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Body, Language and Meaning in Conflict Situations: A semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse [Kietas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Hardback, 191 pages, aukštis x plotis: 245x164 mm, weight: 540 g
  • Serija: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 62
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Nov-2010
  • Leidėjas: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • ISBN-10: 9027215723
  • ISBN-13: 9789027215727
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 191 pages, aukštis x plotis: 245x164 mm, weight: 540 g
  • Serija: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 62
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Nov-2010
  • Leidėjas: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • ISBN-10: 9027215723
  • ISBN-13: 9789027215727
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
This original research applies semiotics to linguistic and non-linguistic segments in a text in search of potential correlations between them. The resultant mapping is applied to cases of gesture-word mismatches that are evident in conflict situations. The current study adopts the word systems approach, a sign-based theory that is naturally designed for the analysis of linguistic signs, and extends it to non-linguistic units, borrowing analytical tools from the field of dance movement therapy. The variety of interdisciplinary metaphorical and literal interpretations of the analyzed signs enriches the theoretical framework and facilitates examination of the instances of mismatches. Hence, this study makes a meaningful contribution to the understanding of linguistic/non-linguistic mismatches in situations of conflict. Further, it makes more general claims: the semiotic system underlying this study paves the way for further research of correlations (or lack thereof) between a range of phenomena cutting across sociology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and political science.
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 Introduction
1(6)
Chapter 2 A presentation of the field
7(22)
Body, language and meaning
8(15)
The body and its social meaning
8(1)
The study of non-verbal communication
9(3)
Pointing gestures
12(2)
Mismatches between verbal and non-verbal modalities
14(1)
Gestures remain unnoticed
15(1)
Linguistics and non-verbal study
16(3)
Sign-oriented semiotic theory
19(1)
The word systems semiotic approach
20(3)
Research on conflict
23(6)
Language and conflict
23(3)
Conflict between groups
26(1)
The Arab-Jewish conflict
27(2)
Chapter 3 Methodological issues
29(16)
The data: A means to study conflict
29(2)
Preliminary data analysis
31(3)
A gestalt view of the text
31(2)
Initial analysis of mismatches
33(1)
The mismatch form
34(3)
Non-random distribution of signs: The word systems
37(4)
Analysis of the text as a whole
37(1)
The word systems theoretical framework
38(1)
The beten (belly) word system
38(2)
The medina-adama (state-land) word system
40(1)
The Shoa-Nakba (Holocaust-Catastrophe) word system
40(1)
Limitations
41(4)
Chapter 4 The beten word system
45(44)
The meaning of the belly - Literature review
45(3)
The first half of the ninth meeting
48(5)
Brief presentation of the interaction
48(4)
The mismatches
52(1)
Non-verbal expressions of beten
53(1)
The second half of the ninth meeting
53(14)
The beginning
53(2)
Michal: The notion of space and the full beten
55(2)
Nurit: Addressing her own identity issue through the beten mele'a
57(3)
Nabila: The beten as a common enemy
60(1)
Nurit: Efforts to connect to Manar's beten
60(1)
Manar: Puncture vs. protection, some verbal and non-verbal considerations
61(3)
Shoshi: "I'm dying to understand you. It's difficult for you, so I can't understand you"
64(2)
Other participants describe Shoshi
66(1)
Further observations - Other participants
67(17)
The facilitators: Verbal and non-verbal considerations
67(3)
Sari: Difficulties with the undefined, with feelings
70(2)
Michael: Approaching intimacy
72(3)
Ovad and Dan: The handshake
75(2)
Ovad: Struggling with "sensations of the beten"
77(3)
Nabila confronts Ovad's refusal to feel
80(2)
The various outlets of the body
82(2)
Discussion
84(5)
Chapter 5 The medina-adama word system
89(44)
The meanings of medina-adama: Literature review
89(4)
The analysis
93(1)
Sari: The speaker of the medina
93(10)
Mismatch M11/129: Proximate and remote deictics
94(4)
How a state is born
98(2)
Mismatch M7/130
100(3)
Nasrin: The speaker of the adama
103(14)
Nasrin: Non-verbal considerations
103(1)
The first meeting
104(2)
The second meeting
106(4)
The third meeting
110(1)
Meeting 3 continued: The first overt confrontation between Sari and Nasrin
111(3)
Meetings 4-6
114(1)
Meeting 7: The second conflict between Nasrin and Sari
115(1)
Meetings 8-11
115(1)
Loss of the adama: Meetings 12-16
116(1)
Summary: Sari and Nasrin
117(1)
Medina and adama: Additional analyses
118(5)
Haled: "No problem of adama"
119(3)
The relationship between Ovad and Dan
122(1)
Dan: The medina solution
122(1)
Ovad: Loyalty to the medina
123(1)
Dan and Ovad
123(1)
The territories
124(2)
Ibrahim's adama
126(2)
Muhammad's finale
128(1)
Discussion
129(4)
Chapter 6 The Shoa-Nakba word system
133(36)
A general look at the Shoa-Nakba word system
135(5)
The thirteenth meeting
140(14)
Raising unspeakable issues
140(4)
Leading up to Nabila's mismatch
144(3)
Mismatch M13/121: Equating the Shoa and the Nakba
147(2)
The aftermath of the mismatch
149(1)
Points of interconnection between the Shoa-Nakba and the beten word systems
150(4)
The relationship between Dana and Muhammad
154(9)
Dana: The "radar" of the Shoa word system
154(2)
Muhammad, who dares speak the Nakba
156(1)
Dana's mismatches
156(1)
Who snaps first? Meetings 4 and 5
157(3)
Meeting 7: Hidden knowledge of Muhammad
160(3)
Blurring of identities
163(4)
A final word
167(2)
Chapter 7 Conclusions
169(10)
Understanding conflict
169(3)
Three layers of significance of the Arab-Jewish conflict
169(2)
Analysis of conflict groups
171(1)
Mismatches between verbal and non-verbal expressions
172(4)
Recommendations for future research
176(1)
Epilogue
177(2)
Bibliography 179(8)
Appendix 187(2)
Name index 189(2)
Subject index 191