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Conversational Humor in Intercultural Communication
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study identifies failed attempts at conversational humor that were either not appreciated or resulted in impoliteness as produced by English as a lingua franca (ELF) users from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar who were engaging in intercultural communication.
Zhaoyi Pan
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Methodos, 2004 Socrates’ encounter with the Athenian jury is like the polytheistic poet Baal’s encounter with the Prophet in Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses : one religion’s piety is another’s impiety.
Myles F. Burnyeat
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Intratestualità e digitale: prospettive esegetiche sulla ‘nuova’ filologia dantesca
Umanistica Digitale, 2023 The external architecture of the Comedy reproduces a signal of its internal geometry, made up of textual references that the ancient exegetes could only guess and sometimes detect, on the basis of a good memory (visual and musical) and a marked synaptic ...
Itala Tambasco
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Modern Ukrainian Drama: Rapport Between Autor and Reader (Based on Sociolinguistic Survey) [PDF]
, 2017 The article provides results of a sociolinguistic survey conducted among students in order to determine successful or unsuccessful encoding of information by author in paratext elements of modern Ukrainian plays.
Korolova, V. (Valeriia)
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Organizational Soundscapes and the Sonicity of Voices: The Power of the ‘Sounds’ that Carry ‘Words’
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Organizations are soundscapes – they resonate with sounds and particularly the sounds of voices. Somehow however voice sonics, that is the sounds of voices and not the words carried on those sounds, have escaped attention in management studies. This absence of analysis is peculiar given voice sonics' undoubted influence on management (they may
Nancy Harding, Jackie Ford
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Comedies of Transgression in Gangsta Rap and Ancient Classical Poetry
New Literary History, 1999 The history of literature and art offers no shortage of works created to offend or shock an audience, but few have been as incendiary as gangsta rap. Apologists cannot deny the problematic content of this form of rap?the misogynistic posturing, themes of intense violence, freewheeling and gratuitous obscenity?and some detractors hold that even the ...
Rosen, Ralph M, Marks, Donald R
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Remaking Kabaddi: Participatory Action Research and Intercultural Sports in Hong Kong
Annals of Anthropological Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the evolution of Fun with Kabaddi (2015–2024), an intercultural sports initiative in Hong Kong, through the framework of participatory action research (PAR). Designed to foster inclusive sports experiences and improve ethnic relations through community engagement, the program shifted from isolated events to sustained ...
Wai‐Man Tang
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A psychological motif for the popularity of a myth about Endymion and the Ukrainian translations of the literary endymionade [PDF]
, 2018 Рopularity of mythological plot about Endymion is investigated. The author researches different versions of the myth to discover their dominate motifs: “BEAUTY - LOVE – IMMORTALITY”, which explain psychological peculiarities for the popularity of myth
Фоміна, Людмила
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Morality is centered within the person—someone who experiences herself at the center of life, she is called upon to live in a way that is “good.” She does this in partnership with others in groups with systems of shared beliefs, values, and practices that require conformance.
Jennifer Cole Wright
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