Pragmatics - Science topic

Panel 40: The changing faces of Relevance Theory applied to translation and interpreting: novel insights at the interface between pragmatics and cognition As a theory of human communication and cognition, Relevance Theory (RT) has asserted itself as a particularly promising framework for theoretical and empirical work in translation and interpreti...

This book contends that Wittgenstein’s philosophy—often in conversation with other philosophical approaches—is a helpful resource for seeing religious diversities, for noticing aspects of religions that might otherwise escape one’s attention or be obscured by biases, and for uncovering and contemplating ethical aspects of this acknowledgment. In co...

Telemedicine has become indispensable in contemporary healthcare, reshaping patient care worldwide. The utilization of it has significantly risen in the Philippines, particularly during the pandemic, mirroring a global trend. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of studies regarding its pragmatic implementation among Filipino physicians, a crucial aspec...

Understand hydrogen as an energy resource and its potential as a dynamic solution for a carbon-neutral economy Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be used to store, move, and deliver energy produced from other sources. It has the potential for high energy efficiency, significant environmental and social benefits, and economic competitiveness. T...

This exploratory article analyzes the contemporary trend in the music and event industry of organizing and filming electronic dance music (EDM) events at tourist destinations. These videos featuring DJ sets in attractive locations, referred to as destination DJ videos (DDJVs), accumulate a substantial number of views on social media platforms, prim...

This study examines the pragmatic role of ostensible lies-communicative acts in which falsehoods are mutually recognized but strategically presented as truth-in academic interactions within Jordanian culture. The problem addressed is the limited understanding of these socially coordinated lies and their functions in educational settings. The study'...

Cet ouvrage constitue une référence incontournable pour les professionnels de la logistique, les décideurs et les chercheurs soucieux de relever les défis posés par la complexité croissante des environnements opérationnels. En proposant des cadres d'analyse et des solutions pragmatiques dans un contexte de faible degré de certitude.

Falls, from functional mobility impairments, can result from various factors including disease and environmental factors, and are not exclusive to the elderly. Falls and mobility impairments are often associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety, obesity, and vision problems, impacting a wide range of demographics. There is a need for timely...

The role of digital technology in sport has seen increasing use. For example, video recordings from stationery cameras are now almost mainstream to enable coaches and athletes painstakingly examine performance by pausing, rewinding, and slowing advancing video data (frame by frame) to examine fine motor movements. However, subjective opinion and vi...

Link: https://lnkd.in/ekmZHbP3 This book builds on the popular GARDENER OF GOVERNANCE article, enjoying amazing traction in the professional community globally, and translated into 25+ languages. The Lenz-Jeppesen (2022) thought-piece introduced the 5 “Ps” as paths for the betterment of internal auditing: People, Public, Performance (Prosperity),...

Resumo Este artigo analisa o Banco Mundial como agente de neoliberalização do capitalismo global, dando ênfase às suas funções de emprestador, conselheiro e assessor técnico de governos, agente da sociedade civil e produtor de pesquisas econômicas durante o período de 1980 a 2023. Com base em fontes primárias da própria instituição e ampla literatu...

Este estudio transcultural analiza las transgresiones de las máximas conversacionales de Grice (1975) y los recursos pragmalingüísticos en noticias satíricas de El Chigüire Bipolar y The Onion, utilizando una metodología cualitativa y descriptiva (Reguera, 2008), en un contexto transcultural (Félix-Brasdefer, 2019). La muestra incluye siete artícul...

This book weaves theoretical-empirical threads beyond pragmatic philosophy, quantum cosmology and world affairs. It offers a "quantum-social" approach to inquire solidarity configurations among transnational movements. The first part of the book develops an integrative framework to foreground "quantum-type" features of social fields, virtual moveme...

In the flourishing field of materials science and engineering, ionic liquids (ILs) stand out for their advantageous features, unique tunable properties, and environmentally friendly attributes, making them ideal candidates for various applications. However, the enormous diversity of ILs presents a challenge that has traditionally been addressed thr...

The chapter addresses the interplay between culture, conceptualization and language in Irish English. It demonstrates that the persisting language contact between Irish and English over the centuries as well as the collective, intensive and largely unguided shift from Irish to English in the nineteenth century resulted in a high degree of cognitive...

Esta investigación describe la evolución de las imágenes de los roles sociales familiares en un periodo concreto de la historia social española: desde finales del siglo XIX hasta la década de los años sesenta del siglo XX. Para ello, se plantea un estudio de corpus de obras de teatro desde una perspectiva funcional y pragmalingu¨ística, apoyado en...

This book introduces the main concepts of pragmatics as they relate to the young English language learner classroom and research with young second language learners (YLLs). It considers the speech acts which are particularly relevant to YLLs and presents research findings on learners' development of speech act perception and production. It provides...

This chapter presents the Layered Model of Agency as a semiotic framework for the study of collective agency. The model suggests understanding collective agency as an enhanced capacity for action that incorporates cognitive and pragmatic artifacts to constitute sociotechnical systems. This approach points to the importance of individuals as agents...

Este trabajo señala que la democracia en un sentido básico no es otra cosa que un esquema plural de reparto del poder basado en unas reglas del juego avaladas por la mayoría y respaldado por el estado de derecho. Aunque se le da centralidad a la adhesión normativa a un ideal con valor absoluto, se propone como más productivo pensar esta adhesión de...

This paper delves into the essence and significance of Filipino philosophy, exploring its development amidst colonial legacies and diverse interpretations among Filipino intellectuals. Initially, attempts were made to differentiate Filipino philosophy from Western tradition, focusing on identity building to reclaim a sense of cultural autonomy in o...

In the final chapter, we draw a general conclusion on brain development and the law. After summarizing the previous results, I make a pragmatic proposal for the connection between psycho-behavioral and neuroscientific knowledge. At the end, important open questions and expected results for neurolaw are described.

Objective: The aim of this study is to suggest a formalization model for the combination of blocks in block constructive play with the perspective of programming language theory. Background: In a new environment where connectivity is emphasized, such as VR, Metaverse, IoT, and Smart home, there is a need to accumulate and analyze behavioral data on...

Since the end of the twentieth century, cognitive science has been witnessing what is called a pragmatic turn, a change of perspective that considers pragmatists to be basically right about the nature of knowledge and experience (Engel et al., 2016; Madzia & Jung, 2016; Madzia, Santarelli, 2017; Schulkin, 2015). Generally speaking, the pragmatic tu...

Dilan 1990 is a popular Indonesian film known for its romantic dialogue and engaging narrative. This study analyzes the use of flirtatious remarks within the film through Grice's Cooperative Principle, focusing specifically on the concept of flouting his four maxims: Quantity, Quality, Relevance, and Manner. The analysis reveals that the maxim of R...

The Malaysian design industry follows a market-need-driven approach, where marketing-oriented managers guide designers to address anticipated high-demand markets. However, challenges persist in understanding designers' problem-solving approaches due to implicit practices. This research emphasizes the hindrance caused by insufficient communication a...

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLE OF TRANSPARENCY BY EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS The aim of this article is to present the significance of the transparency principle implemented by the right to information for the functioning of the European community. The article consists of four parts. The first part illustrates the evol...

The term "swearing words" refers to diction that is deemed taboo, unpleasant, cursing, and restricted in discourse. However, there is no way to avoid it. It has so existed since the beginning of human spoken communication and continues to this day. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the swearing phrases in one of the holy scriptures, the holy...

Introduction Strong hospital leadership is critical to navigating the challenges of the Canadian healthcare system. Currently, physicians and nurses tend to be selected to fulfil hospital executive roles. To date, we found only limited research exploring who else could or should be in these roles, or how more diverse groups of professionals navigat...

Resumo O artigo resulta de um esforço acadêmico e político de questionar a branquitude. Em função disso, pretende-se adotar teóricos do Direito Antidiscriminatório, da Sociologia e da Psicologia que se dedicam a esse fenômeno social. Entre os temas emergentes do Direito Antidiscriminatório, destaca-se a hermenêutica do oprimido. Dentro desse tema d...

In biology, the concept of “living organism” has traditionally been based on the smallest level of organization comprising all the necessary and essential characteristics of life: the cell. Today, this concept is being challenged by the analysis of ambiguous biological entities, located both below and above the level of the living cell, which exhib...

Background In healthcare research and practice, intervention and implementation fidelity represent the steadfast adherence to core components of research-supported interventions and the strategies employed for their implementation. Evaluating fidelity involves determining whether these core components were delivered as intended. Without fidelity da...

In this study we capture power dynamics in diplomacy from a pragmatic angle, by examining a closed-door diplomatic mediatory negotiation and its aftermath. We first analyse the transcript of a mediation session between representatives of Slovenia and Croatia and a European Economic Community (EEC) delegation during the breakup of Yugoslavia. While...

La opinión de los agricultores y otros agentes involucrados en sistemas agroforestales está poco estudiada en Paraguay. En este artículo se analizó la predisposición de los agricultores a aplicar modelos agroforestales en fincas de Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St-Hil), en el municipio de Carlos Antonio López, Paraguay. Se realizaron encuestas...

Focusing on the dynamics of appointing a “suitable” Chinese principal, this article examines the multiple interests and loyalties that were implicated and manifested in a British mission school of prestige situated in the treaty port of Tianjin during a series of anti-imperialist and anti-Christian campaigns in the 1920s. The case study of the Tien...

This paper examines pragmatic variation in the use of anyway between Nigerian English and Ghanaian English, in terms of its frequency, position, collocational patterns, pragmatic functions and occurrence in different text types. The data for the study, which are retrieved from the Nigerian and Ghanaian components of the International Corpus of Engl...

The paper delves into scientific atheism, distinguishing between atheist thought as mere opinion and its development into a comprehensive worldview under Marxist-Leninist influence. It explores scientific atheism’s role as both a philosophical discipline and an ideology that has significantly impacted philosophers from our region across generations...

The rapid advancement of deep learning has resulted in substantial advancements in AI-driven applications; however, the "black box" characteristic of these models frequently constrains their interpretability, transparency, and reliability. Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) seeks to elucidate AI decision-making processes, guaranteeing that e...

This paper investigates the mechanism of the Chinese–specific “ni shuo (you say) X” as an expressive-representative construction. In light of the emerging Lexico-constructional Pragmatics, we study the construction and produce three findings: a. The X-clause following ni shuo can be a rhetorical question, a declarative or an exclamatory clause. b....

Este capítulo presenta el modelo de niveles de agencia como marco semiótico para el estudio de la agencia colectiva. El modelo sugiere entender la agencia colectiva como una capacidad aumentada para la acción que incorpora artefactos cognitivos y pragmáticos para constituir sistemas sociotécnicos. Este enfoque señala la importancia de los individu...

Research in management needs to contribute to practical relevance and applicability of research results. An approach that acknowledges the needs that emerge from practice and still offers guidance for proper research, is action research. The purpose of this paper is to expand the action research methodology, focusing the researcher’s role. Two cons...

Locative Inversion (LI) in English is a broad-focus inversion structure in which a spatio-deictic XP seemingly occupies the canonical subject position. An analysis of LI must explain EPP-satisfaction: previous approaches take either a silent expletive pro (Bruening, 2010; Coopmans, 1989; Postal, 2004) to value EPP or they consider the locative elem...

Misokinesia, the reduced tolerance to others’ repetitive bodily movements, impacts individuals’ personal, social, and professional lives. The present study aimed to elucidate the factors contributing to Misokinesia Sensitivity (MKS) by exploring the subjective experiences of affected individuals, thereby guiding future empirical research and inform...

Introducción: En las últimas dos décadas en América Latina se han dado diversas reformas en los Sistemas de Justicia Penal, las que consistieron en el reemplazo de Sistemas Procesal Inquisitivos por Sistemas Procesales Garantistas, adoptando Códigos Procesales Penales Garantistas de corte Acusatorio en un contexto de debate sobre posturas teóricas...

La desigualdad de género, y la desigualdad vinculada a la discapacidad, son cuestiones sociales (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura [Unesco], 2016). Desde la perspectiva de la emancipación, nos parece que estas cuestiones requieren pensar en la igualdad desde un punto de vista pragmático, desde el momento...

La intención del presente artículo es proponer la reutilización del plástico en la fabricación de instrumentos musicales en las instituciones educativas de Tumaco. La selección del enfoque, en la presente es mixta y está basado en el paradigma pragmático, con alcance descriptivo, bajo el método de la investigación-acción participativa, cuya secuenc...

The purpose of the study is the identification and semantically–pragmatic interpretation of axiologems in the advertising of the Chinese automobile brand HAVAL. The empirical material of the study is the advertising texts of the HAVAL auto brand. The article examines the issues of linguistic axiology, reveals, based on scientific sources, such key...

This article brings a pragmatic perspective to the analysis of threat perception in two important ways. First, as does the philosophical tradition of pragmatism, the article joins perception (or knowledge) together with response (action). Perception and response, knowledge and action, are inextricably linked as people learn through the creation of...

This research paper examines the complexities of marriage and romantic relationships portrayed in Henry James's novel, "The Portrait of a Lady," focusing on the 19th-century societal norms and constraints that impact the characters' choices. The review utilizes a Realist and Psychoanalytic theoretical framework to understand better the characters'...

This paper examines complex NPs in German with an attributive in-PP whose internal argument is an adjective as in Merkel in männlich (‘Merkel in male form’) or a colour or language name as Clinton in blue or Asterix in French. While the expressions with a colour and language designation are relatively common and well established, Merkel in männlich...

Among the useful articles is the one by Wesley Null titled as “Curriculum from Theory to Practice.” It categorizes the curriculum into six parts traditions, systematic, existential, radical, pragmatic and deliberative. The strategies presented by Null are useful for educators, policymakers and researchers pointing out how to design efficient educat...

Adjectives with the borrowed head constituent like are a previously undescribed phenomenon in German. This corpus-based study shows that they occur frequently in certain text sources and analyses them as a productive word-formation pattern. The article describes the morphological, syntactic, graphemic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of these ad...

Social justice, global citizenship, and sustainability have become central themes in contemporary discourse, alongside terms like integration and diversity, which are increasingly relevant due to the rising influx of migrants into European countries. In Finland, diversity is often interpreted through the lens of language acquisition and labor marke...

This study aimed to understand the perceptions of teachers and students regarding the performance of Class 10 students in Reading and Literature. Guided by a pragmatic paradigm, the study employed convergent parallel mixed methods. Quantitative data were collected through a survey questionnaire from 305 students of Classes 10 and 11. Qualitative da...

In this article we propose a more radical solution to the problem identified by Wolfgang Klein 35 years ago of an increasing disparity between writing and reading.

Sustainable diversity management—defined as the deliberate utilization of diversity to achieve organizational goals—offers a potential means to account for both the logic of organizations and the individual psychological patterns of their members. This study advocates for a pragmatic application of diversity management without excessive normative d...

Watermarking approaches are widely used to identify if images being circulated are authentic or AI-generated. Determining the robustness of image watermarking methods in the ``no-box'' setting, where the attacker is assumed to have no knowledge about the watermarking model, is an interesting problem. Our main finding is that evading the no-box sett...

The article analyses the intensity of speech metaphors, which is considered as the degree of manifestation of metaphorical projection’s crea- tivity and novelty. The author consistently proves the relationship between the metaphors in discourse and the potential speech impact, believing that the implementation of new creative metaphors increases th...

Healthcare professionals, such as medical doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists commit to lifelong learning and to provide evidence-based healthcare. Despite this, surveys have found that medical doctors’ ability to find, analyse, and interpret scientific evidence is poor, which severely impairs the ability to stay updated. Thus, healthcare profess...

This research aims to explore the rhetoric of hunger in the poetry of Abdullah Al-Bardouni, and analyze the methods used to add poetic value to it. The linguistic-textual approach to discourse analysis in its pragmatic-utilitarian dimension, that is, between its propositional structure and its performative competence, is the most appropriate, in ou...

The main objective of this study was to investigate how ambidextrous leadership contributes to competitive advantage and financial performance in Indonesia's microfinance institutions (MFIs). A secondary aim was to analyze the moderating effect of intellectual capital on the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and competitive advantage and...

Objective To assess the pragmatic adequacy of the Interactive Theory of Breastfeeding based on the Fawcett’s Model. Method Theoretical study, according to evaluation criteria proposed by Fawcett. The six questions suggested in the model were used, answered based on searches in scientific literature, consultation in legislation supporting nursing p...

A. L. builds on Adamczewski's meta-operational concept of the dominant predicate in BE + ING constructions, proposing a pragmatic model to predict the illocutionary value of predicative relations. This integration clarifies the link between grammatical operations and the illocutionary level (or intended purpose) in speech acts across languages.

Resumo: O artigo desenvolve uma análise das estratégias comunicacionais dos candidatos Alexandre Kalil (PSD) e Romeu Zema (Novo) no contexto de disputas eleitorais na eleição pela Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte, em 2016, e na disputa pelo Governo de Estado em 2018 e 2022. Busca-se identificar a trajetória das duas lideranças, que ingressaram no campo...

This study discusses the different ways of communicating between fanatical fans and ordinary NCT fans and discusses the speech acts used. Fanaticism is always present in every activity or in every community, this research is a study of the paragmatic elements of speech acts seen from the illocutionary locutionary and perlocutionary using the theory...

Objective To assess the pragmatic adequacy of the Interactive Theory of Breastfeeding based on the Fawcett’s Model. Method Theoretical study, according to evaluation criteria proposed by Fawcett. The six questions suggested in the model were used, answered based on searches in scientific literature, consultation in legislation supporting nursing p...

Background Evidence suggests that prehabilitation interventions, which optimise physical and mental health prior to treatment, can improve outcomes for surgical cancer patients and save costs to the health system through faster recovery and fewer complications. However, robust, theory-based evaluations of these programmes are needed. Using a theory...

Neste artigo, investigamos o fenômeno da marcação de gênero no Português Brasileiro (PB), com o objetivo de compreender as contribuições semântica e pragmática do morfema -o nos sintagmas nominais designadores de indivíduos humanos. O tema é controverso, de um lado há teorias morfológicas estruturalistas que analisam o morfema -o como genérico, no...

Le particelle modali formano un sottoinsieme di una classe ampia ed eterogenea, conosciuta come pragmatic markers. Una caratteristica di questi elementi è la loro derivazione da categorie grammaticali diverse (verbi, avverbi, pronomi) che hanno perso il significato lessicale originale e che hanno acquisito una funzione pragmatica. Le particelle mod...

This research work, titled "From Drawer to Dashboards: A Pragmatic Guide to Smart Engineering", is a personal account of the author's journey in exploring IoT platforms using the ESP8266. The narrative starts with the author's initial excitement about the NODEMCU-8266, only to face challenges in selecting the right platform for a simple IoT project...

A discussão acerca das pequenas cidades brasileiras apresenta um impasse metodológico na busca por uma definição pragmática. Afinal, qual o melhor critério para definir o que é uma cidade pequena? Dois são os caminhos mais utilizados: de um lado, a utilização da demografia como fator determinante; de outro, uma abordagem qualitativa que considere a...

O artigo discute o fenômeno da ludicidade no âmbito da educação superior, expõe conceitos, paradigmas e concepções possibilitando compreender ludicidade para além do senso comum. Seu objetivo geral é compreender ludicidade segundo seus paradigmas e concepções; e como objetivo específico pretende-se identificar concepções de ludicidade mais prevalen...

This study aims at exploring the types, meaning and functions of syntactic presupposition triggers employed in narration about Gatsby and Daisy’s characters in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. It adapts a model proposed by Li (2010) and Du (2012) based on the theory of presupposition by Levinson (1983) and Yule (1996). Through the descriptive qualita...

Despite progress to define primary care practice transformation models, there remains gaps in translating evidence-based guidelines into routine clinical care. Primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and researchers need tools to assess modifiable factors that improve practice performance to inform practice transformation efforts. We aimed to devel...

span lang="EN-US">This study presents a novel and innovative approach using deep learning (DL) ensemble technique to improve the security of internet of things (IoT) by identifying intricate cyber-attacks. By utilising advanced DL models like deep neural network (DNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM), our approach significantly enhances the accura...

Constructing a logical argument is the key to success in verbal communication. Yet, such an academic topic has not been satisfactorily dealt with in details. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate the most prominent components utilized in the determination of an argument as product. This paper shows how the components of an argument...

This study seeks to explore the pragmaticalization process of (it's) no biggie, through a corpus-based taxonomical and statistical examination. The research study involves (i) elaborating a taxonomy of no biggie constructions by exploring the variability of the pragmatic functions and the syntactic features associated with the construction; (ii) mo...

Owing to her geographical location in Africa, Nigeria, and her African neighbours have related well since independence. It is quite noticeable that across Africa, Nigeria has always strived to maintain a cordial relationship with her neighbours. However, one question that begs for an answer is, to what extent has this practice of maintaining cordia...

Pragmatic Clinical Trials (PCTs) are valuable tools for evaluating interventions in real-world settings, providing insights for clinical practice. Unlike traditional randomized controlled trial (RCTs), PCTs generate realworld evidence for better decision-making. With 615 reported globally between 1967 and 2017, a 58% increase from 2013 to 2017, Ind...

Bach (1999) argues that the conventional type of implicature is a theoretical artifact of linguistic and philosophical semantics. If it is removed, the distinction between semantic and pragmatic meaning becomes clearer and, in this sense, the specifications of 'what is said' can be straightforwardly determined; and the so-called 'indirect quotation...

In modern Linguistics, pragmatics has come to be applied to the study of language from the point of view of the users, especially, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on the other participants in an act of communication. The main aim of pragmatic...

The current water crisis in the Atacama Desert is explained by extractivist models based on the overexploitation of this resource. Extensive mega-mining is devastating water reserves and causing inequities in access for local indigenous communities. In the present work, through ethnographic research in the community of Mamiña, we show how the water...

Introduction Distance from a healthcare facility is a barrier in access to surgery. Methodologies to evaluate the population covered by a hospital are time consuming and costly. The aim of this study was to analyse the population density around hospitals to pragmatically evaluate their access while comparing differences between hospital types. Meth...

In the present study, we investigate the potential effects of first language negative pragmatic transfer and target language proficiency on Moroccan EFL learners' pragmatic competence as reflected in their request productions. The data were collected by means of a written discourse completion task from four samples of Moroccan Arabic native speaker...

2016). Grammatical competency or pragmatic competency: An examination of the language features related to proficiency scores in oral interviews. English Language Teaching, 28(3), 19-38. The present study aimed to examine the impacts of two measures of language competency, grammatical and pragmatic competency, on proficiency scores in oral interview...

Pragmatic Clinical Trials (PCTs) are valuable tools for evaluating interventions in real-world settings, providing insights for clinical practice. Unlike traditional randomized controlled trial (RCTs), PCTs generate real-world evidence for better decision-making. With 615 reported globally between 1967 and 2017, a 58% increase from 2013 to 2017, In...

Amidst the shifting tides of the educational landscape, this research article embarks on a transformative journey delving into the fusion of theoretical principles and pragmatic implementations within the realm of Graph Machine Learning (GML), particularly accentuated within the sphere of nature, environment, and pollution technology. GML emerges a...

Este artículo analiza las canciones de la Movida desde la perspectiva de la Retórica Cultural. Se propone una metodología transdisciplinar que integra aspectos lingüísticos, musicales, visuales y pragmáticos para comprender la comunicación musical como un acto persuasivo y estético. Se analizan los recursos retóricos, con especial atención al lengu...

This study aims to enrich the understanding of experiential learning in undergraduate entrepreneurial education by exploring the nature of experiential practices and their interconnections with other learning theories. It fills the gap between entrepreneurial education and the theoretical foundations guiding its practices. An integrative review rev...