Comparative Analysis Of French Research Articles

Phrase units with numerological component in French and Geoargian Languages

      In the article, the specificity of numerological components in the composition of phrase units of French and Georgian languages is considered. The comparative analysis of French and Georgian prase uniots with a numerological  component (from “one” to “nine”), the results of which are presented in our paper, allows us to discuss the similarities and differences in the cultural connotation of numbers.     Phrase units with a numerological  component are of great  interest for research, because numbers have a sopecial p;ace in the conceptual picture of the worls. As a part of phrase units , a numerical noun can realize the primary sign function, that is, express a quantity and can also be interprted as a symbol that realizes a secondary sign function. The comparative analysis of French and Georgian phrases with a numeorological component (from 1 to 9) showed us semantic coincidences. However, there are cases where the values of the digital elements do not match.

French Phraseological Units Numerological Component

Annotation: Components in the phraseological units of the French language. A comparative analysis of French and Russian phraseological units with a numerological component from zero to nine, the results of which are presented in the article, makes it possible to judge the similarities and differences in the cultural connotation of numbers. Keywords: Phraseological units; numerological component; French; Intercultural connotation.

Comparative Analysis of French and Uzbek Fairy Tales (on the example of the Fairy Tales "Three Brothers Are Heroes" and "The Cat in Boots")"

Folklore, especially fairy tales, which is distinguished by its weight in fiction, plays an important role in the proper upbringing of children. The main role of fairy tales in the way of life is to prepare the ground for the young generation to become harmoniously developed people. The article compares the similarities between the Uzbek and French folk tales "Three Brothers" and Charles Perrault's "The Cat in the Etiquette". There were many similarities in the tales created by different cultures, different religions, based on evidence.

Book Review — Sustainable Groundwater Management: A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries

Book Review — Sustainable Groundwater Management: A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries

Sustainability of Financial Performance in Relation to Gender Diverse Boards: A Comparative Analysis of French and Romanian Listed Companies on Stock Exchanges

While the moral argument for gender diversity has already been made and is incontestable, and more and more economical arguments have been brought to support the business case for the presence of women on the boards of directors of publicly listed companies, the bottom-line issue of what kind of impact gender diverse boards have on firm financial performance is still unclear. The aim of this paper is to deliver a comparative analysis of the impact of gender diverse boards on firm financial performance in France and Romania. Our results do not to provide any evidence of a link between boards’ gender diversity and companies’ financial performance, but while the analysis has failed to find a positive link between female presence and firm financial performance, it has not outlined a negative one.

Comparative Analysis of French, Italian and Spanish hotelonyms

Comparative Analysis of French, Italian and Spanish hotelonyms

К ВОПРОСУ О ПЛАСТИЧНОСТИ ТЕРМИНА ЭКОСИСТЕМА

The improvement of the scientific image of the world is closely connected with the development of scientific terminology, with the understanding of its cognitive content. In this process, due to the metaphorical reinterpretation of terms, which is ensured by their semantic plasticity, their reinterpretation or secondary terminologization occurs. Metaphors construct a conceptual system of ordinary and, especially, scientific thinking. The purpose of the study is to highlight the problem of linguistic and cognitive characteristics of terms as a factor in the implementation of interdisciplinary knowledge. The term ecosystem has entered the active circulation of the language of science, where the first element “eco” implies a conceptual connection with ecology. The purpose of the study is to consider the features of the linguocognitive aspect of the term ecosystem. The term ecosystem (écosystème) has a wide range of uses in various scientific fields of knowledge in different national literary languages. Due to its semantic plasticity, it participates in the formation of new term concepts, developing the synergy of scientific thinking. The meaning of a new term does not arise simply as the sum of the values of its term elements, although the meaning of each of them is preserved in it to a certain extent. Thus, the term concept ecosystem has become widespread in various spheres of human activity ((urban ecosystem, marine ecosystem, information ecosystem, entrepreneurship ecosystem, innovation ecosystem, museum ecosystem, narratology ecosystem, media space ecosystem, etc.). Terminology, thus, as a set of definitions of various aspects of scientific knowledge, becomes one of the important sections of cognitive linguistics. A comparative analysis of French and Russian terminology allows us to highlight the problems of not only interdisciplinary connections within one national image of the world, but also to see the peculiarities of the formulation of terms taking into account the specifics of different national languages.

Claiming National Heritage: State Appropriation of Nazi Art Plunder in Postwar Western Europe

In the wake of the Second World War, cultural officers from the western Allied powers recovered several million objects plundered by the Nazis – works of art, Judaica, fine furniture, collectible books and archive collections. Recent books and films have popularized the history of the heroic art recovery effort, but less well-known is the story of what happened to objects that were never returned to rightful owners. In France, Belgium and the Netherlands, postwar governments selected the best of the unclaimed objects and distributed them to public museums, ministries, embassies and other state buildings. This public use of recovered art quietly endured until the 1990s, when heightened awareness of Holocaust-era assets led to greater public and press scrutiny and an increase in restitution claims. This article examines the origins of postwar art custodianships in a comparative analysis of French, Belgian and Dutch restitution policies. The comparison reveals national differences in the scope of looting operations and postwar restitution policies, yet the broad contours of each government’s approach to ownerless art are remarkably similar. In all three cases the custodianships continued the long-term dispossession of Jewish owners wrought by the Nazis and their collaborators.

Towards an autonomous European defense? A comparative analysis of French, Polish and German perspectives in the post-Brexit era

ABSTRACT This article discusses why the EU has failed to become a defense actor independent from the US in the post-Brexit era. Applying the “supporter/spoiler/shirker” trilogy to the European context, the article highlights persistent divergences towards European integration in the defense sector in the post-Brexit EU. Accordingly, first, the article discusses the key differences between supporter, spoiler and shirker roles in world politics. Second, it focuses on France that tends to act as a persistent spoiler of NATO, while remaining an ardent supporter of an autonomous Europe of defense. Third, the article discusses the case of Poland that remains a loyal supporter of NATO and acts as a spoiler of the European defense initiatives. Finally, the article concentrates on Germany which acts as a shirker that is oscillating between NATO and the EU.

Сопоставительный анализ посессивов французского и русского языков

Сопоставительный анализ посессивов французского и русского языков

Discursive constructions of the summer 2015 refugee crisis: A comparative analysis of French, Dutch, Belgian francophone and British centre-of-right press narratives

Abstract Studies in Communication Science indicate that repeated exposure to media has considerable potential to shape audience attitudes to and (dis)engagement with reported issues of public interest, such as migration flows. Therefore, this study examines representation practices of refugees in right-leaning elite press narratives of French-language Belgium, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands at the peak of the EU refugee crisis summer 2015. The discourse-analytical approach probes into the interpretative aspects of the news content by examining representation practices like collectivization/individuation of the protagonists and assignment of positive/negative semantic roles to the refugees, thereby giving/depriving them of agency and potentially enlisting readers’ compassion or creating a discourse of moral panic. To see whether the refugees have become the object of politicization, we also explore the semantic roles assigned to the three most frequently mentioned non-refugee actors common to the four newspapers (the EU, Germany and Hungary).

Countering Jihadist Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of French and German Experiences

ABSTRACTAs France and Germany have become major targets of jihadist terrorism, the calls for stronger cooperation in counterterrorism at the European level have grown in earnest. However, a comparative analysis of the national experiences from both countries evidences significant differences in terms of political culture, institutional division of labor, and legal oversight. Counterterrorism practices can be described following a typology of three broad categories: a military-oriented policy that aims to prevent, deter and retaliate against terrorists; a regulatory policy that strengthens the legal and judicial resources to address the terrorist threat; a diplomatic approach that focuses on negotiations, and sometimes accommodation. Whereas France moved after the 2015 attacks towards a military-oriented policy, Germany has so far opted to sustain its traditional regulatory approach. This article details the differences between Paris and Berlin regarding the contemporary public debate on jihadist terrorism, to the law enforcement framework, to the deradicalization programs as well as to the role of armed forces. The paper identifies a clear divergence in each of these sectors. As the future extent of bi- and multilateral lateral efforts in the field of counterterrorism are likely to rise, these differences should be better taken into account.

Amy Pierce, Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory: A Comparative Analysis of French and English Child Grammars, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, xi+173 pp.

Amy Pierce, Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory: A Comparative Analysis of French and English Child Grammars, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, xi+173 pp.

Medical selection upon hiring and the applicant's right to lie about his health status: A comparative study of French and Quebec Law

As democracies respecting human rights, France and Quebec both prohibit discrimination in hiring on the grounds of disabilities. On the other hand, businesses wish to select the most effective job applicants possible in light of the physical and psychological demands of the job. In order to avoid being eliminated from the selection process, applicants may be tempted to hide or even lie about their health status. Consequently, the law has been put to the test, seeking a delicate balance regarding the consequences of applicants’ silence or false declarations concerning their health status. The legal consequences of this situation have been viewed differently in France and Quebec. In Quebec, contractual synallagmatic obligations appear to take precedence over rules limiting the collection of discriminatory information, allowing for a selection that is nevertheless prohibited by the laws protecting human rights. By contrast, in France, the employer has no right to intrude in matters of worker health and the withholding of information or even lies on the part of applicants can only rarely be used to justify a dismissal. This interpretation poses great challenges in view of the “safety obligation of result” that is imposed on the French employer. Through a comparative analysis of French and Quebec positive law, this paper explores the limits of the employer's ability to investigate an applicant's health during the hiring process. It then turns to the question of the right to lie as a way to avoid being discriminated against on the basis of disability and the consequences of this right on the employment relationship.

Einführung: Die 1970er Jahre in Westeuropa – un dialogue manqué

Over the last few years the 1970s have come into the focus of historians in Britain, France and Germany. The recent historiographical debates on the decade largely remain anchored in national contexts however. A comparative analysis of French and British narratives about the 1970s shows the degree to which historical interpretations of the decade remain shaped by contemporary perceptions, political strategies and historiographical traditions. This article argues that we need a real transnational historical dialogue in order to question and deconstruct the implicit assumptions which shape our interpretations of the decade.

Digitalising sex commerce and sex work: a comparative analysis of French, Greek and Slovenian websites

The aim of this article is to explore the complexity of the online sex trade and work by analysing sexuality-related commercial websites, with reference to three European states, France, Greece and Slovenia. The article compares websites in each specific sociocultural context, in order to provide insights into the various types of networks and services that emerge, and to explore how they operate, how they communicate and how sex is being merchandised. We have conducted a two-tier analysis: The first part discusses results of a quantitative macro-analysis exploring 149 websites, while the second part is a micro-analysis analysing the visualisation of egocentric network of three selected websites. The focus is on understanding how gender relations develop in digital environment and how within cyberspace sectorial and national divides are dealt with. While there is evidence to suggest that in some sectors the Internet has opened avenues for sex workers to work independently of the control networks, there are also many forms of exploitation that arise from new media. We observe that sex commerce online is not particularly attentive to the agency of sex workers but is, to the contrary, oriented to provide opportunities and a forum for businessmen and clients.

On Comparing French and English Contract Law: Insights from Social Contract Theory

I here argue that the same thought structure that underlies French contract law (contractual interpretation and contractual mistake) also underlies French social contract theory (Rousseau), whereas a different thought structure underlies both English contract law and English social contract theory (Hobbes and Locke). More specifically, I claim that, on the French side, facts and norms tend to be neatly delineated from one another and clear prevalence is given to the norms, whereas, on the English side, facts and norms tend to be interwoven within a clear prevalence of the factual. The immediate purpose of this argument is to show that the differences revealed through a comparative analysis of French and English law in fact are part of a larger pattern of difference between French and English ways of thinking. Less immediately, but no less importantly, the piece is meant to provide an example of comparative law operating as a self-standing academic discipline.

Les provisions pour risques et charges en France et en Allemagne à la lumière des évolutions internationales récentes

Les provisions pour risques et charges sont d’importance majeure dans les etats financiers. D’un point de vue theorique, elles refletent les principes comptables de base sur lesquels le systeme comptable d’un pays donne est base (en particulier le principe de prudence et le principe de separation des exercices). Dans la pratique, les provisions pour risques et charges offrent une marge considerable d’appreciation en ce qui concerne leur evaluation. Elles laissent ainsi des possibilites pour de la « comptabilite creative ». Par consequence, elles font l’objet d’un interet d’analyse tout particulier. Cet article examine le traitement des provisions pour risques et charges en France et en Allemagne. La premiere partie decrit et discute les normes comptables a ce sujet dans les deux pays en integrant des considerations fiscales. La deuxieme partie analyse les differences en referant notamment au contexte historique et aux evolutions internationales. La troisieme et derniere partie met en evidence les consequences des resultats obtenus pour l’analyse financiere comparative de rapports annuels francais et allemands. L’article montre que, malgre leurs racines communes en matiere de comptabilite financiere et malgre l’harmonisation et l’internationalisation de ce domaine, des differences considerables existent entre la France et l’Allemagne notamment en ce qui concerne la presentation des provisions pour risques et charges en general, le traitement des provisions pour engagements de retraite et celui de certaines provisions pour travaux de maintenance. C’est particulierement ce dernier point qui peut representer un obstacle lors de l’analyse comparative de rapports annuels francais et allemands.

Comparative analysis of French and French‐Canadian willingness to support the national film industry

(2000). Comparative analysis of French and French‐Canadian willingness to support the national film industry. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 355-368.

The Role of National Context and HR Strategy in Shaping Training and Development Practice in French and U.K. Organizations

A comparative analysis of French and U.K. organizations is used to explore the impact of national context and formal human resources (HR) strategy on employee development systems. Survey data is drawn from 531 French and 879 U.K. organizations. The results indicate that national context is the strongest predictor of how employee development is organized above and beyond the impact of a formalized HR strategy. In contrast to French organizations, U.K. companies tend to be less restrictive in the range of management tools they use for monitoring, evaluating and delivering training and development. These differences are considered in the light of divergent national approaches to education and skill development. The use of a formalized HR strategy was correlated with the collection of work-force data on training and development need and effectiveness. It is suggested that the formalization of an HR strategy promotes HR planning mechanisms. The implications of these findings with respect to the ethnocentricity of the human resource management literature are considered.