European identity and the other “We” decides: a concept of supranational identity with reference to the EU and Turkey What makes the EU-joining of Turkey difficult for the countries of the European Union? Structure 1. Introduction 2. Social groups and Europe 3. The role of institutions 4. Symbols 5. Paradigms 6. European Values 7. Comparison with Turkey 8. Conclusion 1. Introduction Turkey has been
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It will be helpful to first examine what is understood by the term "language play". Used experimentally‚ language is inextricably connected to play. It is intrinsically symbolic‚ adventurous‚ informative‚ and dynamic. As Marian Whitehead writes‚ "Language and play share several characteristics: both use symbols to stand for a range of ideas‚ feelings and experiences; both are reflections of human thinking and also creators of new thoughts; both are part of our genetic make-up." Terry Campbell
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of TG Grammar • Later theories Revisionsists? Rebels? • Case Grammar • Generative Semantics Introduction 1 Modern linguistics began from the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)‚ who is often described as “father of modern linguistics”. His lectures are collected in the book “Course in General Linguistics”. 2 Saussure believed that language is a System of Signs. This sign is the union of a form and an idea‚ which he called the signifier and the signified. 3 Saussure’s ideas on the
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Sociolinguistics investigates the xtra-linguistic or social causes of the changes in the vocabulary of a language.(3)There’re 2 principal approaches to language study. Synchronic (descriptive) and Diachronic(historical).The Swiss philologist Ferdinand de Saussure distinguished the 2
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières lucie_guillemette@uqtr.ca 1. ABSTRACT` DERRIDA Jacques Derrida ’s theory of the sign fits into the poststructuralist movement‚ which runs counter to Saussurean structuralism (the legacy of linguist Ferdinand de Saussure). Maintaining that the signifier (the form of a sign) refers directly to the signified (the content of a sign)‚ structuralist theory has passed down a whole current of logocentric (speech-centred) thought that originated in the time of Plato
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University of Phoenix Material Philosophy Matrix Field Definition Historical Developments Schools Of Thought Key Contributors Principal Issues Epistemology Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge. Found in the 1800’s From Old Greece forward‚ Plato‚ Socrates‚ and developmental ideas. Rationalism means the knowledge can
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transition from imaginary order inholding Lacanist mirror phase to a symbolic order (Arıkan‚ 2015 p.386). Lacan synthesizes the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure‚ describing Freud’s unconscious concept as a system of indigenous representations‚ based on the symbolic order on which the language and discourse are founded in the unconscious. Saussure uses the linguistic theory of signs to describe the overlapping of the unconscious with the language system and says‚ "It is structured as an unconscious
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The notion that media content reflects changing dominant discourses with regards to masculinity and femininity appears to be an on going debate‚ although traditional representations of men and women are still very much evident in media content‚ for example domesticity‚ motherhood and women’s role in the home‚ it is notable that due to shifts in a cultured society‚ one that claims to be of fairness and equality‚ that there are still repetitious marginalisation’s which currently proliferate within
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Psychoanalytic Criticism Classical Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Theory of the Psyche Humans are motivated‚ even driven‚ by desires‚ fears‚ needs‚ and conflicts of which they are unaware‚ that is unconscious The world through psychoanalytic lens Individual human beings Psychological history Childhood -> adolescent -> adult behavior Goal: help us resolve problems Disorders Dysfunctions Patterns of behavior – destructive (in some way) The Unconscious The storehouse of those painful experiences
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CHOMSKY AND HALLIDAY’S CONTRIBUTIONS IN LINGUISTICS (Avram) Noam Chomsky is an eminent linguist and a radical political philosopher of international reputation. He was born on December 7‚ 1928 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania‚ USA) where he grew up in a family of Ukrainian and Belarusian Jewish immigrants who had gone through New York before settling in Philadelphia. His father‚ Dr. William Chomsky‚ was a Hebrew grammarian‚ and his mother‚ Elsie Chomsky‚ was a teacher. His father fueled his academic
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