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Między tekstem a kulturą
Book of Abstracts for Między tekstem a kulturą z zagadnień przekładoznawstwa, the first volume of Beyond Language (BL1). Między tekstem a kulturą opens the door to translation theory in the Polish perspective, its practice and applications in history and modern times, inviting discussion from the most eminent Polish scholars across the disciplines. Arranged in four major parts (1. Translation theory in historical perspective; 2. Religion in translation – historical and modern perspectives; 3. From theory to practice; 4. Applications), the material will be of interest to both academics researching translation as a discipline and translators practicing the craft.
A Cognitive Semantics Approach to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION ranks among the most influential of modern scientific theories. Applying the methodology of COGNITIVE SEMANTICS , this study investigates how metaphors based on domains of JOURNEY, STRUGGLE, TREE and HUMAN AGENCY serve to conceptualize key concepts of Darwin’s theory — such as evolutionary change, natural selection, and relationships among organisms. At the outset the author identifies original metaphors in The Origin of Species, to turn to their realizations in modern discourse on evolution in later chapters. Thus, the study uncovers how metaphors contribute to structuring the theory by expressing it in a coherent and attractive way, and how they provide mental tools for reasoning. As the first comprehensive study of conceptual metaphors that underlie Darwin’s theory and affect the way we talk and think about evolution, it may be of interest not only to linguists and evolutionary biologists but also to anyone interested in the interconnection between thought and language.
Jamaican Creole Proverbs
Jamaican Creole, like many other contact languages, has taken its ultimate shape through the course of multi-lingual and multi-cultural influences. From the perspective of contact linguistics , this meticulous study examines Jamaican Creole proverbs in a corpus of over 1090 recorded sayings; it presents a framework of cultural changes in Jamaica accompanied by corresponding linguistic changes in its creole. The analysis clearly demonstrates that despite three centuries of extreme dominance by the British empire, Jamaicans successfully preserved the traditions of their own ancestors. Not only that. The poly-layered stimulus of various factors: geographic, cultural and, most prominently, lingu...
Mostly Medieval
Vita mortuorum in memoria vivorum — volume 5 of the Beyond Language series is dedicated to the memory of Professor Jacek Fisiak, one of the titans in English historical linguistics in Poland and beyond. For over 40 years, he taught at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where he established a stronghold of English studies in Europe. His efforts were appreciated with medals, awards, honorific titles, and mentoring positions amongst academic bodies. “The present In Memoriam volume undoubtedly counts among the all-encompassing and much-expected individual and collective acts of commemoration to recognize the authority of Professor Jacek Fisiak—the great scientist, the indefatigable Org...
KREOLINGWISTYKA W ZARYSIE
Przedmowa, czyli o istocie i konieczności prowadzenia badań kreolingwistycznych_____Językowe i kulturowe mechanizmy przetrwania i dezintegracji | Linguistic and cultural mechanisms of survival and disintegration__Kreolingwistyka | Creolinguistics_____Wstęp i podziękowania_____Rozdział I. Ogólna struktura zjawisk kontaktu językowego__1.1. Podstawowe założenia i miejsce językoznawstwa antropologicznego we współczesnych badaniach nad językiem__1.2. Podstawowe koncepcje i zadania językoznawstwa antropologicznego__1.3. O definiowaniu kultury i języka – Język jako fakt kulturowy_____Rozdział 2. Kreolingwistyka jako subdyscyplina językoznawstwa kontaktu zewnątrzspołecznego__2...
Diagnosing Dysarthria in Adults
Changes in the clinical picture of speech may sometimes become evident before full manifestation of an underlying neurodegenerative condition, therefore contributing to an earlier neurological diagnosis. The author proposes a new SPEECH ASSESSMENT METHOD (SAM), grounded in her clinical experience with dysarthria, awareness of diagnostically important features, and the practical need to confine logopedic examination to tasks diagnostically most important and maximally tolerable by the patient. When diligently applied, the new SAM allows the clinician to identify overlapping dysarthric symptoms in greater detail and, when repeated, analyze their dynamics over time. This particular volume will be of interest to diagnosticians, clinical speech pathologists, linguists, and all those who study (1) how damage to the nervous system influences the entire speech mechanism of adults, thus impairing their oral communication, and — more importantly — (2) how acute awareness of speech changes may help pinpoint the specific type of speech disorder and contribute to an earlier diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease or help resolve medical doubts.
Feast as a Mirror of Social and Cultural Changes
Feasting seems to be an inseparable element of peoples’—especially their collective—lives. ___|___ The proposed volume consists of original unpublished texts in which their Authors search for the answers to the following questions: How far have we gone astray from the primeval idea of celebrating the feast, from understanding tradition in terms of the Romanian historian of religion, Mircea Eliade, or the French sociologist, Émile Durkheim? Are there still any traditional, in its very meaning, feasts? If not—if they are invented (Hobsbawm and Ranger [1983] 1992)—why are they called “traditional”? What elements have changed and why? What has had the greatest impact on celebratin...
