scholarly journals Ecolinguistics: A half-century overview

2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjuan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
High Time ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Mature Domain ◽  
Century Development

Abstract The last 50 years have witnessed ecolinguistics come into bloom as a mature domain. This paper aims to examine the half-century development of ecolinguistics by reviewing its backgrounds, definitions, strands, and approaches, and also briefly previewing its future horizons. The birth of ecolinguistics can be attributed to such ecological necessities as the ecological crisis as an essential root, and an ecological perspective for linguistics as a linguistic necessity, together with six ecolinguistic turns in this domain (Section 2). Since the emergence of ecolinguistics in the 1970s, various definitions for ecolinguistics as an evolving concept have come into being, involving the geographical, conceptual, disciplinary, methodological, and practical sides (Section 3). Figures who have contributed to the development of this domain can be divided into old strands like Haugenian and Hallidayan ecolinguistics, as well as new strands such as strong ecolinguistics and the latest radical embodied ecolinguistics (Section 4). Given the diverse definitions and strands, a set of approaches have taken shape, ranging from the Haugenian approach to ecological discourse analysis (Section 5). Due to major problems found in reviewing four parts of ecolinguistics, it is high time three shifts in perspective be put into effect in ecolinguistics that can promise its future horizons.

Tribology: Trends in the half-century development

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Myshkin ◽  
I. G. Goryacheva
Keyword(s):  
Half Century ◽  
Century Development

scholarly journals Enhancing ecological consciousness through liturgical acts of doxology and lament

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barend J. De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Animal Species ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Mountain Top Removal ◽  
Ecological Dimension ◽  
Bear Witness ◽  
The Church ◽  
Critical Resources

The last few decades have been a time of growing interest and concern about our environment. The extinction of plant and animal species, the pollution of our water supply and the depletion of critical resources have generated a new consciousness about our biosphere. The liturgy of the church must seriously engage with the ecological perspective, and the entire life, worship and praxis of the church should include an ecological dimension and vision. Two very powerful elements in enhancing worshippers� ecological consciousness are praise or doxology and the important counterpart of doxology, namely song and prayer of lament as well as confession of guilt. This means that believers celebrate the inalienable beauty and dignity of all living kind and bear witness to God�s manifold creation. Believers are also to bear witness to creation�s groaning as the ground suffers from deforestation, mountain-top removal, toxic dumping and rising temperatures. Comfort and new possibilities for rectifying the ecological crisis may develop from grief and lament. The liturgical witness will be that God�s newness will break the cycles of self-destruction and make new life possible.

scholarly journals The search for new stories to live by: a positive discourse analysis of Christian Environmentalism & Druidry

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Edward Perrins
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Great Length ◽  
Positive Type ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Stories To Live By

In the current ecological crisis, there is overwhelming consensus that human activity is damaging the ecosystems that support life. It is therefore important that we not only look at what drastic changes we should make to our daily activities in western society, but challenge the stories told in our world that encourage these activities through speech and text. Critical discourse analysts have applied their work to this endeavour at great length through the lens of Ecolinguistics, but there is still much to be done in finding alternative stories about our relationship with the natural world, that can help to reshape our collective view of the planet and our cohabitants. This thesis then is seeking positive styles of language within the world of Religion, and looks to the discourse of an environmentalist denomination of Christianity, Green Christian, and the discourse of an order of Druids. Collecting text from their blogs, articles, magazines, and ethos pages found online, this thesis uses various tools influenced by previous Ecolinguistic research and the wider field of Critical Discourse Studies. The analysis draws out recurrent themes in language that frames the natural world as interconnected with humans, entitled to the respect and reverence that we afford to ourselves. Deciding what constitutes a ‘positive’ type of story is done by using an Ecosophy. The topics of the text researched include animals, the entirety of the natural world, and human activity on the Earth. The focus is on how the religious perspective of these two groups influence the style of language used and the affect this has on the message the groups convey regarding the human-nature relationship. To conclude, I reflect on some of the limitations in my analysis and offer recommendations for further research that applies positive discourse analysis to a wider body of text.

scholarly journals Theatre and Gendered Activism: Grassroot Discourses on Environmental Movement in Pasuruan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wida Ayu Puspitosari
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Performance Studies ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Identity Narratives ◽  
Grass Root

This paper deploys an interdisciplinary methodology and extends what is conventionally apprehended as discourse to include performance. It integrates the fields of performance studies, theater, gender studies and discourse analysis to document, contextualize and analyze the intersection of theater performance and activism in environmental movement initiated by IWINS (Initiatives for Water and Sanitation Improvement Through Network Supports) through the water and sanitation community network in Pasuruan. This paper considers why and how theater becomes an integral part of grass root activism, agency and collective identity narratives and counter narratives in confronting the ecological crisis in Pasuruan. By examining their discourse in light of Victor Turner’s concept of social drama, this paper provides a theoretical argumentation and intertextual reading of performance-conscious activism as discourse. Keywords: performance, discourse, grassroot, activism

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Southern History ◽  
The South ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Century Development

This introduction lays out the topic, arguments, and structure of the entire book. It begins with a brief case study of Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone’s use of motion pictures as part of her growing business empire in the early twentieth century, argues for the centrality of motion pictures to modern southern history and the influence of the South on the half-century development of the film industry from its beginnings to the early postwar era, and identifies the topics of each chapter to follow.

scholarly journals Catholic Anthropology from an Ecological Perspective: Pastoral Study in the Light of the Encyclical Laudato si’

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-700
Author(s):  
Jan Kazimierz Przybyłowski
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Natural Order ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Moral Ecology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Catholic Anthropology

One of the important causes of the ecological crisis is the egoistic mentality of contemporary people and the lack of respect for the natural order and immanent purpose of the creation. In order to shape a new pro-ecological consciousness a new concept of man and his relations with the environment is needed. One of the proposals is Catholic anthropology, whose ecological foundations were indicated by Pope Francis in his Encyclical Laudato si’. It is a proposal to describe man applying religious concepts, but also including the up-to-date knowledge about man and the environment. It is a concept open to dialogue, the aim of which should be the development of a pro-ecological lifestyle for contemporary people. Catholic anthropology postulates to combine “external” ecology with “moral” ecology, which can help modern man not only to have control over nature, but also to become its defender through small, everyday activities. In ecologically oriented anthropology, the created world is treated as a common home, and Pope Francis calls it our sister, with whom we share existence, and a beautiful mother, who takes us in her arms.

Plasticity of the neural coding metaphor: An unnoticed rhetoric in scientific discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Frezza ◽  
Pierluigi Zoccolotti
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Neural Coding ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
Unified View ◽  
Brain Behavior

Abstract The convincing argument that Brette makes for the neural coding metaphor as imposing one view of brain behavior can be further explained through discourse analysis. Instead of a unified view, we argue, the coding metaphor's plasticity, versatility, and robustness throughout time explain its success and conventionalization to the point that its rhetoric became overlooked.

Solar Corona Investigation by the Coronal Line Photometer at Lomnický Peak

1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 431-434
Author(s):  
M. Minarovjech ◽  
M. Rybanský
Keyword(s):  
Solar Corona ◽  
Time Resolution ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
High Time ◽  
High Time Resolution ◽  
List Type ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Coronal Line ◽  
Global Cycle

AbstractThis paper deals with a possibility to use the ground-based method of observation in order to solve basic problems connected with the solar corona research. Namely:1.heating of the solar corona2.course of the global cycle in the corona3.rotation of the solar corona and development of active regions.There is stressed a possibility of high-time resolution of the coronal line photometer at Lomnický Peak coronal station, and use of the latter to obtain crucial observations.

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