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Download full textKusumastuti, Fenty – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2019
Polysemy has always become a significant issue in interdisciplinary studies, mainly because particular words or phrases tend to have multiple meanings and the way to decide on the intended meanings involves cultural understanding that may be problematic for different groups of people. This paper divides the main research questions into two…
Descriptors: Semantics, Films, Science Fiction, Translation
Direct linkDixon, Peter; Bortolussi, Marisa – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This research examined readers' knowledge of popular genres. Participants wrote short essays on fantasy, science fiction, or romance. The similarities among the essays were measured using latent semantic analysis (LSA) and were then analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. The clusters and scales were interpreted by searching…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Knowledge Level, Reading, Essays
Drake, H. L. – 1980
A general semantics perspective of science fiction writer A. E. van Vogt is presented in this paper. The first major section of the paper contains a biographical sketch of van Vogt and traces the influence of A. Korzybski's work on general semantics, "Science and Sanity," on his writing, while the second major section provides an…
Descriptors: Authors, Communication (Thought Transfer), Fantasy, Language Usage
Peer reviewedBarnes, Myra – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Higher Education, Language
Drake, H. L. – 1973
The principles and practices of general semantics can be taught to college classes within the context of quality science fiction writings. The works of A. E. van Vogt and Robert Heinlein are particularly useful in exemplifying the details of general semantics. These works and some other science fiction are based upon the Korzybskian principles of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Fiction, Higher Education, Nonverbal Communication
Drake, Harold L. – 1987
General semantics and science fiction are disciplines that can be incorporated in lectures for public speaking and other speech communication classes. Alfred Korzybski's theories of general semantics lend themselves to researching, preparing, delivering interpersonal communication messages, and establishing student interest in foreign languages,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Donelson, Ken, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1973
This issue of the "Arizona English Bulletin" contains 29 articles related to language teaching in high school English classes. Among the subjects covered are: grammar; signs, symbols, and metaphors; linguistic analysis in the teaching of composition; bilingualism; dialect study; semantics; generative rhetoric and the teaching of composition;…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, English, Language Instruction
