Results 61 to 70 of about 1,526 (180)
Sound and visual symbolism in Mohja Kahf’s (an-nadb) poem “what do we do during genocide?”
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis paper examines the elegiac expressions of pain, mourning, and resistance in Mohja Kahf’s poem “What Do We Do During Genocide?,” focusing on lamentation (an-nadb) as an aspect of elegy in Arabic poetry.
Hamida Riahi
doaj +1 more source
Phonetic Metaphor and the Limits of Sound Symbolism
Names, 2013 Evocative as it is elusive, the sound-symbolism of names tends to be a highly subjective affair, more the stuff of poetic fancy than objective critical analysis.
Christopher L Robinson
doaj +1 more source
Modulating Hunting Atmospheres: Mud and Material Flows Beyond the Kill
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that hunting is not a bounded event but a materially redistributed atmosphere that extends beyond the kill and across field, truck, clothing, and home. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork with wild boar hunters in Uruguay, I show how mud, odors, blood, and bodily residues carry the sensory, affective, and material ...
Juan Martin Dabezies
wiley +1 more source
Phonaesthemes and sound symbolism in Swedish brand names
Ampersand, 2015 This study examines the prevalence of sound symbolism in Swedish brand names. A general principle of brand name design is that effective names should be distinctive, recognizable, easy to pronounce and meaningful.
Åsa Abelin
doaj +1 more source
, 2022 Sound symbolism is primarily associated with onomatopoeias, i.e. words imitating any sound from nature while their sound composition resembles it. Onomatopoeias can be similar in different languages, e.g. feeding in Croatian (njam njam), Polish (mniam mniam) and Bulgarian (am am).
openaire +1 more source
Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on
Keishi Okamoto
wiley +1 more source
Vowel-colour Symbolism in English and Arabic: A Comparative Study
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2014 Sound symbolism, or the non-arbitrary relationship between the formal and the semantic components of language, has traditionally been a neglected area, mostly due to the strong influence of Saussure’s structuralism during the 20th century.
Pilar Mompeán Guillamón
doaj +1 more source
The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The Effects of Country Governance Quality on Corporate Sustainability and Ethical Behaviour
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using institutional theory, we examine how country governance affects two ESG outcomes: ESG performance and ESG controversies. With Refinitiv/LSEG data for ~146,000 firm‐years in 86 countries (2002–2023) and World Bank WGI, we apply a Mundlak within/between decomposition to test complementarity versus substitution (performance) and prevention ...
Paulo Morais Francisco
wiley +1 more source
How L2 Learners Negotiate Meaning in GenAI‐Supported Creative Writing
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores how second language (L2) learners negotiate meaning and co‐construct knowledge with generative AI (GenAI) in a 12‐week multimodal creative writing project. Chinese middle school students (N = 75) created English picture books using a conversational GenAI agent supporting textual and text‐to‐image generation.
Zhihui Zhang +3 more
wiley +1 more source