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Mereology and semiotics

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2000
This paper gives a fIrst overview over the role of mereology — the theory of parts and wholes — in semiotics. The mereology of four major semioticians — Husserl, Jakobson, Hjelmslev, and Peirce is presented briefly and its role in the overall architecture of each of their theories is outlined — with Brentano tradition as reference.
openaire   +4 more sources

Affective Sustainability. Is this what timelessness really means? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Sustainability is always about regard to the environment: an intelligent use of resources and not returning to nature what it cannot degrade without long-term damage.
Borjesson, Kristina
core  

Transitioning From L1 Medium of Instruction to L2 English Medium Instruction: The Role of Translanguaging in Contributing to EFL Students’ Language Learning Motivation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on English‐Medium‐Instruction (EMI) highlights inadequate support for students transitioning from L1‐medium‐instruction to EMI. To date, little research has focused on how L2 students’ adaptation to an EMI environment influences their L2 learning motivation (LLM).
Kevin W. H. Tai
wiley   +1 more source

Accented Epidermal Thinking: How Vocal Accent Reinforces the Visibility of Race

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This conceptual article introduces the notion of accented epidermal thinking, which refers to the ways in which the perception, voicing, and discussion of vocal accent all reinforce or accent the idea of race being a visual construct. The article explores how accented epidermal thinking manifests itself in three areas.
Vijay A. Ramjattan
wiley   +1 more source

Attainment Pairing Effects on Cognitive Conflict in Technology‐enhanced EFL Cooperative Tasks

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how attainment pairing (high‐high versus high‐low versus low‐low attainment) impacts English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learner engagement during technology‐enhanced cooperative writing tasks. Seventy‐eight Chinese university learners formed 39 dyads (13 pairs per group) via Tencent Meeting.
Ying Liu, Allen Thurston
wiley   +1 more source

Public Theology as Mediation: Navigating the Dutch Protestant Church's Public Calling in a Hypermediated World☆

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
wiley   +1 more source

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