Edward Mcdonald
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3842363 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Edward Mcdonald |
| PRENOMES | Edward |
| SOBRENOME | Mcdonald |
| ASSINATURA | MCDONALD E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-5965-3018 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The signifying voice
Drawing on a social semiotic framework, this paper sets out to examine two different semiotic systems whose default mode of expression is the human voice – language and music. Through comparing how each system differentially employs the human voice, we can identify both their commonalities and differences, and go some way to treating both equally within de Saussure’s envisaged broader field of “semiology”, avoiding the common trap of “linguistic …
The challenge of a “lacking” language
In the eyes of early modern European scholars, Chinese was commonly regarded as a “lacking” language: lacking its own grammatical tradition or “grammatics”; lacking the complex morphology of the classical European languages; even lacking its own “parts of speech” or word classes. In the late 19th century Ma Jianzhong created a grammatics for Chinese by adapting the categories of Latin grammar - and with a good understanding of the similarities an…
Embodiment and meaning
Social semiotic approaches to multimodality have tended to take language as the model for other modalities even when their professed aim is to move away from it. This kind of “linguistic imperialism” causes problems for theorising the relationship between the two basic semiotic planes of expression and interpretation in different modalities, and how the affordances of the expression plane relate to the meanings of the interpretation plane in each…
Aristotle, Saussure, Kress on speech and writing
Getting over the Walls of Discourse
Debates on the nature of the Chinese writing system, particularly whether Chinese characters may or may not legitimately be called "ideographs," continue to bedevil Chinese studies. This paper considers examples of what are referred to as "discourses of character fetishization," whereby an inordinate status is discursively created for Chinese characters in the interpretation of Chinese language, thought, and culture. The author endeavors to analy…
The Green Frog and Desalination
In common with Aboriginal groups around Australia, the indigenous people, or Nyungars, of Perth adopt a holistic attitude towards groundwater resources. Of cultural significance are lakes, springs, soaks and watercourses that feature in Dreamtime creation narratives. Perth is experiencing major water shortages and many Nyungars feel that the degradation of the freshwater supply is a result of mismanagement and unsustainable development by non‐Abo…
Humanistic spirit or scientism
This paper traces the history of language reform over the last century in China from the point of view of the «patriotic» school of Chinese Cultural Linguistics. On many issues, this school takes stands which are out of keeping with the traditional concerns of language reform, but which nevertheless reflect wider ideological currents in Chinese society. The paper concentrates on the history of reform of the script, and of that of the grammatical …
Outline of a functional grammar of Chinese for teaching purposes
Embodiment and meaning
Social semiotic approaches to multimodality have tended to take language as the model for other modalities even when their professed aim is to move away from it. This kind of “linguistic imperialism” causes problems for theorising the relationship between the two basic semiotic planes of expression and interpretation in different modalities, and how the affordances of the expression plane relate to the meanings of the interpretation plane in each…
Getting over the Walls of Discourse
Debates on the nature of the Chinese writing system, particularly whether Chinese characters may or may not legitimately be called "ideographs," continue to bedevil Chinese studies. This paper considers examples of what are referred to as "discourses of character fetishization," whereby an inordinate status is discursively created for Chinese characters in the interpretation of Chinese language, thought, and culture. The author endeavors to analy…
Humanistic spirit or scientism
This paper traces the history of language reform over the last century in China from the point of view of the «patriotic» school of Chinese Cultural Linguistics. On many issues, this school takes stands which are out of keeping with the traditional concerns of language reform, but which nevertheless reflect wider ideological currents in Chinese society. The paper concentrates on the history of reform of the script, and of that of the grammatical …
Outline of a functional grammar of Chinese for teaching purposes
Humanistic spirit or scientism
This paper traces the history of language reform over the last century in China from the point of view of the «patriotic» school of Chinese Cultural Linguistics. On many issues, this school takes stands which are out of keeping with the traditional concerns of language reform, but which nevertheless reflect wider ideological currents in Chinese society. The paper concentrates on the history of reform of the script, and of that of the grammatical …
The Green Frog and Desalination
In common with Aboriginal groups around Australia, the indigenous people, or Nyungars, of Perth adopt a holistic attitude towards groundwater resources. Of cultural significance are lakes, springs, soaks and watercourses that feature in Dreamtime creation narratives. Perth is experiencing major water shortages and many Nyungars feel that the degradation of the freshwater supply is a result of mismanagement and unsustainable development by non‐Abo…
Getting over the Walls of Discourse
Debates on the nature of the Chinese writing system, particularly whether Chinese characters may or may not legitimately be called "ideographs," continue to bedevil Chinese studies. This paper considers examples of what are referred to as "discourses of character fetishization," whereby an inordinate status is discursively created for Chinese characters in the interpretation of Chinese language, thought, and culture. The author endeavors to analy…
Embodiment and meaning
Social semiotic approaches to multimodality have tended to take language as the model for other modalities even when their professed aim is to move away from it. This kind of “linguistic imperialism” causes problems for theorising the relationship between the two basic semiotic planes of expression and interpretation in different modalities, and how the affordances of the expression plane relate to the meanings of the interpretation plane in each…
Aristotle, Saussure, Kress on speech and writing
The challenge of a “lacking” language
In the eyes of early modern European scholars, Chinese was commonly regarded as a “lacking” language: lacking its own grammatical tradition or “grammatics”; lacking the complex morphology of the classical European languages; even lacking its own “parts of speech” or word classes. In the late 19th century Ma Jianzhong created a grammatics for Chinese by adapting the categories of Latin grammar - and with a good understanding of the similarities an…
The signifying voice
Drawing on a social semiotic framework, this paper sets out to examine two different semiotic systems whose default mode of expression is the human voice – language and music. Through comparing how each system differentially employs the human voice, we can identify both their commonalities and differences, and go some way to treating both equally within de Saussure’s envisaged broader field of “semiology”, avoiding the common trap of “linguistic …
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