration appear to be the same those used in commercial arbitration. The high number of maritime arbitration cases in the main maritime arbitration seats has also contributed to the development of arbitration law and jurisprudence in these jurisdictions.

National Security Evidence: Enhancing Fairness in View of the Non-Disclosure Regime of the Rome Statute

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-359
Author(s):  
Ariel Zemach
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Present Article ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
Rome Statute ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
The State ◽  
Prosecutorial Discretion ◽  
Selection Of

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court completely divests the Court of the power to compel a state to disclose evidence in its possession if the state opposes such disclosure on grounds of national security. If a state refuses to disclose information essential to the adjudication of a case on national security grounds, the ICC may settle fair trial concerns either by drawing factual inferences favourable to the defendant or by staying the proceedings. I argue, however, that in practice such judicial powers do not provide a sufficient guarantee of a fair trial. I propose to allay fair trial concerns arising from the refusal of states to allow the ICC access to evidence in their possession by introducing a reform in the exercise of the ICC's prosecutorial discretion. According to my proposal, the requirement of a fair trial, which entails the disclosure of material essential for the defence, would be incorporated into the criteria that guide the ICC Prosecutor in the selection of cases for prosecution. Although the present article focuses on the issue of national security evidence, the reach of the proposed reform extends to all cases of state refusal to allow the ICC access to evidence, regardless of the grounds for refusal.

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Gas Path Diagnostic Schemes

2004 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Mathioudakis ◽  
Ph. Kamboukos
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Individual Component ◽  
Uncertainty Propagation ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Small Deviations ◽  
Component Identification ◽  
Operating Points ◽  
Selection Of

A variety of methods can be used for the diagnosis of faults in gas path components of gas turbines. Problems that are common for diagnostic method implementation are the choice of measured quantities, choice of health parameters, and choice of operating conditions for data retrieval. The present paper introduces some general principles for evaluation of the effectiveness of different diagnostic schemes. They encompass criteria proposed in past publications, while they offer additional possibilities for assessment of diagnostic effectiveness in various situations. The method is based on the evaluation of the behavior of linear systems, which are a good approximation of the nonlinear ones for small deviations and employs the concept of system condition number to formulate criteria. The determination of limits for this number for establishing system condition criteria and quantification of observability is examined, on the basis of uncertainty propagation. Sample problems evaluated are: maximizing effectiveness of individual component identification from a multiplicity of available measurements, selection of individual operating points for multipoint applications.

scholarly journals Commitment: The term and the notions

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe De Brabanter ◽  
Patrick Dendale
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Prise En Charge ◽  
Formal Modelling ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Separate Entry

This volume brings together thoroughly reworked versions of a selection of papers presented at the conference The Notion of Commitment in Linguistics, held at the University of Antwerp in January 2007. It is the companion volume to a collection of essays in French to be published in Langue Française and devoted to La notion de prise en charge. Commitment is a close counterpart toprise en charge, and two contributors, Celle and Lansari, use it essentially as a translation of the French term. However, commitment and its verbal cognates (to commit NP to and to be committed to) do not cover the exact same range of meanings as prise en charge. For a thorough assessment of the French term, we refer readers to the introduction to the Langue Française volume. In the present article, we focus entirely on commitment. The term is widely used in at least three major areas of linguistic enquiry:1 studies on illocutionary acts, studies on modality and evidentiality, and the formal modelling of dialogue/argumentation. In spite of its frequent use, the notion has rarely been theorised and has never been the subject of a monograph or a specialised reader. In keeping with this is the fact that none of the many dictionaries and encyclopaedias of linguistics or philosophy that we have consulted devotes a separate entry to it. Section 1 of this introduction briefly reviews what commitment means in the three fields just mentioned. Now and then, with respect to a particular issue, pointers are given to which articles in this collection have something to say about the issue. In section 2, we take a lexical and syntactic look at the ways in which the contributors to the present volume use the term. In section 3, we outline each of the contributions, with a focus on the role that commitment plays in them.

What, Us Global?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-46
Author(s):  
Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Identity Group ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Selection Of

This article addresses what can roughly be considered the “Hispanic sphere” in the field of World Literature Studies. First, the concepts of the local and the regional are examined from the perspective of world literature. The present article also lays out the limitations of a number of theoretical approaches that define world literature negatively: as a concept that necessarily excludes or denies any elements regarded as “local” or “regional.” In this respect, it offers an account of the discomfort or alienation experienced by those who see themselves as belonging to a particular identity group and are urged to justify their position in global terms. To illustrate this, this article explores a selection of specific approaches attending to how they define and place the academic and literary production of the Hispanic sphere within broader fields of study, such as those related to the world novel and the phenomenon of glocality. Finally, it discusses the emergence of global regionalism, from both outside and within what can be referred to as “regional entities.”

scholarly journals Colour vision: A review of the Cambridge Colour Test and other colour testing methods

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabeela Hasrod ◽  
Alan Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Colour Vision ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
And Function ◽  
Selection Of

The evaluation of colour vision and discrimination of an individual forms an integral part of a routine eye and vision examination. With the increasing prevalence of inherited colour vision deficiencies, defects of colour vision can be detected in an optometric practice by means of a variety of tests available. The present article comprises an overview of the design and function of a selection of colour vision tests that are administered manually and, in some cases, have been modified to form a computerised version.

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