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“Action-Metaphor”: The Performatic Sources of Human Meaning-Making
Signata, 2020 Since the claim of this journal issue points out a potential relationship between the (theatrical) notion of “performance” and the notion of “semiotic practices”, rather than to the semiotic notion of “performance” as such, an intended side effect of the
Fabrizio Deriu
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New Majoritarian Constitutionalism [PDF]
, 2018 Ever since Alexander Bickel coined the phrase “countermajoritarian difficulty,” commentators have frequently described the Supreme Court as either a “majoritarian” or “counter-majoritarian” institution.
Landau, Joseph
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THE MOTIVATION AND MEANING OF VISITING SACRED PLACES FOR INDONESIAN MUSLIMS
Psikis: Jurnal Psikologi Islami, 2023 Muslims often visit places that are considered sacred or have spiritual significance in their lives. This study aims to (1) identify what places are considered sacred places and are often visited by Indonesian Muslims, (2) identify what motivations ...
Akhmad Baidun +4 more
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Linguistic Sources in Guessing Word Meaning in Reading Arabic Text [PDF]
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah, 2012 Guessing word meaning from context plays an important role in increasing the level of reading comprehension of second or foreign language learners. Despite various taxonomies for guessing word meanings, most of them generally fall into two categories ...
Nik Hanan, Mustapha +2 more
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Meaning and Wellness: A Comparative Psychobiography on Helen Suzman and Beyers Naudé
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2021 This comparative psychobiographical study provides an in-depth exploration of meaning in the lives of two extraordinary individuals, Helen Suzman and Beyers Naudé. A comparison of the construction of meaning, as an important aspect of wellness within the
Carla Nel +3 more
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Originalism and the Unwritten Constitution [PDF]
, 2013 In his book, America’s Unwritten Constitution, Akhil Reed Amar contends that to properly engage the written Constitution, scholars and laymen alike must look to extratextual sources: among them America’s founding documents, institutional practices, and ...
Solum, Lawrence B.
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Meaning in work of secondary school teachers: A qualitative study
South African Journal of Education, 2015 In order to identify specific, shared sources of meaning and mechanisms with which individuals attempt to make meaning, the objectives of this study were to explore the way in which secondary school teachers perceive, conceptualise and attain meaning in ...
Mandi Fourie, Elmari Deacon
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Motivations for Relationships as Sources of Meaning: Ghanaian and South African Experiences
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Afrocentric paradigms reflect assumptions of the overarching importance of interconnectedness and social bonds in meaningful experiences. It is, however, not known if types of relatedness vary in importance as meaning sources in the subjective ...
Marié P. Wissing +6 more
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Meaning making in retirement transition: a qualitative inquiry into Slovak retirees
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2021 Purpose: This study is a qualitative inquiry into meaning making during retirement transition. The study focuses on how Slovak retirees reconstruct meanings during the transition and the factors which both help and hinder this process.
Peter Halama +2 more
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Meaning in life and impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African immigrants in the United States
Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2021 This study explored the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic impact, with its unprecedented isolation norm and social distancing requirements, on African immigrants in the United States.
Angela U. Ekwonye +2 more
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