The goal of this analysis is to apply the Systemic Functional Linguistics theory (SFL) analyze social distance and visual sign in context Vietnamese art decoration. Based on concept semiotics, between interactants analyzed through a register description tenor system within situation. From point view, applies five lines human thought based Bogardus divided into motivational relevancies, includin...

<p>Music is constantly around us and, if in English, it fosters social distance EFL students, consequently increasing the level of affinity with language, however, can help other personal aspects? Music lyrics provide different perspectives that become enriching on an academic level, as music brings cultural aspects country origin and directly affects emotions, therefore song may a very p...

We propose a class of models of social network formation based on a mathematical abstraction of the concept of social distance. Social distance attachment is represented by the tendency of peers to establish acquaintances via a decreasing function of the relative distance in a representative social space. We derive analytical results (corroborated by extensive numerical simulations), showing th...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate impact of knowledge, familiarity, and prejudice about mental illness as well as demographic factors on the social distance from mentally ill people, which is a proxy measure of discrimination. METHOD To assess the impact of knowledge and familiarity, prejudice about mental illness and demographic factors on the social distance from mental...

This paper presents an investigation on the relationship between social network distances and shared mental models in military command and control organizations. Previous research has shown that physical distance is the gold standard for high performance (Olson & Olson, 2000). However, social network distance may be equally or more important, as social network graphs inherently take into accoun...