Textual Discourse Research Articles

Framing vulnerability: An ecolinguistic analysis of gender and climate change discourse

This study examines how climate change organizations employ discourse strategies to highlight the vulnerability of women to climate change. It also explores how these strategies disrupt the conventional climate change narrative by integrating gender issues and emphasizing women's social and cultural experiences. The study utilizes the framework of ecolinguistics to examine narratives woven into the textual discourse. The research, based on 40 tweets from organizations such as the UN Environment Program and UN Women, offers insights into how these organizations utilize ecolinguistic techniques in communicating climate issues. The findings of the study revealed that gender intersections with other social identities determine vulnerabilities to environmental changes, as the research highlights the disproportionate impacts on women, especially those from marginalized backgrounds. This study contributes to the existing literature in terms of exploring the depiction of this issue in the Twitter discourse of international organizations.

Strengthening students’ physics literacy through the WHK flow

Strengthening students’ physics literacy is urgent to do. The purpose of this study is to apply the Wacana-Holistik-Kunci (WHK) flow in strengthening physics literacy for students. This research method was descriptive research applied to 9 elementary schools in Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The results of the study show that the WHK flow can be implemented through teacher training to teaching teacher assistance in class. A total of 25 teachers have succeeded in implementing the WHK flow smoothly through peer learning, where in the WHK flow in the Wacana (W) stage students listen to the discourse text and find difficult words to discuss, in the Holistik (H) stage students find the context of physical science and retell it. with their own sentences, as well as the Kunci (K) stage students find answers to questions based on the discourse text. The conclusion of this research shows that the WHK flow helps strengthen students’ scientific literacy, especially at the Holistik (H) stage, and can equip students to discover the context, concepts and applications of physical discourse. The implication of this research is the need to disseminate this pathway to facilitate and accelerate the achievement of increasing students’ physics literacy.

Actualization of linguistic markers in political Internet discourse, and its peculiarities in the context of artificial neural network operation, and hate speech detection

The article argues that the actualization of linguistic markers (lexical, grammatical, pragmatic, semantic) in the texts of political Internet discourse is crucial for understanding the context (social, emotional, modal, etc.) in them. It is emphasized that the use of innovative tools (in particular, artificial neural networks) is in line with the trends towards the integration of the mathematical paradigm into the humanities, which is manifested in the latter’s tendency to the humanities digital sciences, affective computing, etc. It is noted that the use of the outlined innovative tools creates the need to take into account an integrated approach to such research, which is manifested in the integration of the methodology of other (primarily related) sciences, which, in turn, will allow to take into account contextual determination, cultural features (gaps, realities, etc.), as well as to use the full potential of artificial neural networks in modern linguistic research. The author emphasizes the need to further develop the originality of the use of the latter in such studies: developing datasets, building a training algorithm, testing and retraining (if necessary), as well as integrating different layers into their structures and optimizing such a structure specifically for linguistic research (which combinations are productive and why, for what purpose, etc.) The author emphasizes the originality of the use of innovative tools (deep learning, machine learning, artificial neural networks) to deal with hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda, which can take the form of sarcasm, irony, and absurdity in political Internet discourse, which requires further research and development of a new methodology to accurately identify such data and produce an inclusive and safe Internet environment.

Temas socioambientais e escola no estado do Amazonas (AM), Brasil

The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between socio-environmental issues and science teaching at school. To this end, the descriptive exploratory method was adopted, which favors getting closer to the object of study. The analyses were conducted using the Textual Discourse Analysis (TDA) technique. The methodological procedures included the following stages: 1) submission to the Research Ethics Committee (CEP); 2) bibliographical research; 3) technical visits. The results show that the articulation of socio-environmental themes with scientific concepts and local reality still faces challenges. This is due to the curriculum's emphasis on isolated concepts, to the detriment of establishing meaningful dialogues with local reality.

Prospects for the use of interdisciplinary methods in discourse analysis of political text using the example of the P. A. Stolypin’s speech

The study deals with the main and relevant directions and approaches to the discourse analysis of domestic and foreign scientists, structuring and building a scheme for analyzing media texts of a political orientation in order to identify the main ideological content, as well as the specifics of its expression in the text. The purpose of this study is to establish interdisciplinary approaches and methods of working with politically oriented text and the prospects of their use to assess the results of influence on the addressee. The authors present the main approaches to such analysis, give an overview of domestic and foreign methods used in discourse analysis, and consider the prospects of their use for assessing the effectiveness of impact, both on the part of the author of the discourse text and on the part of the addressee. Depending on the tasks being solved, both classical and interdisciplinary methods were used as research methods: when creating a historical review, a descriptive-comparative method was used in combination with a classification of approaches to discourse analysis; for developing the problem of impact, the method of critical discourse analysis was used in combination with content analysis of the text. In the course of the work, the sequence of performing certain well-known techniques of analyzing a politically directed text was clarified and the content of P. A. Stolypin according to the scheme proposed by the authors, taking into account the specifics of the linguistic content. In the course of solving this problem and in order to increase the degree of objectivity of the results obtained, machine word processing was additionally used (text information processing programs such as VAAL, Wordstat Yandex, etc.). The authors come to the need for a complex application of traditional methods and automated processing for the objectification of the results obtained.

Translation transformations application in the process of psychologism rendering in English literary discourse

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities and translation transformations application while rendering psychologism from English into Ukrainian. The main scientific results are obtained applying a set of general scientific and special methods of research, namely: analysis and generalization of scientific literature on the problems of psychologism rendering in the process of translation; theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis; holistic and integral approaches to the study of translation transformations; comparative, descriptive and analytical methods. Psychologism is an important element of a literary work that allows the reader to understand the inner world of the characters, their thoughts, feelings and experiences. When psychologism rendering, linguists often apply the following techniques to reproduce the psychological state of a character: using an internal monologue, dialogues, descriptions of appearance or the environment; using stylistic devices: metaphors, epithets, hyperbole and similes to enhance the psychological effect; taking into account cultural peculiarities. The author highlights that to achieve adequate translation the translator uses transformations to ensure that the translation text conveys all the information contained in the source text to the fullest extent possible, strictly adhering to the norms of the target language. The most frequently used translation transformations in the reproduction of psychologism are lexical transformations that adequately convey the semantic, stylistic and pragmatic features of the lexical unit, taking into account the norms of the target language. The main transformations in this group are semantic development, conceptual substitution, decompression and compression. As the analysed examples show, these transformations are often combined with each other and acquire the character of complex translation transformations, which is a necessary tool for preserving the specificity of psychologism in the English literary discourse text translation into Ukrainian.

시나리오 기반 국어과 경청 교수⋅학습 모형 연구

Communication competency is an important core competency in a future society. To develop communication competency, an attitude of listening to others is necessary, and this importance should be further emphasized. A literature review was conducted to identify problems in existing listening education for good listeners. As a result, the problems of Korean language and listening education were as follows: 1) absence of a listening practice model, 2) imbalance in role rotation for mutual transaction, 3) instrumental perspective for problem-solving, and 4) lack of specific situational context. To complement these problems, a scenario-based listening teaching and learning model that emphasizes situational context is proposed. The design principle is as follows: 1) providing a teaching and learning environment where listening can occur, 2) providing scenarios containing specific situational contexts, 3) selecting the degree of self-disclosure for learners to immerse themselves in the situation, 4) analyzing and reflecting on the discourse text, and 5) learner activities and presenting feedback from the instructor who observed and investigated.

Research on the Development of a Rubric for Competency-based Assessment of an Introductory Academic Discourse Text

The aim of this study was to develop a rubric for evaluating beginning academic discourse texts produced in a writing class at a university. Given the recent emphasis on competency-based education and the need to introduce the concept of competence into writing education, this study proposed the development and untilzation of a writing assessment tool that enables the measurement of competence. To this end, a rubric was developed to identify competency elements that can be internalized through the performance of assignments in advanced writing courses in the liberal arts curriculum of K university and to specify achievement levels.The rubric followed the four-step model Stevens and Levi (2013), a representative rubric development model. It was designed to identify the link between task performance and university core competencies, detailed competencies that can be measured through the assessment elements of the task, and performance characteristics by achievement level. The rubric was reviewed by experts and revised to ensure its effectiveness through preliminary evaluation. We expect that the rubric can be further improved by introducing it into actual classrooms while considering the implications drawn from the preliminary evaluation results. The significance of this study is that it presents a rubric as an assessment tool that enables the consistent and efficient assessment of academic discourse texts covered in the required liberal arts courses in a university and one that identifies the specific content of the performance required to improve achievement and competence.

The Search for the Perfection of Divine Love in Herman Hesse's Novel Sidharta

This article discusses Siddharta's journey in finding a teacher through long twists and turns, joys and sorrows, praise and trials one after another does not discourage him because of his great love and love for the Divine. Siddharta who is intelligent and has a perfect physical form and attitude, gets affection from his parents and is about to be dissatisfied and satisfied. His heart still has an empty space for Divine love. The figures and the environment in Siddharta as teachers, whatever comes from them, they can always learn. The protagonists move with flexible, balanced sentences, not only in everyday discourse and textual discourse. The figures with beautiful movements, so a lot of spiritual development. The characters who get control of the environment they are in. No coincidence is coincidence, making this novel appear as a profound reflection.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПЕРЕВОДА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ БЕЗЭКВИВАЛЕНТНОЙ ЛЕКСИКИ В РАМКАХ МЕДИА- ДИСКУРСА (НА МАТЕРИАЛЕ THE NEW YORK TIMES)

The article examines the issues of the non-equivalent vocabulary translation in the sphere of English political media discourse. Today, due to the processes of globalization and the expansion of the media space, the issues of translation of the non-equivalent language units in different spheres, including lexical units in the sphere of media discourse, become more and more relevant. Because of the rapid development of political relations between countries, new words appear in the media that may not have their exact equivalents in the target language, which becomes one of the most challenging tasks not only for the translator, but also for translation studies, lexicology, intercultural communication and other linguistic disciplines as a whole. The aim of this article is to consider the main problems and ways of translating the non-equivalent vocabulary of modern political topics, to analyze the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the translation of the non-equivalent vocabulary in the media discourse, and to draw conclusions about which translation techniques are the most common and adequate when translating the non-equivalent lexical units in the social and political texts of the media discourse. In order to achieve the aim in the article we have reviewed the existing classifications of the elements of the field of the non-equivalent vocabulary, provided the basic research terms, as well as analyzed the translation techniques, typical for the political texts of mass-media discourse. Having carried out a comprehensive analysis of the studied material, it is noted that if the lexical unit of a media discourse text belongs to the field of non-equivalent lexical units, the ways and the adequacy of its rendering is determined not only by lexical and grammatical transformations, but also by extralinguistic knowledge and the translator’s cultural grasp; the most difficult lexical elements for translation are political terms, jargon and emotive-evaluation vocabulary, the rendering of which is often determined by pragmatic aspect of the translation; the most common and adequate translation techniques were semantic development, compensation, descriptive translation, and contextual transposition.

ENGLISH-DECOLONIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE RISE OF ISLAMISM IN PAKISTAN

This research enterprise investigates the decolonial movements against the rule of British India and the subsequent spread of Islamism that shaped and influenced the socioeconomic, political, and cultural landscape of Pakistan. To understand this phenomenon, the study employed the analysis of historical events through thematic, discourse, and content analysis of narratives and texts. The data analyzed is based on the qualitative analysis of secondary sources of data. The core objective of the study is to understand the process of decolonization and the development of Islamic philosophy in Pakistan. The findings of the study suggest that the decolonization process has had a significant bearing on the formation and development of religious ideology in Pakistan paying way to the growth of Islamism as a unified cultural and political force in the country. The analysis of historical events also presents a sketch of the contemporary socio-economic, political, and cultural landscape of the country influenced by the ideological grounds.

Corporate Governance of Sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Strategic Communication (SC) and Digital Marketing (DM): United Arab Emirates Guidelines

Artificial intelligence has become a major element in corporates' strategic plans, and its technologies have been linked to strategic communication techniques for public relations and digital marketing communications. The current study aimed to monitor Governance of Sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI)in Strategic Communication (SC) and Digital Marketing (DM).
 The research initially involved secondary research where qualitative data was collected to design research questions related to the governance of sustainable AI as a frame for strategic communication and digital marketing. The mixed method of data collection adapted using a textual discourse analysis form to collect data and determine organizational governance priorities for responsible artificial intelligence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
 The results indicated the responsible use and sustainability of artificial intelligence and its impact on the organization's strategic communication and emphasize the corporates efforts to protect users from electronic fraud based on (AI)techniques to detect hacks, frauds, and misleading messages.
 The findings recommended reliance on robots to manage social media platforms, crisis communication, public relations and digital advertising, and detecting machine production of fake content.

The Dynamics of Verbal and Non-Verbal Linguistic Communication in The Saudi Sports Community

The study aimed to identify and examine the paradigms of verbal and non-verbal communicative dynamics, encompassing the nuanced dimensions of body language, symbolic cues, and facial expressions between foreign and indigenous participants situated within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This analysis focuses on the theoretical of the constructs of linguistic competence and intercultural communicative competence. The salience of these theoretical underpinnings lies in their pivotal role in orchestrating the attainment of precise and effective communication within the purview of the concerned stakeholders. To galvanize this endeavor, an empirical data has been garnered through the process of direct surveillance and scrutiny. This repository encompasses a multifaceted, encompassing video recordings, photographic archives, and textual discourse exchanged among the participants. This analytical process is underpinned by the advanced computational tools of artificial intelligence. The results show that, for harmonious discourse, a universal lingua franca, exemplified by the likes of the English language, assumes the role of a linchpin, serving as the quintessential vehicle for fostering interaction and communication with the indigenous populace. Simultaneously, the strategic deployment of somatic expressions, and the emotional gesticulations emerge as potent catalysts, amplifying the efficacy of cross-cultural dialogues and igniting an enhanced rapport with foreign customs and traditions.

The role of cognitive metaphor in the formation and presentation of Imam Ali’s Ideological System in Nahj al-Balagha

Cognitive metaphor, known as a set of mappings from the source domain to the target one, is to a large extent the basis of our understanding of the world; Therefore, it always occurs in our daily life and is used in various issues such as society, politics, law, philosophy, psychology, mathematics, etc. Considering the high capacity that this type of metaphor has in generating ideas, hypotheses, and theories, as well as persuading the audience and shaping behavior, it has been used as an efficient tool in Islamic holy texts; because these texts have conceptualized divine teachings and abstract concepts creatively and uniquely humans the correct way of life; understanding, analyzing and also transferring these teachings and concepts is possible with the help of conceptual metaphor. According to what has been said, it is necessary to use the cognitive approach in analyzing the discourse of Islamic holy texts; For this reason, the present study uses cognitive metaphor to analyze the metaphor: "THE WORLD IS AN INFERIOR ODIOUS OBJECT" in order specify the nature of the mentioned metaphor and explain how we understand it, and the role of this metaphor in creating transformation in human thought and behavior. The most important achievement of this research is that if the various conceptual metaphors in the world domain, which are the product of the scholarly and artistic conceptualization of Imam Ali (PBUH), enter the conceptual system of humans, it can change their vision and consequently their perceptions and actions, and in fact, lead to a fundamental cultural revolution.

Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course

The purpose of this article is to discuss accessibility and ableism in Higher Education from the academic trajectory of a psychologist with physical disabilities/a wheelchair user. To this end, concepts such as disability, inclusion, accessibility and ableism are discussed. For the production of data, a semi-structured interview was carried out with a wheelchair user, who was invited to speak, among other aspects, about his inclusion in Higher Education in a Psychology undergraduate course. In addition to this interview, the data was complemented by informal conversations to resolve any questions about what had been discussed during the interview. Data analysis followed the principles of Textual Discourse Analysis, with the steps of unitarization, categorization and construction of a metatext. Among the results, the following stand out: ableist manifestations in different situations that influenced the participant’s professional training; aspects related to (in)accessibility to services offered by the university; and a lack of knowledge about the characteristics of academics with disabilities as a disadvantage to their inclusion. As possibilities for advances in improving the quality of inclusion in Higher Education, there should be more dialogue with persons with disabilities, including organizing discussion groups within the university environment as one step towards reducing barriers against inclusion.

Zikir Sufi dalam Studi Wacana dan Budaya

This article presents discourse texts in Sufism culture, especially about the meaning of dhikr and the spiritual values inherent in Sufi discourse texts. For this reason, researchers are trying to explore the concept of dhikr of the Tarekat Sheikh through a discourse study approach. This is because every living and healthy dhikr has its own special features which lie in its special message in the bias of revelation through culture and life. Researchers try to offer the concept of Sufi dhikr of Sheikh Ahmad Tet, considering that the tradition of dhikr is a reflection of Islamic culture. The aim of this research is to explore the meaning of the word dhikr through expressions in the manuscript of the book 'Secrets of Bainal Haq', as a form of discourse text that supports social-spiritual relationships.To understand this, researchers used Foucault's theory of discourse study, with analytical descriptive methods. The steps that researchers took were data collection, data processing, and interpretation of research data, which results in understanding the words and meaning of Sufi discourse texts. Therefore, the results of this research reveal that Sufi dhikr has similarities in social-spiritual values, a balance between the dimensions of faith and shari’ah, the dimensions of knowledge and worship, the dimensions of culture and morals, and the dimensions of language and culture which is the representation of religious culture traditional practices.

Особенности синтаксиса немецких фронтовых (архивных) документов

The aim of the study is to identify the syntactic characteristics of the structure of German frontline texts as a separate kind of military discourse with its specificity of expression of logical categories associated with them. The paper examines military frontline texts from the perspective of their functional purpose (orders, reports, summary messages, etc.) and also identifies and describes the syntactic means that form the structure of discourse types of speech, i.e., narration, description, reasoning. Frontline texts make up a significant part of the materials in numerous archives and museums in Germany and Russia, but their role and status in military discourse remain open. The study is novel in that it substantiates the identification of a special type functioning on the basis of written communication during hostilities within the framework of military discourse, as opposed to the status discourse form (orders, formal regulations, codes, etc.) and the personal discourse form (communication through field mail) by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the syntactic structure of frontline texts. As a result of the study, it has been found that the texts of frontline discourse are characterized by the following logical links: attribution, conjunction, implication, which possess the appropriate syntactic means of expression. The analysis of the functional and semantic organization of German military frontline documents has shown that syntax can be considered as the basis of the structural organization of both military discourse as a whole and its varieties in the form of frontline texts.

Functions of Intertextual Inclusions in Contemporary Publicist Discourse

Introduction. This research paper focuses on the phenomenon of intertextuality which is studied on the basis of the articles of American socio-political magazines. The aim of the study is to identify the types and techniques of intertextual inclusions, which contribute to the formation of the depth of the integral semantic content of the texts of publicist discourse. The relevance and scientific novelty of the work stem from the need to study the functions of intertextual inclusions in non-fiction discourse. In this case communicative, axiological and pragmatic functions are considered to be the leading ones in linguistic and non-linguistic expressions.Methodology and sources. Fragments of journalistic texts expressing intertextuality were selected by means of sampling. The sources of intertextual inclusions were revealed with the help of explanatory and linguacultural dictionaries and internet-resources. The analysis of intertextual inclusions and definition of their functions were carried out taking into account the genre and stylistic typology of the texts, the direct linguistic and socio-cultural context.Results and discussion. Intertextual inclusions in publicist discourse imply the existence of associative links between the source text and the recipient text. The identification of these links helps to extend the meaning of the information shared and to make it more comprehensible. The sources of intertextual inclusions in the American publicist discourse are both those of the world culture − Ancient Greek myths, the Bible, classical English literature and national − texts of the US presidents’ speeches.Conclusion. The main purpose of incorporating source text elements into a recipient journalistic text is to fulfil informative, manipulative, axiological, predictive, and other functions. The degree of influence of the conveyed information depends on the cognitive base of the addressees, their general cultural competence and their ability to establish associative links between the reported and the implied. Due to their emotional tone, intertextual inclusions are an attractor that organize the text’s semantic structure. They let us consider a journalistic text as a unified semantic and communicative-pragmatic integrity.

Studies on Female Characters from the Perspective of Gender: A Case Study of Female Roles in Journey to the West

This study aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the female characters in The Journey to the West and examine their portrayal of social gender, as well as their roles and significance. A mixed-method approach is employed, combining quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, to comprehensively study the female characters in the novel. Firstly, quantitative analysis is utilized to present the collective characteristics of the female characters through data analysis. Secondly, qualitative analysis is employed to delve into the social gender issues represented by the female characters in The Journey to the West by conducting case studies, content analysis of relevant textual discourse, subjectivity, and contextual factors. The research findings demonstrate that the female characters in The Journey to the West play significant roles in the narrative and exhibit diversity. The novel portrays both positive and negative female characters, all of whom have a substantial impact on the male protagonists. Based on these results, this study concludes that the appearance, personality, and behavior of the female characters in The Journey to the West are constructed through a male perspective, reflecting the societal understanding and expectations of women's status and roles in a male-dominated society.

Realization of cognitive models of situations through phraseological units in English-language articles on culture

Currently, in the media discourse, the authors of articles actively realize their pragmatic intentions through the pragmatic potential of phraseological units. The relevance of the study can be proved due to the fact that at the moment there is no information about the components of cognitive models of situations which can be most effectively used by the authors of articles to realize their pragmatic intentions through the pragmatic potential of phraseological units in articles of certain thematic groups. The purpose of the article is to determine the components of cognitive models of situations that are actualized and brought to the fore through the pragmatics of phraseological units in the texts of the English-language media discourse on the topic «culture», the reasons for the actualization of these components of cognitive models of situations by phraseological units, as well as to establish what pragmatic goals of the authors this is due. The study was conducted on the material of media texts – the texts of articles posted on the website of The Guardian newspaper. The research used methods of discourse analysis, semiotic analysis, observation and description techniques. As a result of the analysis of the articles on the topic «culture», it was identified that in the most of the examples the components «situation» and «circumstances» of cognitive models were brought to the fore through the pragmatics of phraseological units, also there was determined the cause of this phenomenon.