别样审美——裕固族爱情故事《神箭手射雁》的善—恶叙事

裕固族民间故事《神箭手射雁》,貌似戏剧性的爱情故事,实则不然。借用格雷马斯的"语义方阵"分析法,不难发现:"惩恶扬善"是这则故事的核心主题,"善-恶"二元对立是其深层结构。这种对立在裕固族民间文学中十分突出,形成了裕固族民间文学"善-恶"对立的基本叙事结构。究其原因,既与裕固族长期信仰佛教相关,也与讲述人"以善为美"的审美理想紧密相连。为表达自己的审美理想、完成善-恶叙事,叙述者又不断借用巧合、对比等多种具体叙事技法。     

Training in culture: the case of aikido education and meaning-making outcomes in Japan and the United States

This study investigated whether a relationship existed between instructional style and points of emphasis in the training context of the martial art aikido and the perceptions which practitioners of aikido generated for aikido-related concepts. The findings were gathered within and compared across aikido training settings in two cultures — Japan and the United States. Analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data gathered for this investigation revealed several potent differences between the manner in which Japanese and American aikido practitioners represented their understandings of aikido-related concepts. Differences in the manner in which aikido practitioners in Japan and the United States represented their understandings of aikido reflected the teaching emphasis observed in the respective cultures. It was concluded that aikido instructors represented the values of their own culture in the context of aikido training, and thus served as important mediating forces influencing the meaning which practitioners generated for aikido. An additional finding revealed that in neither culture were participants able to accurately represent how practitioners in the “other” culture structured their understandings of aikido. It was reasoned that both cultural groups generated faulty perceptions of how the “other” group understood aikido because they utilized a similar pattern of projection, using their own meanings of aikido to represent the understandings of practitioners in the “other” cultural group.     

《三国演义》的社会符号学翻译法评析——以张亦文和Moss Roberts译本为例

社会符号学翻译法涉及到与翻译紧密相关的所指意义、言内意义和语用意义。用这种翻译法在用词造句、布局谋篇和文化传输方面对张亦文和Moss Roberts《三国演义》两个英译本进行对比,可以发现就翻译文本内的研究而言,社会符号学翻译法最为全面,可作为翻译批评标准的一个视角。     

浅谈符号学在室内设计中的表达与应用

室内设计作为人类典型的创造性文化活动,其符号特征鲜明而深刻,本文通过对符号学理论以及符号学室内设计关系的研究,探讨了符号在室内设计中的合理表达与应用,从而更加充分表现出设计作品的特点。     

跨语传播中的应用符号学理论——再谈“中国共产党”的英译

本文以新的事例说明“中国共产党”的标准译名TheCommunistPartyofChi-na是错误的。作者以此为例进一步讲述一套应用符号学的理论,批评“词字翻译,”主张“传通翻译”。本文还指出,应用符号学理论可以从重新诠释后的老子、孔子和近现代“信达雅”概念中找到源头。     

卡西尔与“文学符号学”新探——重读《人论》札记

卡西尔的"符号学美学"理论是建立在他的人类文化哲学的体系之上的。他认为美是人类审美经验的符号,是人类心灵知觉的观照形式。     

从符号学的角度看黎锦工艺的文化内涵

精美的黎族传统织锦不仅是日用品,更是艺术品,是织在布上的民族史诗。悠久的历史和文化底蕴赋予了黎锦独特的魅力。本文以黎锦工艺为研究对象,概括了黎族传统织锦的特点,并尝试用符号学的理论和方法去解读蕴藏在其中的文化意义。     

先秦诸子的名实论与符号学

语言符号形式和意义之间的关系问题是符号学家和语言研究者关心的问题。自古希腊以来。唯名论与唯实论之间的争辩就一直持续不断。与此同时,我国先秦诸子也讨论了“名”与“实”的关系问题。本文讨论了孔子的正名论与符号学。老子的名论与符号学,墨子的名实论与符号学,公孙龙的名实论与符号学。荀况之正名与符号学。通过分析,本文认为名、实问题的论争包含着中国语言符号学的最初萌芽,它构建了我国最早的应用符号学。     

On semiotics and subjectivity: a response to Tony Brown’s “signifying ‘students’, ‘teachers’, and ‘mathematics’: a reading of a special issue”

In this response we address some of the significant issues that Tony Brown raised in his analysis and critique of the Special Issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics on “Semiotic perspectives in mathematics education” (Sáenz-Ludlow & Presmeg, Educational Studies in Mathematics 61(1–2), 2006). Among these issues are conceptualizations of subjectivity and the notion that particular readings of Peircean and Vygotskian semiotics may limit the ways that authors define key actors or elements in mathematics education, namely students, teachers and the nature of mathematics. To deepen the conversation, we comment on Brown’s approach and explore the theoretical apparatus of Jacques Lacan that informs Brown’s discourse. We show some of the intrinsic limitations of the Lacanian idea of subjectivity that permeates Brown’s insightful analysis and conclude with a suggestion about some possible lines of research in mathematics education.

Signifying “students”, “teachers” and “mathematics”: a reading of a special issue

This paper examines a Special Issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics comprising research reports centred on Peircian semiotics in mathematics education, written by some of the major authors in the area. The paper is targeted at inspecting how subjectivity is understood, or implied, in those reports. It seeks to delineate how the conceptions of subjectivity suggested are defined as a result of their being a function of the domain within which the authors reflexively situate themselves. The paper first considers how such understandings shape concepts of mathematics, students and teachers. It then explores how the research domain is understood by the authors as suggested through their implied positioning in relation to teachers, teacher educators, researchers and other potential readers.