Expressive Style Research Articles

How do avatar characteristics affect applicants' interactional justice perceptions in artificial intelligence‐based job interviews?

AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI)‐based job interviews are increasingly adopted in organizations' recruitment activities. Despite their standardization and flexibility, concerns about fairness for applicants remain a critical challenge. Taking a perspective on interface design, this research examines the role of avatar characteristics in shaping perceptions of interactional justice in AI‐based job interviews. Through a scenario‐based study involving 465 participants, the impact of avatar characteristics—specifically, appearance, linguistic style, and feedback informativeness—on applicants' perceptions of interpersonal justice and informational justice was investigated. The findings indicate that avatars characterized by a warm and cheerful appearance, coupled with an affective expression style and informative feedback, significantly enhance perceptions of interpersonal justice and informational justice. These insights offer valuable practical guidance for avatar design in AI‐based job interview systems.

Po spletnih sledeh Matjaža Kmecla

The paper records the various appearances of Matjaž Kmecl on the web, especially on Wikipedia and its sister projects, describes the history and categorization of his Wikipedia entry and his images on Wikimedia Commons, adds details to his Wikidata, explains the importance of placing photographs documenting the discipline in the public domain, compares Kmecl’s and his colleagues’ presence in the public consciousness with the help of dLib and Cobiss, and concludes with a reference on his personal style of expression.

Complement or substitute? A study of the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers’ resistance

PurposeArtificial intelligence (AI) is experiencing growth and prosperity worldwide because of its convenience and other benefits. However, AI faces challenges related to consumer resistance. Thus, drawing on the user resistance theory, this study explores factors that influence consumers’ resistance to AI and suggests ways to mitigate this negative influence.Design/methodology/approachThis study tested four hypotheses across four studies by conducting lab experiments. Study 1 used a questionnaire to verify the hypothesis that AI’s “substitute” image leads to consumer resistance to AI; Study 2 focused on the role of perceived threat as an underlying driver of resistance to AI. Studies 3–4 provided process evidence by the way of a measured moderator, testing whether AI with servant communication style and literal language style is resisted less.FindingsThis study showed that AI’s “substitute” image increased users' resistance to AI. This occurs because the substitute image increases consumers’ perceived threat. The study also found that using servant communication and literal language styles in the interaction between AI and consumers can mitigate the negative effects of AI-substituted images.Originality/valueThis study reveals the mechanism of action between AI image and consumers’ resistance and sheds light on how to choose appropriate image and expression styles for AI products, which is important for lowering consumer resistance to AI.

On the problem of word polysemy in the Khakass language (on the example of the lexicon of expressive verbs)

The subject of the study are polysemantic Khakass verbs of colloquial style, the functional-semantic features of this category of verbs, as well as their semantic modifications, on the basis of which their figurative lexical-semantic variants are formed. Polysemous colloquial verbs, due to their wide situational-pragmatic potential, usually have the most complex, generalising meaning, bordering on desemantisation, and therefore are not always recorded in lexicographic sources. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that there are practically no works devoted to the study of the colloquial and everyday style of the Khakass language. Moreover, this topic is closely related to the concept of expressiveness, which has not been sufficiently studied with the help of Khakass material. The aim of the article is to identify and describe polysemous verbs of the colloquial style from a functional-semantic point of view. In achieving this goal, the following interacting issues were raised: expressive style of language, the phenomenon of polysemy in language, semantic potential of a word, representation of expressive vocabulary in lexicographic sources, good knowledge of the native language as a guarantee of figurative and intuitive perception of the world around us, etc. Methods of distributional analysis and component analysis have been used in the work, which make it possible to identify combination possibilities and semantic features of the described polysemantic verbs, in particular to determine the grammatical, syntactic and semantic methods of forming expressions. In addition, verbs with an expressive frequency not recorded in the Khakass-Russian Dictionary [2006] were identified, as well as lexical-semantic variants of verbs used in everyday speech not listed in the dictionary entries. The material for the analysis were examples collected from the works of Khakass authors. The verbs analysed are, as a rule, a specific part of the colloquial language of the literary characters. Theoretical significance: new knowledge has been obtained in terms of describing polysemantic verbal lexemes of colloquial style, which will serve as theoretical support for further development of the phenomena of polysemy and expressiveness in Khakass and other Turkic languages. Practical significance can be expressed in the use of research materials in the compilation of ideographic dictionaries, textbooks, as well as in teaching activities. In our article, the concepts of "polysemy" and "expressiveness" are discussed within the framework of a summarised understanding of a whole complex of stylistic, emotional, colloquial and other phenomena of language. In this way, an attempt is made to identify the problem for further in-depth and thorough studies of this rich and unique layer of the Khakass lexical system.

The continued influence of implied and explicitly stated misinformation with different emotional valence

ABSTRACT Misinformation often affects people’s cognition and judgment even when they are aware of a retraction; this is known as the continued influence effect of misinformation (CIE). The aim of the present study was to verify if the expressive style affects the CIE with different emotional valence. We designed a 2 (emotional valence: positive or negative) * 2(expressive style: explicit or implied) * 2 (correction condition: uncorrected or corrected) within-subject experiment. Participants were asked to finish memory questions and inference questions. The results found an interaction between expressive style and emotional valence. For positive misinformation, the expressive style had no effect; for negative misinformation, the CIE was stronger in the explicitly stated condition compared with the implied condition. The explicitly stated misinformation was more difficult to correct than the implied misinformation. The results provided evidence to explain the role of emotional valence and expressive style on CIE.

Analysis of Creative Expression of City Image by Electro-optical Urban Medium "City Lighting"

As an important medium of electro-optical city, urban lighting plays an important role in the construction of the city's image, communication and conceptual expression. In the 21st century, more and more lighting media incorporate more creative design, having broken through the traditional lighting "shape", strengthened and enriched for its innovative application of urban expression style matrix. This paper focuses on the lighting media in the large-scale light art works carried by the four bridges over the Thames in London, which is an electro-optical city of the 21st century, and analyzes and evaluates the creative expression of the lighting media by combining with the city's representational style matrix, aiming to analyze the concrete practice of the city's representational style matrix in reality, exploring the significance and communication value of the city's media for the construction of urban image.

IDEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF MASHRAB'S POETRY

The article talks about the characteristics of the works of the poet -Boborahim Mashrab, his creative style, his language and manner of expression, his skill in using artistic means of speech and imagery.

The Mediator Role of Empathy and Emotional Intelligence in the Relationship between Alexithymia and Emotional Expression Styles

Although there are studies on the effect of alexithymia on expressed emotion, emotion expression in people with alexithymia was not specifically examined. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and emotional expression styles and whether emotional intelligence and empathy mediate this relationship. A total of 254 teacher candidates were evaluated using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Empathy Quotient Scale, Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, and Emotional Expression Styles Inventory. We performed the analyses using structural equation models. Our results revealed that alexithymia indirectly affected the expression style of happiness and sadness emotions negatively and emotional intelligence and empathy played a mediator role in this effect of alexithymia. Also, an indirect positive relationship was identified between alexithymia and anger expression style, and it was found that this relationship was mediated by emotional intelligence. Accordingly, emotional expression styles were also related to other variables. The present study also determined that alexithymia level was significantly and negatively correlated with emotional intelligence and empathy levels. This is the first study to reveal that alexithymia is related to emotional expression styles and that emotional intelligence and empathy also have mediator roles in emotional expression styles. expression styles were also related to other variables.

Examining the Impact of Gender Differences on Language Expression: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

This study explores the impact of gender differences on language expression from a sociolinguistic perspective. Focusing on undergraduate and master’s degree students in China aged between 19 and 25, the research employs a questionnaire and sample analysis methodology to investigate three aspects: frequency of emotional expression, communication style, and topic choice. Results indicate no significant gender differences in frequency and style of verbal expression, with minor differences observed only in topic preferences related to political and economic subjects. These findings suggest that gender does not have a substantial influence on language expression, highlighting a potential cognitive bias in the perception of gender roles in language usage.

Graphic Modeling of Chinese Marine Folk Art

Chinese marine folk art modeling is a broad and diverse field, with different forms and styles of expression in different regions. The so-called flat modeling is a two-dimensional plane work composed of two elements, length and width, created by folk artists in coastal areas, whose expressive themes and modeling styles are related to the sea. These works usually depict themes such as marine life, fishermen's life, marine legends and myths, marine flora and fauna, etcetera, and use traditional craft techniques such as painting, embroidery and paper-cutting, which preserves the simplicity and primitive charms of folk art. While exhibiting China's maritime culture, these works also reflect the attitudes and aesthetic concepts of the people of China's coastal areas.

Rhetoric and semiotic systems in the analysis of Baroque secular instrumental music

Statement of the problem. The issue of musical rhetoric has not lost its relevance for musicologists for almost a century. Unfortunately, early treatises do not provide a clear definition of this subject. Therefore, during the process of developing perceptions about it, some stereotypes have emerged, which have led to misunderstandings that require analysis and explanation. One of these stereotypes is the consideration of rhetoric as a semiotic system. Recent research and publications. The chosen problematicy has determined the reference to four groups of studies. The first group includes the works focusing on the subject of semiotics, the relationship between semiotics and music, and critical comparative views on the semiotic system (Dunsby, 1983; Turino, 1999; Dahl, 2019). A thorough critical analysis of various methodological approaches to semiotic concepts is presented in the studies of N. Cook (1996) and K. Guczalski (2005). The second group comprises important historical “rhetorical” treatises, without which it is impossible to develop an appropriate approach to the problems of musical rhetoric (Nucius, 1613; Kircher, 1650; Bernhard, 1660; Printz, 1678; Praetorius/Lampl, 1957; Mattheson/Lenneberg, 1958). The third group of researches consists of modern works, in which musical rhetoric is considered as a set of rhetorical figures with certain symbolic sense (Cameron, 2006; Komenda, 2010; Popova, 2015; Zgółka, 2016; Lebedev, 2016; Bashmakova, 2017). And the last group contains research works with a critical approach to stereotypical interpretations of musical rhetorical figures. G. G. Butler (1977) examines the musical processes related to the use of figures taking in account the rules of Dispositio canon. R. Callahan (2010) and B. Karosi (2014) explore the figures as a component of improvisation. B. Vickers (1984) considers it reasonable and logical that the greatest attention of scholars was paid to the rhetorical canon Elocutio, which operates with rhetorical patterns, but takes a critical approach to the use of verbal and rhetorical terminology in music. The analysis and comparison of the aforementioned studies allows to refute the idea of the expediency of absorption of the rhetorical system by the semiotic one. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. The purpose of the study is to differ the systems of rhetoric and semiotic through the demonstration that rhetoric is not just a set of rhetorical figures with a certain semantics, but can be interpreted as a system of composition (poetics). Separating the perceptions of rhetoric from the semiotic projections, determining rhetoric as a holistic system and highlighting the differences between these two spheres actualizes the topic of the study. Such an analytical approach is first realized on the example of chamber music and Concerto for violins without bass by G. Ph. Telemann. The study involves the use of historical, comparative, semantic, and typological methods. Results and conclusion. The study has shown that musical rhetoric is a much wider concept than a semiotic system, as it includes the principles of composition, performance issues. It appears to be a clear canonical structure, on the basis of which an appropriate comprehensive analysis of the composition can be made and a convincing performance version can be prepared. Rhetorical figures, the presence of which is not denied, in contrast to a “sign” or “symbol”, do not have a stable semantic meaning, but rather obtain it only in the context of style, genre, harmonic, counterpoint and other forms of expression. Semiotics is currently presented as a collection of methods with numerous options and ways of understanding and interpreting them. Based on the statements above, we come to the conclusion that rhetoric cannot be interpreted as a semiotic system, therefore, in the process of analysis Baroque music, it does not seem necessary to turn to semiotics. However, if a scholar or interpreter considers this approach reasonable, this should not deter them from attempting to gain a deeper knowledge of a musical work and from referring to various concepts, which, nevertheless, are subject to argumentation. We also do not exclude the possibility of further separate research on this particular aspect.

A Comparative Study of Fire and Water Metaphor in COVID-19 Reports in Chinese and English

The outbreak of COVID-19 came suddenly at the end of 2019, and soon swept the world. People used war metaphor, journey metaphor, water metaphor, fire metaphor etc. to conceptualize COVID-19. This paper aims to compare the universality and variation of the use of water and fire metaphors on COVID-19 reports in Chinese and English websites, by resorting to MIP for quantitative data collection from the People’s Daily Corpus and The Coronavirus Corpus, trying to explore the universality and variation of metaphors for COVID-19. From the perspective of resonance value, the situation of the water and fire metaphors of the epidemic in English and Chinese is entirely similar, and the difference in the water metaphor is greater than that of fire metaphor. The variation is reflected in the selection and distribution of keywords. The roots of these differences can be attributed to the characteristics and structures of the two cultures themselves, as well as the national ideology and emotional attitudes towards the same worldwide event. Therefore, with regards to the style and connotation of metaphorical expression, Chinese tends to use static descriptions that portray the atmosphere and emphasize the subjective initiative of people, while English tends to rely on dynamic depictions that state objectively and illustrate the resistance of the epidemic.

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ANGER MANAGEMENT SKILLS PSYCHOEDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based anger management psychoeducation program on the anger management skills of high school students. While the independent variable of the study is the anger management psychoeducation program based on CBT, the dependent variable is the trait anger level, anger inside, anger outside, and anger control scores determined by the Trait Anger-Anger Expression Style Scale of the adolescents. The sample of the study consists of 10th and 11th grade volunteer students studying at Ahlat Selçuklu Anatolian High School. In this study, which consists of experimental and control groups an experimental design was used; pre-test, post-test, and follow-up tests were applied. Among the volunteer students, 10 participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 10 participants to the control group. While the program developed by the researcher was applied to the experimental group for seven weeks, no application was made to the control group. While collecting the data of the study, the “Trait Anger-Anger Style Scale” was used. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental and control groups, and Wilcoxon Singed to compare the pretest and posttest, the posttest and follow-up test of the experimental group, and the pretest and posttest of the control group, and the posttest and follow-up test. Ranks test was used. Analysis of the research was carried out using the IBM SPSS 22.0 package program. As a result of the study, it was observed that there was a significant difference in the levels of trait anger, anger inside, anger outside, anger control levels of the participants in the experimental group, which are sub-dimensions of STAS. In the control group, there was no significant difference in any of the sub-dimensions. It can be said that the developed program has a positive effect. The findings were examined within the scope of the literature and it is thought that it will contribute to the literature by presenting practical suggestions in the study.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0078/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

An analysis of idiomatic expressions used in “The Call of the Wild” movie

Analysis of Idiomatic Expressions in the Movie "The Call of the Wild." The purpose of this research is to identify the different idiomatic that were used in the movie “The Call of the Wild” and to decipher their true meanings. Researchers employed the theory of McCarty and O'Dell and an idiom dictionary to address the set research topics. This study employs qualitative descriptive research techniques. Data analysis was done by reducing and displaying information to conclude. The study's conclusions are as follows: the six kinds of McCarty and O'Dell idiomatic idioms were discovered in the movie The Call of the Wild. The six categories of terms are similes idiom (7%), binomials idiom (5%), proverbs idiom (16%), euphemisms idiom (22%), cliches idiom (17%), and fixed statement idiom (33%). The most common form of idiomatic expression is a Fixed Statement idiom, the dominating idiom. On the other hand, binomial idioms are the style of idiomatic expression that The Call of the Wild uses the least. The implied meaning of idiomatic can be deduced from the context of the statement in the movie. Idioms cannot be understood in just one word or phrase, so they must be understood in one sentence or paragraph to understand the meaning of the original context.

TARİHSEL SÜREÇ İÇERİSİNDE (13.-20. YÜZYILLAR) MAKAM KAVRAMI VE SINIFLANDIRMALARI ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Classical Turkish music, which has been continuing to be fed with the Middle Ages Islamic world since the 10th century, owes its development to the pieces written by many theorists and composers, especially Fârâbî, İbn-î Sînâ, Safüyüddin Urmevî, Abdülkâdir Merâgî, Bedri Dilşad, Lâdikli Mehmed Çelebi, Abdülbâkî Nâsır Dede, Dimitri Cantemir, Rauf Yektâ. In these pieces, explanations are given on the concept of maqam, the formation of maqam, the factors affecting its formation (caesura, prepotent, course), and its classification. Especially in the pieces having been written since the fifteenth century, there is a distinction in the classification, with the word maqam being mentioned more frequently. In the research, it is aimed to investigate the change in the concept of maqam in Classical Turkish music in the historical process and to see the theoretical approaches of theorists and composers to the concept of maqam. The study, within the framework of maqam definitions and classifications, is limited to the period between the 13th and 20th centuries. In the research, it is seen that the fifteenth century was a transition period as a maqam expression style, and since this century, maqam narrations have been made with note and course focusing rather than quartets and quintuplets.

Influence of Parenting Styles on Problematic Behaviours of Migrant Children

The living environment of migrant children changes dramatically when they settle in cities with their parents. If migrant children do not adapt well to the new environment, they may develop psychological deviations and internalised problematic behaviours. Research has shown that poor parenting styles increase the incidence of children's psychological problems and easily trigger problematic behaviours in migrant children. This study explores four aspects of the relationship between parenting styles and migrant children's internalised and externalised problems, the effects of different parenting styles on migrant children's internalised and externalised problems, and further illustrates the mediating roles of migrant children's self-esteem, parent-child relationship, and social support between the two. It was found that positive parenting styles were negatively related to the problematic behaviours of migrant children, while negative parenting styles increased the occurrence of migrant children's internalisation problems; negative parenting styles increased the likelihood of migrant children's externalisation problems, while positive parenting styles could, to a certain extent, stifle the emergence of the aforementioned externalisation problems. Therefore, schools and society should pay attention to the correct guidance of parents' communication and expression styles, and at the same time pay attention to the establishment of a warm atmosphere and a pleasant communication process in the family, so as to reduce the internalisation problems of migrant children. In addition, if migrant children have externalisation problems, parents, schools and society should help them to set up good behavioural models and provide them with timely and correct guidance.

The Relation Between Sleep Quality and Anger Expression That Occur in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

AimThe study examined the relationship between sleep quality and anger expression in nurses. MethodsThis cross-sectional study was carried out in a city hospital in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey from February 2020 to November 2020. The sample included 340 nurses. The data collection form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Trait Anger, and Anger Expression Style Scales were used. Data were evaluated with Mann–Whitney U-test, Kruskal–Wallis H, Bonferroni correction test, and Spearman correlation coefficient. ResultsNurses' Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was found as 8.26 ± 2.88, the trait anger score was 20.42 ± 5.11, the anger control score was 21.49 ± 4.49, and the anger-out score was 14.28 ± 3.73. There was a statistically significant relationship between nurses' Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and trait anger; a negative relationship in anger control, and a positive relationship in anger-in (p ˂ .05). ConclusionIt was concluded that there is a relationship between sleep quality and anger expression style occurring in nurses. In-service training on anger expression and anger control for nurses after graduation is believed to be essential and also to arrange nurses' working hours to increase sleep quality and to provide anger management.

On generated artistic styles: Image generation experiments with GAN algorithms

As computer graphics technology supports pursuing a photorealistic style, replicated artworks with a photorealistic style overwhelmingly predominate in the computer-generated art circle. Along with the progression of generative technology, this trend may make generative art a virtual world of photorealistic fake, in which the single criterion of expressive style imperils art into the context of a single boring stereotype. This article focuses on the issue of style diversity and its technical feasibility by artistic experiments of generating flower images in StyleGAN. The author insisted that photo both technology and artistic style should not be confined merely for realistic purposes. This proposition was validated in the GAN generation experiment by changing the training materials.

Par dažām vakcīnas pret Covid-19 apzīmēšanai lietotajām metaforām

The article deals with metaphors that have positive emotional connotations and those that are connotationally negative, as were used during the COVID-19 pandemic to label the vaccine against this disease and helped officials, journalists, social media users and commentators of articles on internet portals to create a positive or a negative attitude of the society towards the vaccine. The study contrasts metaphors that characterize the vaccine as something desirable, expected (saved lives, a ray of hope, etc.) or a means (tool) to achieve something desired (magic wand, magic ticket) vs. dysphemistic metaphors that describe the vaccine as a low-quality, unnecessary, dangerous thing, including gastronomic ones (instant soup, kefir, porridge, foul drink, etc.) and names of deadly things (poison, death, cancer dose, euthanasia load; poisoner, killer, etc.). The article does not discuss vaccine designations, in which the author of the article does not see any figurative, metaphorical meaning (for example, a chip, a trigger for a lurking disease) or where the meaning is not readily understood (for example, the biblical mark of the beast), although such designations with negative connotations have been used to form a negative attitude towards the vaccine. Connotationally positive metaphors describing the vaccine as something desirable that were used in an official communication to generate positive opinions have been found to have hallmarks of the solemn emotional expressive style, but metaphors that define the vaccine as a means for achieving something desirable and used in informal communication have been used with ironic emotional expression, thereby contributing to a negative treatment of the vaccine. Dysphemistic metaphors show only a negative attitude towards the vaccine, a delicately hidden or incisive jab, a typical attribute of the ironic or satirical emotionally expressive style. Such metaphors also contain informal vocabulary (colloquialisms, slang and jargon words, vulgarisms) and dialectal words with a negative connotation. This is also a feature of both the ironic and the satirical emotionally expressive styles. The Lithuanian and German examples for the groups of metaphors discussed in the article show that such metaphors are not exclusive to the Latvian language alone.

The Association Between Witnessing Interparental Violence and Adolescents' Anger Expression Styles.

The purpose of this research was to determine the association between witnessing interparental violence and anger expression styles in adolescents. Previous studies have generally focused on the attitudes to violence of individuals witnessing it. However, the present research specifically investigated the association between witnessing interparental violence and anger. The research was performed as a descriptive and correlational study. The research sample consisted of 1,000 adolescents aged 15 to 19 contacted via social media platforms using the convenience sample method. An online data collection form containing questions was prepared to determine adolescents' sociodemographic characteristics and contained questions from the Witnessing Interparental Violence Scale and Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Statistical analysis was performed on SPSS 21.0 software. In all, 446 (44.6%) adolescents had witnessed interparental violence. Trait, externalized, and internalized anger scores were higher among adolescents who had witnessed interparental violence compared to those who had not. This research shows that witnessing interparental violence has significant effects on the individual's trait anger and anger expression styles. We recommend that the effects of exposure to violence and witnessing interparental violence be compared and that witnessing violence in different cultural environments be evaluated in future studies.