Previous research suggests that members of East Asian cultures show a greater preference for dialectical (vs. nondialectical) thinking than do members of Western Cultures. We suggest this difference is rooted in a greater chronic fear of isolation (FOI) in East Asians than in Westerners. To explain this hypothesis, we manipulated fear of isolation in a group of Western college students and asse...

Book Review: Sergio Rotasperti, Metaphors in Proverbs. Decoding the Language of Metaphor Proverbs (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 188; Leiden – Boston: Brill 2021).

the present study investigates the culture of development in hawrami proverbs. analysis of development-related variables is the basis of sociology. as collective phenomena, proverbs are part of the oral culture of a society and their investigation can sociologically explain cultural and social foundations of the society. this research attempts to specify 6 development-related parameters in hawr...

Poetry has a better place in form and content than other genres of literature. It gives life to the lifeless. Light, giving lightless messages as well. literature should be rich content, form, techniques. Literature infuse new interpretations feelings into every study. Only then will it become special course time. The beauty poem is that conveys meaning particular. Words have two kinds meanings...

discussing tales and proverbs of different tribes and nations is very interesting; especially when compared to each other and their origin is searched. the shared themes mean that two different persons in two different places and at two different times have been influenced by one subject and have quoted it. there are a lot of examples of this in literature of different nations.in this article, ...

This study examines Japanese proverbs using the metaphor of names plant parts. The name part is one element that forms proverbs. research aims to find several things, namely: 1) use parts in proverbs; 2) finding lexical and idiomatic meaning 3) proverbs, 4) cultural values contained concept data collection was carried out by author taking on from internet books. results showed there are used si...

Traditional modes of communication, including songs, riddles, appelations, and proverbs, remain predominant in small African communities and should be given greater attention as a means of disseminating government policy on family planning. An examination of the folklore of the Akan, an ethnic group in Ghana, demonstrates both the power of traditional communication and its intrinsic stability ...

Although, the fair amount of works in sentiment analysis (SA) and opinion mining (OM) systems in the last decade and with respect to the performance of these systems, but it still not desired performance, especially for morphologically-Rich Language (MRL) such as Arabic, due to the complexities and challenges exist in the nature of the languages itself. One of these challenges is the detection ...