scholarly journals Towards the Way of “Individuation”: A Preliminary Study of Lo Chih-cheng’s The Invisible Bird

2014 ◽  
Vol null (34) ◽  
pp. 377-402
Author(s):  
鄭振偉
2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-185
Author(s):  
Milomir Eric

In this study, the author deals with the analysis of the way in which the problem of the sense of language is set and solved in the phenomenological philosophy of M. Merleau-Ponty. At the beginning of the text, there is a link between the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure?s and Merleau-Ponty?s understanding of language. Then the attention is drawn to the understanding of language within the philosophy of existence, the problem of the relation between a mark and the marked, language and a painting, literature and painting. The final considerations are devoted to Merleau-Ponty?s attempt to establish an indirect ontology in the unfinished work The Visible and the Invisible, a new understanding of the relation between flesh and language, the problem of logos, the problem of the relation of the perceptual and linguistic meaning.


2012 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 30-42
Author(s):  
Nerijus Milerius

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama vadinamoji panmontažinė kino nuostata, kuri montažą traktuoja ne kaip paprastą techninį kino elementą, o kaip būdą montuoti kinematografinius vaizdus, mąstymą, pasaulėžiūrą, istoriją ir kt. Straipsnyje argumentuojama, kad tokios panmontažinės nuostatos ištakos glūdi ne kine. Kaip tokios ikikinematografinės panmontažinės nuostatos pavyzdys analizuojamas literatūrinis prancūzų rašytojo Gustave’o Flaubert’o romano Ponia Bovari fragmentas. Jau šiame fragmente yra akivaizdi literatūrinio montažo strategija atverti daugiau, nei tai pajėgtų realizuoti tiesioginis aprašymas. Kinematografinis montažas pasiskolina šią strategiją ir nuolat deklaruoja ambiciją pasiekti to, kas nematoma, to, ko negalima pavaizduoti, ribas. Tai, ko negalima pavaizduoti, – intervalas – tampa priemone žengti anapus siaurai suvokiamo vaizdo ir paversti montažą specifine mąstymo ar eksponavimo forma.Straipsnyje argumentuojama, kad tokia panmontažinė strategija yra esmiškas modernybės elementas. Pasiremiant ankstyvųjų montažo klasikų Griffitho ir Eizenšteino pavyzdžiais, parodoma, kaip montažo procedūrose intervalas („nematoma“) panaudojamas konstruojant tai, kas matoma. Atskleidžiama, kad intervalas („nematoma“) tampa vienu esminių kriterijų, pagal kurį galima klasifikuoti skirtingas montažo mokyklas ir skirtingus montažo tipus.Konstatuojama, kad su laiku kinas atsisakė panmontažinės ambicijos paversti montažą universaliu prasmingos visumos konstravimo principu. Vis dėlto ir dabar kino teorijoje ir praktikoje gausu tokių interpretacijų, kurios traktuoja montažą kaip matymo („parodymo“) būdą, pranokstantį techniškai ir siaurai suvokiamo montažo ribas.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: montažas, intervalas, matoma-nematoma, modernybė. THE ONTOLOGY OF MONTAGE AND BEYOND ITNerijus MileriusSummaryThe article deals with the so-called pan-aesthetical ambition of montage (editing) according to which montage is not a merely technical element of a film, but the way to edit cinematic images, thinking, worldview, history, etc. It is argued that the origins of such pan-aesthetics of montage could be found primarily not in cinema itself. As an example of such pre-cinematographic notion of montage pan-aesthetics, a fragment of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary could be analyzed. It’s already in this fragment where the ambition of the literary montage to disclose much more than a simple literary description could manage is evident. Cinematic montage borrows this strategy 42 Religija ir kultūra Nerijus Milerius and always declares the ambition to reach the limits of the visible and the presentable. Something that could not be depicted, the interval, becomes the means to go beyond the technical understanding of montage and to transform it into a peculiar form of thinking or exposition. It is argued in the article that such panaesthetic strategy is the very element of modernity. Referring to the excerpts from the films of Griffith and Eisenstein, it is demonstrated how the invisible (the interval) is used in the construction of the visible. The invisible (theinterval) becomes the most essential criterion to classify the schools or types of montage. It is concluded that cinema abandons its ambition to transform the montage into the universal principle of constructing the whole. Nevertheless, also in the contemporary cinema, one could find the interpretations of montage according to which the montage is something more, something that surpasses the technical procedure of a mere editing.Keywords: montage, interval, visible–invisible, modernity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-139
Author(s):  
Xuan Li ◽  
Feng Wang

Abstract Although it is widely acknowledged that different speech processes may interact with each other, the way that nasalization affects phonation remains poorly understood. This paper explores the relationship between nasalization and phonation, by analyzing the phonetic cues of the tense/lax distinction both in nasalization and non-nasalization in the Bai language. The data for discussion is from two Bai dialects, Chengbei and Jinhua, which have a tense/lax distinction in both nasalized and non-nasalized syllables. Three phonation parameters – fundamental frequency (F0), open quotient (OQ), and speed quotient (SQ) – are extracted from EGG signals for analysis. It is found that the influence of nasalization on phonation varies with the tone contours. As for the level tones, the role of phonation manner in tone distinction is not evident in nasalization in that tense tones can be distinguished from lax tones only by pitch. However, in non-nasalization, phonation manner plays an indispensable role in tone distinction, in that the contrast between tense and lax tones are reflected not only on F0 but also on OQ and SQ. Moreover, non-nasalized tense tones are more likely to be accompanied by non-modal phonation that is characterized by a significantly higher SQ. In terms of articulatory explanation, high SQ in non-modal phonation is the result of the vibration of tightened vocal folds, and the tension of vocal folds is caused by raising the soft palate in non-nasalization. As for the falling tones, the role of phonation manner in tone distinction is more salient in nasalization than in non-nasalization in Chengbei Bai, but it is not attested in Jinhua Bai. This study shows that the interaction between nasalization and phonation in Bai can be revealed in the analysis of phonation parameters, i.e. F0, OQ, and SQ.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Vernadakis

In E. M. Forster’s ‘The Story of the Siren’ (1920), humility and the humble are highlighted by the empowering status bestowed on an embedded story told by an illiterate Sicilian boatman to a sophisticated English tourist and prospective Cambridge Fellow. The latter, who is also the narrator of the embedding narrative, proves to be transformed by the qualities (philosophic, ethical and literary) promoted by the humble status of the embedded one. As the existence of the Siren of the title is problematic – she never shows up – and the story offers a case of structuring a full intrigue on the invisible, there may be a connection between the humble and the invisible. In order to investigate this assumption, I propose to explore the way in which the myth of the siren, a myth that relates to desire, is brought into dialogue with Frazer’s evolutionary theory and Plato’s theory of ideas. The interplay between philosophy, anthropology and desire provides a critique of Edwardian society and a self-criticism based on Socratic irony, itself an irony of humility. I shall eventually suggest that the humble but desirable Sicilian storyteller functions like an avatar of the Siren. Instead of writing a dissertation on the Deist Controversy and becoming an academic, the homodiegetic narrator allows himself to be seduced by the ‘Siren’s song’ – the young Sicilian’s story – and (ironically) become a writer. For, as I will attempt to demonstrate, the relationship between this short story and the life of E. M. Forster is highlighted by the figure of metalepsis, a device that reveals the author, rather than the narrator, at work.


Author(s):  
Frank Stowell ◽  
Shavindrie Cooray

Recent research adds support to the view that the way that individuals act as part of a virtual group is different from behavior in face-to-face meetings. Specifically researchers have discovered that conflicts are more prevalent within virtual teams as opposed to face to face teams. This is because research has shown that participants are more likely to change their initial points of view (shaped by personal values, biases and experience) when discussions are held in a face to face environment rather than through virtual means. This insight raises doubts upon the effectiveness of CMCs as an instrument of organizational cohesion. In this paper we reflect upon this position and attempt to discover if these concerns can be overcome through the employment of Systems methods used in organizational inquiry. We do this through an evaluation of the results of a preliminary study between Curry College in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Richmond University in London, UK.


2002 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 752-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Clarici ◽  
L. Travan ◽  
A. Accardo ◽  
U. De Vonderweid ◽  
A. Bava

The purpose of the study was to explore whether the new-born cry is a simple alarm signal or differentiated cries with different meanings 12 digital audio taped recordings of 6 full-term healthy babies were analysed. Cries of 6 newborns in this preliminary study were recorded in a pain condition after a prick for the hematic check-up the third day after delivery and then while crying spontaneously in the cradle. The sounds were sampled at 44100 Hz with a 16-bit resolution and converted to the way format. All the analyses were performed with a software written in the MATLAB© environment. The most important result was that these new-born children modulated the supralaryngeal tract considerably more in cries following the painful stimulus than in “spontaneous” ones, as would be expected by the hypothesis of crying as “protolanguage.”


1997 ◽  
Vol 66 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 301-318
Author(s):  

AbstractThe diversity of modes of acquisition of territory is a well researched topic in international law, but little has been written on the possibilities of divestment of a title to territory. Natural changes of coastal formations can divest the coastal State of some area of land and maritime territory and greatly affect its national economy. An illustrative case is the phenomenon of erosion by sea of offshore islands. This study is particularly focused on one such case concerning an uninhabited Icelandic islet, Kolbeinsey. The vanishing of the islet is aggravating existing concerns about the allocation of fish stocks in the area, and there will arise the problem of loss of varioius maritime zones pertaining to the islet and to the Icelandic mainland. This paper will examine the way in which Iceland may continue to enjoy the whole or part of the extant jurisdiction in the Kolbeinsey area. Issues to be addressed include those as to whether Kolbeinsey is a juridical island and whether the concepts of artificial islands and low-tide elevations are helpful in the instant case.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Amaal Fadhlini Mohamed ◽  
Radzuwan Ab Rashid ◽  
Nor Hazwani Munirah Lateh

Metadiscourse in undergraduate essay writing is the linguistic expressions used by student writers to organise written texts while interacting with their imaginary readers. This paper presents a preliminary study to discover and present the use of metadiscourse markers in persuasive essays written by a group of undergraduate students from a chosen public university in Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. For the purpose of this study, a simplified metadiscourse framework for ESL lay writers proposed by Tan et al. (2012) is used. The metadiscourse markers in a corpus of undergraduate persuasive essays were explored with the assistance of a concordance software, WordSmith Tools. The findings reveal the frequency of the metadiscourse markers in the corpus and how they are commonly utilised in sentences. This study is expected to pave the way for more studies related to metadiscourse in undergraduate essays from other universities across this country.


Ung Uro ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Martine Hoff Jensen

Touching is never a unidirectional event; what you touch will always touch you back. ‘How can the way we relate to the world around us take shape as sculpture?’ Norwegian artist Marte Johnslien asks. In the 2018 exhibition A Square on a Sphere at Lillehammer Kunstmuseum (Art Museum), Johnslien showed, amongst other works, a sculpture consisting of ceramic shapes stacked on top of each other with glass plates between. In this work, Johnslien explored a new technique of reinforcing ceramics in which she put steel mesh underneath the clay. By strengthening the thin ceramic shapes with iron, Johnslien changed the material and thus changed the texture. This chapter elaborates on how artistic presence can provide a way to access the glitch between the visible and the invisible, by exploring the ceramic works by Johnslien in light of Barad’s essay on touching, esotericist Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky’s view on the fourth dimension, Eastern philosophy, and relativity theory.


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