Core Meaning Research Articles

텍스트 마이닝 기법을 활용한 대학 핵심역량 키워드 분석

Despite many universities defining and operating competency-based curriculum that align with their ideal talent profiles, there is a shortage of research on the core competency systems and meanings presented by universities. The purpose of this study is to examine how core competencies are defined by various universities that participated in the second cycle of university innovation projects and to identify key points for operating competency-based education programs in the future. For this research, core competencies and their definitions were collected from 121 universities participating in the second cycle of university innovation projects. Through Word2Vec techniques, the relationships between key terms and words were analyzed. Also Cluster analysis was conducted to analyze the main themes of the core competencies set by universities.
 The results of this study revealed several key findings regarding the current status of university core competencies. Firstly, while each university has different ideal talent profiles or specificities, the core competencies they are setting are not significantly different. Secondly, it was observed that universities are not effectively reflecting industry demand and societal changes in their core competencies. It is suggested that there is a need for reflection on the responsibilities of universities in responding to societal and industrial demands. This indicates a critical juncture for contemplating competency setting. To align with future changes in the direction of education, efforts should be made to reinterpret and explore the elements and requirements of competencies. This will enable the measurement and management of the outcomes of university education in line with the changing direction of education.

Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values.

In this article, we present results from a literature review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values of nature conducted for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as part of the Methodological Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuations of Nature. We identify the most frequently recurring meanings in the heterogeneous use of different value types and their association with worldviews and other key concepts. From frequent uses, we determine a core meaning for each value type, which is sufficiently inclusive to serve as an umbrella over different understandings in the literature and specific enough to help highlight its difference from the other types of values. Finally, we discuss convergences, overlapping areas, and fuzzy boundaries between different value types to facilitate dialogue, reduce misunderstandings, and improve the methods for valuation of nature's contributions to people, including ecosystem services, to inform policy and direct future research.

The correlated influence of semantic types, L1 translation equivalents and language proficiency on EFL learners' production of polysemous words.

The current research investigated the influencing factors of the full mastery of L2 (English) polysemous words with a Chinese-English translation test. The concepts of "meaning" and "L2 equivalent" were strictly distinguished when designing the test. The manipulation of variables came to a mixed design of 2 (semantic types: core meaning, periphery meaning) × 2 (types of L1 translation equivalents: dominant L1 translation equivalent, non-dominant L1 translation equivalent) × 2 (language proficiency: low proficiency, high proficiency). The results showed that: (1) The semantic types and L1 translation equivalents had significant influence on the production of polysemous words in that the core meanings and the dominant L1 translation equivalent helped the learners access the words quickly and produce them more efficiently; The dominant L1 translation equivalents could facilitate the production of the words presented with their periphery meanings; (2) On the whole, there was no significant difference of the productive competence between the two groups of participants. Comparatively, the high proficiency learners performed better in the production of words presented in their periphery meanings corresponding to non-dominant L1 translation equivalents. And they showed a less degree of dependence on L1 translation equivalents in the process of language production.

Framing shared knowledge: The chronotopic organisation of meaning

Previous studies of interactional particles have shown that a particle's social meaning may be contextually contingent and a momentary instantiation of the form's core meaning. This paper shows how analysing particles using Blommaert and De Fina's (2017) chronotopic frame approach provides greater insight into the dialectic relationship between forms' meanings that are relatively transitory or perduring. This paper illustrates the contributions of chronotopic frame approaches by using this framework to analyse how three distinct interactionally emergent social meanings of the Pontianak Malay particle bah are connected to the particle's core meaning of ‘shared knowledge’.

MENELISIK MAKNA SYAJARAH DALAM AL-QUR’AN

The ongoing discourse regarding the interpretation of "syajarah" in the Qur'an lacks a consensus. This is evident in the diverse array of perspectives and explanations surrounding its meaning. Consequently, the author delves deeper into an examination of the semantic analysis of "syajarah" using Toshihiko Izutsu's approach. The selection of this methodology is rooted in Izutsu's semantic framework, which provides a platform for exploring the nuanced meanings of a word. A pivotal aspect of this investigation is to scrutinize the semantic dimensions of "syajarah." The author employs a qualitative methodology, specifically a literature study, to navigate this exploration. The data utilized encompasses information gleaned from various sources, including books, journal articles, and electronic documents, bolstering the research process. This inquiry reveals that the fundamental meaning of "syajarah" is 'tree.' The syntagmatic relational meanings include associations with Allah, Naha, Syaitan, Zalim, and Masalan. In terms of paradigmatic meaning, the words Nabat and Zuru' come into play. While the synchronic and diachronic meanings of "syajarah" have experienced temporal shifts, the core meaning has remained relatively stable. Furthermore, diverse interpretations generally align with the basic meaning of "syajarah," with the exception of Quraish Shihab, who suggests a figurative understanding in the context of the Prophet Adam's story. Notably, when coupled with the word "taqrabu," the figurative interpretation of "syajarah" emerges, implying actions that may lead to social harm.

Meaning in Life in Late-Stage Parkinson's Disease: Results from the Care of Late-Stage Parkinsonism Study (CLaSP) in Six European Countries.

The Care of Late-Stage Parkinsonism (CLaSP) study is a longitudinal, multicentre, prospective cohort study to assess the needs and provision of care for people with late-stage Parkinson's disease and their caregivers in six European countries. As a cross-sectional study within the CLaSP study, 509 people with Parkinson's disease completed the "Schedule-for-Meaning-in-Life-Evaluation" (SMiLE) questionnaire. We compared the results to those of a representative sample of healthy participants (n = 856). People with late-stage Parkinson's disease reported family, partnership and spirituality as the greatest areas of importance. Overall, they had lower SMiLE indices compared to healthy participants. People with late-stage Parkinson's disease rated the importance of core meaning in life areas (namely family, social relations and health) as significantly lower than the representative cohort and they also rated satisfaction as significantly lower in most areas. In conclusion, people with late-stage Parkinson's disease do have areas where they can find meaning, such as family, partnership and spirituality. However, they indicate a lack of fulfilment of their individual MiL, reflected by low satisfaction rates in the majority of meaning in life categories. The need for spiritual support for people with Parkinson's disease indicates the important role of chaplains to help people with Parkinson's disease maintain meaning in life.

Responsible leadership and its place in the leadership domain: A meaning‐based systematic review

AbstractThe emerging field of responsible leadership holds various possibilities for business and society. The wide range of conceptualizations, definitions, and theorizations of RL as a distinctive or unique leadership construct has not previously been investigated through a systematic review. To conceptualize the intrinsic meaning of responsible leadership as a distinct leadership construct, and to bring coherence to the expanding body of literature on responsible leadership, evidence from 162 peer‐reviewed journal articles on responsible leadership, ethical leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, transformational leadership, and values‐based leadership have been analyzed through a systematic review. The aim was to synthesize a coherent and intrinsic meaning of responsible leadership in order to identify the place of responsible leadership in the leadership domain. The findings suggest that responsible leadership is not an independent leadership construct, but largely builds on and leverages other leadership theories and approaches. However, the findings indicate that the core meaning of responsible leadership is distinctive in its relational focus on, and accountability for, the active engagement of stakeholders; the balancing of stakeholder interests; the building of social capital; and the assurance of long‐term sustainability of society and the natural environment, beyond responsibilities to internal stakeholders.

Temporal interpretations of negation in Karitiana

In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the particle -ki in Karitiana, which acquires a meaning roughly similar to English ‘before’ when it appears in embedded clauses together with the adverbial suffix -t, but otherwise seems to behave as a negative particle in all other instances. Contrary to prior literature that analyzes -ki as a sort of aspectual marker in embedded clauses (cf. Rocha 2016 and Müller and Heleno 2023), we claim that -ki is still truly negation and has the same core meaning of a negative particle be it in matrix or embedded clauses, or adjectival constructions. The temporal meaning of -ki simply arises pragmatically as an implicature from the fact that the event denoted by the embedded clause has not (yet) occurred (as opposed to the event denoted from the matrix clause) and is though expected to occur, yet—even then—the later occurrence of the event is cancellable (which is a key difference from the default interpretation of a temporal clausal connective such as English ‘before’). This will allow to maintain a uniform analysis of the suffix -ki across all of its uses.

Perceptions of family members on family collaboration during pregnancy

Background: Family collaboration is the interactive coordination between family members aimed towards achieving a common goal and putting individual differences aside. The collaboration received from the family makes the pregnant woman feel valued. However, family members have been identified as not collaborating in meeting basic needs of the pregnant woman. They have been found to maltreat pregnant women, by giving them chronic house-hold chores, depriving them of food and blocking access to health care. The study creates awareness on involvement of family in caring for the pregnant woman. The educational pamphlet developed, serves as educational resource on usefulness of family collaboration during pregnancy. Objectives: To explore family collaboration during pregnancy from the perspectives of family members of pregnant women, as well as also to develop an educational pamphlet from the findings to enhance family collaboration. Method: Qualitative research, using open-ended questionnaire. Fourteen family members participated, until data became saturated. Content analysis method by Erlingsson and Brysiewicz, was used in analyzing data, as this is well suited for qualitative analysis. Questionnaires were read thoroughly, and texts were formed into meaning units, these were concisely condensed while retaining the core meaning, the units were labeled by formulating codes. Codes related were formulated into Categories. The categories formed the themes of the pamphlet. Result: The findings are presented in form of a pamphlet that has been attached as a download to this article (refer to Download pamphlet). Conclusion: The study described perceptions of family members on family collaboration, through the categories that emerged from the findings and the pamphlet highlight ways that family can support a pregnant member during pregnancy.

Redefining Apocalypse in Blake Studies

Michael Stone argues that biblical scholars sow confusion by defining the ancient apocalypses in terms of the eschatological content or worldview that many contain (their “apocalypticism”) at the expense of other defining features. This conflation of apocalypse with eschatology emerged with the first comprehensive study of the apocalypses, by the German theologian Friedrich Lücke in 1832. The problem has been exacerbated in our time by the ubiquitous use of the term “apocalypse” in the media, popular culture, the churches, the arts, academe, and environmental studies, which has all but emptied the term of its core meaning as “revelation” or “disclosure.” When “the apocalypse” is invoked, it most often refers to a large-scale catastrophe or cataclysm, usually involving the collapse of civilization or the end of the world. Such references comport better with the concept of eschatology, the study of last things or the “end” of history, than with apocalypse. The terminological confusion appears in the history of Blake criticism as well, from S. Foster Damon, through Northrop Frye, Harold Bloom, and Morton Paley, to more recent work by Steven Goldsmith and Lucy Cogan. It is marked by an uncritical and inconsistent use of “apocalyptic” or “the apocalypse” to refer primarily to an end-time judgment. A scholar who has resisted this critical conflation in both biblical and Blake criticism is Christopher Rowland, who wrote the landmark book The Open Heaven: A Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity (1982), as well as Blake and the Bible (2010). Rowland, along with a burgeoning cadre of biblical scholars who address the issue, can help bring more precision to the way these concepts are used in Blake studies.

The Interplay of Polysemy and Prototypes: A Prototype Theory Approach to the Turkish Polysemic –lIk Morpheme

In contrast to the classical Aristotelian view of categorization, which defines category membership based on compliance with necessary and sufficient conditions, the newly emerging Prototype Theory contends that categories are formed around prototypes, also known as “best examples”. A particularly relevant set of data stems from the observation that speakers do not assign an equal degree of membership to all members within a given category, a phenomenon known in the field as “prototype effects”. On the linguistic side of the discussion, proponents of Prototype Theory argue that the polysemy of linguistic elements, whether morphemes, words, or syntactic structures, should be analyzed in a manner analogous to categories. Just as categories have “prototypical” or “exemplar” members, polysemous linguistic objects have “prototypical” or “exemplar” interpretations, from which non-prototypical, slightly deviant interpretations are derived. This study aims to characterize the polysemous Turkish suffix –lIk through a prototypical analysis, operating on the assumption that language is a dynamic and evolving entity that interacts bidirectionally with cognitive structures. It is proposed that the myriad of interpretations associated with –lIk can be captured around a prototypical core meaning of “property-based relation”, and that other readings can be derived from this core by slight meaning alterations. I also incorporate Langacker’s theory, positing that non-prototypical interpretations may also act as a node from which both prototypical and non-prototypical interpretations branch. Our findings indicate that Prototype Theory offers a more fitting analytical framework for understanding ¬–lIk compared to the classical Aristotelian view, which proves less adequate for this analysis.

¿Quién es gentrificación (‘who is gentrificación’)? urban change, conceptual chimerae, and the challenge of blanqueamiento (‘whitening’) in mexico city

In this article, we outline the central tenets of an endogenous theory of neighborhood change in Mexico City known as blanqueamiento (‘whitening'). Drawing on longstanding research and intellectual exchange with local scholars and activists, we illustrate the promise this concept holds for transcending the many limitations of ‘gentrification', and its metaphrase translation, gentrificació n, in this and other contexts. We argue that while blanqueamiento and similar theories from outside the Global North often face extreme difficulties in emergence, their value to both critical scholarship and urban politics can be profound, and should be more fully explored and recognized. We demonstrate this value in Mexico City through an exploration of this concept’s core meanings and expressions, specifically in the areas of: 1) belonging, displacement, and racialized aesthetics; 2) architecture, design, and globalizing aesthetics; and 3) finance, money laundering, and the insidious complicity of aestheticized consumption. In support of our overall argument about the need for more productive urban exchanges and the critical co-production of knowledge on the topic of urban change through translation, we bring together insights from ongoing debates on the nature and uses of gentrification in contemporary cities and the politics of theory-making and conceptualization in geography and urban studies across the globe.

실감형 미디어아트에 나타난 초현실주의 표현기법에 관한 연구

This study analyzes and proposes the possibility of combining realistic media art and surrealistic expressive techniques. To do so, we first understand the types and characteristics of surrealistic expressive techniques. In particular, we focus on Alexandrian and Suzy Gablik's work on depaysment. Second, by collecting and analyzing examples of d’strict's works, we summarize the characteristics of depaysment network representation in realistic media art. Third, we propose how surrealistic expression techniques can be used to improve the artistry of realistic media art and design education. This study is limited to six works in the d’strict, and is conducted through the methods of literature review and case analysis. The results of the study showed that the characteristics of the depaysment network such as 'opening up the unknown dimension' and 'bringing life' were mainly utilized in the six realistic media artworks of the d’strict. In addition, various depaysment elements emphasize the core meaning of the artwork through visual impact, which confirms that depaysment features enhance the effectiveness of realistic media art. Finally, this study proposes a theoretical basis for how the characteristics of depaysment, one of the surrealistic expression techniques, can contribute to the development of media art production and design education in the future.

“Ethnic Cleansing”: An Analysis of Conceptual and Empirical Ambiguity

Abstract Despite significant scholarly disagreement about its definition, core meaning, and corresponding cases, ethnic cleansing has escaped careful conceptual examination. This article identifies five key areas of conceptual confusion that undermine the integrity and utility of the concept. These include discrepancies over the core meaning of ethnic cleansing; tension between ethnic cleansing as a practice and a policy; the lack of boundedness between ethnic cleansing and other related concepts; the universe of cases that belong together; and disparate subtype classification criteria. This conceptual confusion undermines effective comparative analysis and, in turn, our understanding of the causes of ethnic cleansing and associated policy recommendations. The solution is to abandon the social science usage of ethnic cleansing in favor of alternative concepts defined by the distinct intent of the perpetrator(s): massacre (to annihilate), mass expulsion (to remove), coercive assimilation (to eliminate a unique cultural identity), and control (to subjugate). This eliminates ambiguity, improves theoretical precision, and opens a promising new research agenda.

Kirant Folk Narratives: Exploring the Socio-Cultural Implications

The paper analyzes how folk narratives in Kirant Rai shape the socio-cultural and ritual practices and values in day-to-day life. The core meanings of the narratives profoundly impact the formation and structure of socio-cultural beliefs and behaviors not only on people in a particular community but also on people from around the globe. Based chiefly on the two folk narratives— Hechchhakuppa and Sumdima and Paruhang, the paper analyzes the narrative texts under certain thematic issues such as the institutionalization of the human society, ritual performative, and representation by using functional, and socio-cultural theory by Dundes and Bascom respectively to spot the underlying impacts of the narratives on communities and people. The narrative texts which have been collected through fieldwork and transcription of oral narratives serve as primary data for the paper. When analyzing the texts, the folk narratives have been found to have greatly contributed to developing and transferring the belief system, ritual practice, and societal norms in the society.

Decision on The Translation of Mandarin Song Lyrics 你要的爱 Into Indonesian by Yuni Shara in André Lefevere’s Perspective

<p>This study discusses how the process of translating literary works of Mandarin song lyrics into Indonesian. In the translation process there are many things that influence, from the meaning of the word itself, to the purpose of the translation. This study aims to determine the translation method in the case study of the song "你要的爱" from Penny Tai which has been translated into Indonesian namely Yuni Shara's song entitled "Love that I Want", through André Levefere's point of view. By using qualitative research methods, the analysis of translation strategy assumptions is tried to be interpreted in depth and comprehensively. One result is that very few lyrics are translated integrally. More just take the core meaning and then change it to better consider the beauty of the musicality of the song in the target language. </p>

On the concepts of “Russian Germans” and “Volga Germans”: A psycholinguistic aspect (based on a free associative experiment)

The article studies the psycholinguistic meanings of the concepts “the Russian Germans” and “the Volga Germans” in the linguistic consciousness of the Russian Germans and establishes the features of the linguistic self-presentation of this ethnic group. To study linguistic consciousness, a free associative experiment was conducted among the Russian Germans, in which informants were asked to record spontaneous associations to the stimulus “the Russian Germans” and “the Volga Germans”. As a result of the experiment, 171 reactions were received to the “Russian Germans” stimulus, 183 reactions to the “Volga Germans” stimulus. To determine the psycholinguistic meanings, the method of semantic interpretation of associations was used with the allocation of core and peripheral meanings. As a result of the study, we found that the psycholinguistic meanings of the concepts have similar meanings in the linguistic consciousness of the Russian Germans and are defined through lexemes indicating family ties (“family”, “ancestors”), people of the inner circle (“friends”) and compatriots (“countrymen”), as well as the tragic events in the history of the Russian Germans of the 20th century (“deportation”, “expatriation”, “exile”). In addition, psycholinguistic meanings have a pronounced positive connotation.

Discourse context cannot make ‘or’ inclusive (only experimental task can)

The canonical view in linguistics is that the core meaning of ‘p or q’ is inclusive disjunction, but that its most common interpretation is exclusive disjunction. Nevertheless, the idea persists that an inclusive interpretation is possible given the proper discourse context. Experimental evidence for this idea comes from studies using truth-value judgment, showing that some participants judge ‘p or q’ as true when both p and q are true. We present evidence against the idea that discourse context alone licenses an inclusive interpretation, proposing that it is only the task of truth-value judgment that ostensibly licenses this interpretation. We conducted an experiment using both truth-value judgment and a reply-anticipation task, where participants anticipated an interlocutor's answer to how many of p and q are true, based on their interpretation of ‘p or q’. Target utterances appeared in discourse contexts encouraging an inclusive interpretation by making it maximally informative and relevant. Despite this, most participants anticipated that the interlocutor would answer that exactly one of p and q were true. We therefore believe the onus is now on those claiming that discourse context can license an inclusive interpretation to explain why it is conspicuously absent in tasks other than truth-value judgment.

‘Teacher Martina wants you to write in cursive’

The concept of ‘family–school partnership’ has been extensively investigated from a macro and theoretical perspective, but it is still little explored at the micro level of interaction. Based on video-recorded homework sessions collected in Italian family residences and drawing on conversation analysis, this paper shows how parents enact what constitutes the core meaning of the family–school partnership (i.e. the sharing of values between home and school). The analysis shows that parents invoke what they frame as ‘school morality’ as an account in directive sequences. It is argued that, in so doing, parents increase their own entitlement while reducing the assertiveness of their directives. At the same time, they display their orientation towards aligning with school morality and discursively construct a moral order common to family and school.

THE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL STABILITY ON ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT

Under the background of globalization and information technology, the competitiveness of enterprises has become an important symbol of a country or even a region. The formation of enterprise competitiveness is closely related to many factors, among which economic development and social stability play a positive role that cannot be ignored in the long-term and stable development of enterprises. Economic development and social stability have laid a solid foundation for the development of enterprises, enabling them to form a relationship of complementary advantages, mutual benefit and value sharing among the government, market and society. However, enterprise management as an enterprise under the background of economy and socialization through the labor and labor resources coordination and distribution, help enterprises to control cost, efficient configuration, promote production plays a key role, therefore, enterprise management is one of the important elements affecting the enterprise core competitiveness, in turn, reflects the present situation of contemporary economic and social development. The effective development of enterprises not only plays a helping role in helping the whole national economy, but also plays an important role in solving the employment problem of social workers, creating wealth, eliminating poverty, reducing the gap between the rich and the poor, promoting consumption and stabilizing the society. Therefore, to explore the impact of economic development and social stability on enterprise management is to study the impact of economic development and social stability on the sustainable development and improve the comprehensive competitiveness of enterprises, starting from the core meaning of enterprise development.