Bilingual representation of distance in visual-verbal sign systems: A case study of Guo Xi’s Early Spring

Semiotica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (222) ◽  
pp. 47-80
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Virtual Museums ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Perception Theory ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Analytical Tools

AbstractThe purely cognitive semantic approach to verbal distance representation has recently been enriched from the perspective of visual perception theory. Focusing on visual pragmatic effects, the present paper will use distance cues as a set of analytical tools and adopt the cognitive-functional model proposed elsewhere to further explore the issue of visual-verbal coherence through Guo Xi’s Early Spring and the bilingual museum catalogue entries attached to it, in physical exhibitions or virtual museums, with a particular view to explaining how a linguistics- or stylistics-based analysis endorses the interpretation of a specific artwork on discursive and cultural levels.

scholarly journals Figurative meaning in multimodal work by an autistic artist: a cognitive semantic approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
JENNY HARTMAN ◽  
CARITA PARADIS
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Language ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Multimodal Approach ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
Meaning Production ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Figurative Language Comprehension

ABSTRACT Research on figurative meaning in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) would benefit from considering a greater variety of data types and using more diverse methods. Previous studies have predominantly applied experimental methods to investigate processing of figurative language (mostly metaphor) and have for the most part concluded that individuals with ASD have deficits in figurative language comprehension. In this study, we focus on the creation and communication of figurative meaning in discursively situated and thematically organized verbal, gestural, and pictorial data published by an autistic artist in the form of videos and comics. Across three prominent experiential themes in the data, we isolate types of conceptualizations and generalize over mappings between target and source experiences. We find that the data are rich in figurative meaning expression (e.g., metaphor and metonymy) conveyed through language, co-speech gestures, and pictures in ways that are clearly embodied (experientially based) and that reflect affordances and constraints of these modes of communication. While our case study of meaning production does not contradict previous research on figurative meaning comprehension in populations, it does indicate benefits of taking a broader and multimodal approach to figurative meaning in research on ASD.

scholarly journals Using Social Media in Tourist Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study of Andalusia during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3836
Author(s):  
David Flores-Ruiz ◽  
Adolfo Elizondo-Salto ◽  
María de la O. Barroso-González
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Media Data

This paper explores the role of social media in tourist sentiment analysis. To do this, it describes previous studies that have carried out tourist sentiment analysis using social media data, before analyzing changes in tourists’ sentiments and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case study, which focuses on Andalusia, the changes experienced by the tourism sector in the southern Spanish region as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are assessed using the Andalusian Tourism Situation Survey (ECTA). This information is then compared with data obtained from a sentiment analysis based on the social network Twitter. On the basis of this comparative analysis, the paper concludes that it is possible to identify and classify tourists’ perceptions using sentiment analysis on a mass scale with the help of statistical software (RStudio and Knime). The sentiment analysis using Twitter data correlates with and is supplemented by information from the ECTA survey, with both analyses showing that tourists placed greater value on safety and preferred to travel individually to nearby, less crowded destinations since the pandemic began. Of the two analytical tools, sentiment analysis can be carried out on social media on a continuous basis and offers cost savings.

scholarly journals ASMÂ YAUM AL-QIYÂMAH FÎ AL-QUR’ÂN AL-KARÎM MIN KHILÂL AL-MANZHÛR AL-DALÂLÎ AL-MA’RIFÎ WA QIYAMUHU AL-TARBAWIYAH AL-RÛHIYAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Abdul Kosim ◽  
Tajudin Nur ◽  
T. Fuad Wahab ◽  
Wahya Wahya
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Spiritual Education ◽  
Target Domain ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Source Domain ◽  
State Time ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Time Movement

This study aimed to discuss the names of judgment day in the Qur'an through cognitive semantic approach and the values of spiritual education. Through the cognitive semantic approach, the conception of meaning to describe the judgment day in the Qur’an was formulated by mapping the meaning resulted from the source domain (Sd) to target domain (Sd). To show and compare references in (Sd) to (Td), referential technique was used. From organizing (Sd) to (Td) on metaphorical expressions which showed the judgment day in the Qur'an, the conceptions of the meaning of state, time, movement, and change were generated. The studies on the names of judgment day in the Qur'an influence the value of moral education, which is able to increase faith in God, observe nature and its big symptoms, create good character between God and man, and believe in God’s noble character.

scholarly journals Forensic Engineering Use Of Fault Tree Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank H. Johnson ◽  
DeWitt William E.
Keyword(s):  
Fault Tree ◽  
Fault Tree Analysis ◽  
Tree Analysis ◽  
Complex Engineered Systems ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Forensic Engineering ◽  
Fire And Explosion ◽  
Engineered Systems ◽  
Analytical Tools

Analytical Tools, Like Fault Tree Analysis, Have A Proven Track Record In The Aviation And Nuclear Industries. A Positive Tree Is Used To Insure That A Complex Engineered System Operates Correctly. A Negative Tree (Or Fault Tree) Is Used To Investigate Failures Of Complex Engineered Systems. Boeings Use Of Fault Tree Analysis To Investigate The Apollo Launch Pad Fire In 1967 Brought National Attention To The Technique. The 2002 Edition Of Nfpa 921, Guide For Fire And Explosion Investigations, Contains A New Chapter Entitled Failure Analysis And Analytical Tools. That Chapter Addresses Fault Tree Analysis With Respect To Fire And Explosion Investigation. This Paper Will Review The Fundamentals Of Fault Tree Analysis, List Recent Peer Reviewed Papers About The Forensic Engineering Use Of Fault Tree Analysis, Present A Relevant Forensic Engineering Case Study, And Conclude With The Results Of A Recent University Study On The Subject.

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