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"Say Hello to Vietnam!": A Multimodal Analysis of British Travel Blogs

  • Thuy T.H. Tran
    • 수완나부미
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.91-129
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    • 2023
  • This paper reports the findings of a multimodal study conducted on 10 travel blog posts about Vietnam by seven British professional travel bloggers. The study takes a sociolinguistic view to tourism by seeing travel blogs as a source for linguistic and other semiotic materials while considering language as situated practice for the social construction of fundamental categories such as "human," "society," and "nation." It borrows concepts from Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics for interpersonal metafunction to develop an analytical framework to study how the co-occurrence of text and still images in these travel blog posts formulated the portrayal of Vietnam as a tourism destination and indicated the main sociolinguistic features of the blogs. The analysis of appreciation values and interactive qualities encoded in evaluative adjectives and still images show that Vietnam is generally portrayed as a country of identity and diversity. It provides tourists with positive experiences in terms of places of interest, food and local lifestyles and is cost-competitive. Strangerhood and authenticity are two outstanding sociolinguistic features exhibited in these travel blog posts. The findings of this study also underline the co-contribution of the linguistic sign, in this case evaluative adjectives, and the visual sign, in this case still images, as interpersonal meaning-making resources. To portray Vietnam, still images served as integral elements to evidence the credibility of verbal narrations. To unveil sociolinguistic characteristics of travel blogs, still images supported the linguistic realizations of authenticity and strangerhood on the posts, and in some case delivered an even stronger message than words. Not only does the study present a source of feedback from international travelers to tourism practice in Vietnam, but it also provides insights into multimodal analysis of tourism discourse which remains an under-researched area in Vietnam.

1930년대 복식의 기호학적 분석 -신문소설의 여주인공을 중심으로- (A Semiotic Analysis on 1930 s Costume -On Woman Character in the Novels-)

  • 조진숙
    • 복식문화연구
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    • 제4권3호
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    • pp.407-426
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    • 1996
  • The study, "a semiotic analysis on 1930′s costume", is based on semiotic theory which analyze the meaning of signs. In the novels, "흙" and "삼대", character′s costume were used as a visual language that implies massages of character′s status, class, and the view of value. Analyzing the meaning of clothing signs, clothing could deliver the people′s informations to others and could be first things when people accept new value. The object of the studies are the novels, Hulk(흙) and Samdae(삼대) which are written by lee, Kwang-Soo and Yeom, Sang-Seob. In the novels, the social structure is classed as modern and traditional after we accept the western cultures and institutions. The traditional clothing, Han Bok, were dressed by the conservative woman. However, we could find the modernized woman dress with the western dress and the modified traditional style. According to the result of the research, we could find that clothing could be a sign which indicates value and also clothing is one of the first thing to change when people acquired new value.

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포틀랜드 석회석 시멘트에 관한 XRD 분석 (XRD Analysis of Portland Limestone Cement Paste)

  • 방미진;신기수;박기봉
    • 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국건축시공학회 2018년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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    • pp.189-190
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    • 2018
  • This study produced Portland limestone cement at the rate of limestone substitution by grinding limestone and clinker together, and it conducted an XRD analysis to determine the sign language response structure as a basic study on Portland Limestone Cement. As a result of the XRD analysis, the higher the substitution rate of limestone, the more likely it is that the detection rate of ettringite is decreased. Additionally, we could see that the production volume of Mono-carbonate was increasing.

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인터넷 가상공간에서 지적 아바타 통신을 위한 코믹한 얼굴 표정의 생성법 (A Comic Facial Expression Method for Intelligent Avatar Communications in the Internet Cyberspace)

  • 이용후;김상운;청목유직
    • 전자공학회논문지CI
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    • 제40권1호
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    • pp.59-73
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    • 2003
  • 인터넷 가상공간에서 서로 다른 언어 사이의 언어 장벽을 극복하기 위한 한 방법으로 CG 애니메이션 기술을 이용한 수화 통신 시스템이 연구되고 있다. 지금까지 연구에서는 비언어 통신 수단으로서 팔과 손의 제스춰만을 고려하였으나, 얼굴 표정이 의사전달에 중요한 요소가 된다. 특히 사실적인 감정표현보다는 얼굴 요소가 과장된 코믹한 표현이 보다 효과적이고, 또 눈썹, 눈, 입 등의 AU(Action Units)만이 아니라 뺨과 턱의 움직임도 중요한 역할을 하게 됨을 알게 되었다. 따라서 3D 표정 생성 에디터에서 AU를 추출하고, 보다 효율적을 표정 생성을 위해 FACS(Facial Action Unit)으로 분류한다. 또 기존에 표정 에디터에 비해서 제안된 표정 에디터는 PAU에 대한 강도를 강하게 줌으로써, 6가지 표정을 분리할 수 있음을 보인다. 또한 얼굴 표정 생성에서 “뺨을 올림”과 “턱을 내림”에 대한 움직임을 자동화하기 위해서 포물형 편미분식(Parabolic Partial Differential Equations)과 Runge-Kutta법을 이용하여 보다 자연스러운 표정을 생성하였다. 또한 이를 이용하여 구조가 서로 다른 아바타 모델에 감정을 재생하는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 방법을 윈도우 플렛폼에서 Visual C++와 Open Inventor 라이브러리를 이용하여 구현하였으며, 실험 결과 언어의 장벽을 넘을 수 있는 비언어 통신수단으로 이용될 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

캐나다의 국가적 아이콘 『빨강머리 앤』의 미국화 (The Americanization of a Canadian National Icon Anne of Green Gables)

  • 강석진
    • 영어영문학
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    • 제54권4호
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    • pp.561-577
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    • 2008
  • L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is not only confidently labelled a Canadian classic but also placed as a national icon along with the moose, the beaver, and the Habs in Canada. Anne's 'Canadianness' is partly due to its location in the rural world of Prince Edward Island. The fictional Avonlea is described as the ideal space where Canadian spirit can interact with the personified surrounding landscapes through Celtic imagination. Additionally, the communal bond of Avonlea fully demonstrates Scottish Canadian identities. The Scottish national character of Avonlea is responsible for clannishness of the Cuthberts and the Lyndes. The disrespect to the French is also due to Scottish heritage in Avonlea. As an outsider Anne wants to be integrated into the community of Avonlea, and successfully adapts herself to the regional shared values. Meanwhile she partly challenges the strictness and rigidness of the born Canadian Avonlea residents. Despite its Canadian origin, Anne of Green Gables is accepted as part of the American canon of children's literature in the Unite States. The configuration of Anne as an American heroine is noticeable among American scholars: by relocating it to the US the female Bildungsroman in the nineteenth century America, a group of literary critics adapt Anne as an American girl for American readers. The heroine of Anne of Green Gables is linked to American novels such as Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Kate Douglas Wiggin's Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Gene Stratten Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost. Anne is even classified as another Caddie by American literary critics: Anne is placed at the center of Caddie Woodlawn Syndrome as another Wisconsin pioneer child. Canadian identity of Anne is intentionally excluded and Anne was reborn as an American girl in the U.S. In this context, Anne functions as a sign of nation and a site for cross-national identity formation.

지적 아바타 통신을 위한 코믹한 얼굴 표정의 생성법 (A Generation Method of Comic Facial Expressions for Intelligent Avatar Communications)

  • 이윤후;김상운
    • 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전자공학회 2000년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집(4)
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    • pp.227-230
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    • 2000
  • The sign-language can be used as an auxiliary communication means between avatars of different languages in cyberspace. At that time, an intelligent communication method can also be utilized to achieve real-time communication, where intelligently coded data (joint angles for arm gestures and action units for facial emotions) are transmitted instead of real pictures. In this paper, a method of generating the facial gesture CG animation on different avatar models is provided. At first, to edit emotional expressions efficiently, a comic-style facial model having only eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth is employed. Then generation of facial emotion animation with the parameters is also investigated. Experimental results show a possibility that the method could be used for the intelligent avatar communications between Korean and Japanese.

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Nonlinear programming approach for a class of inverse problems in elastoplasticity

  • Ferris, M.C.;Tin-Loi, F.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제6권8호
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    • pp.857-870
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    • 1998
  • This paper deals with a special class of inverse problems in discrete structural plasticity involving the identification of elastic limits and hardening moduli on the basis of information on displacements. The governing equations lead naturally to a special and challenging optimization problem known as a Mathematical Program with Equilibrium Constraints (MPEC), a key feature of which is the orthogonality of two sign-constrained vectors or so-called "complementarity" condition. We investigate numerically the application of two simple algorithms, both based on the use of the general purpose nonlinear programming code CONOPT accessed via the GAMS modeling language, for solving the suitably reformulated problem. Application is illustrated by means of two numerical examples.

Effects of Feedback Types on Writing Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity

  • Park, Chongwon
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.207-227
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    • 2011
  • This paper investigates how two different modes of feedback (selective vs. comprehensive) affect selected students' writing development in terms of three different types of measurement (accuracy, fluency, and complexity). 139 university students participated in the study, and 278 writing samples were analyzed. The results of the study indicate that participants who received selective feedback wrote more accurately and fluently than their counterparts. However, in terms of complexity, both selective and comprehensive groups showed no sign of improvement in semester-based investigations. The results of this study support Skehan's (2009) theory of trade-off effects, suggesting that 'natural' tension exists between accuracy and complexity when resources are limited. Moreover, this finding contrasts with the theory of Cognition Hypothesis, which proposes that task complexity will be associated with increases in complexity and accuracy. In the study, selected participants (N=21) strongly nominated their error sources as unfamiliarity toward using key words, usage, transition, and sentence types. This study not only contributes to the accumulation of our current knowledge in the related area of theory, but offers educational implications for those who are dealing with intermediate-level students when deciding what particular teaching content should constitute a priority within a limited instructional period.

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인터넷 신원 관리 2.0에 대한 분석과 3.0에 대한 전망 (Analysis of Internet Identity Management 2.0 and Perspective of 3.0)

  • 박승철
    • 한국정보통신학회논문지
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    • 제15권7호
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    • pp.1501-1509
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    • 2011
  • 재 인터넷의 서비스 제공자 중심적(service provider-centric)이고 고립형(isolated)의 선원 관리 1.0 모델(identity management 1.0 model)은 사용자 편의성 부족, 고비용 구조, 프라이버시 보호 어려움, 그리고 신뢰 인프라 부재 등의 여러 가지 문제를 안고 있다. 이러한 문제를 개선하기 위해 Passport/Live ID, Liberty Alliance/SAML(Security Assertion Markup Language), CardSpace, OpenID 등 SSO(Single Sign On) 서비스에 기초한 다양한 선원 관리 2.0 모델들이 개발되어 왔으나 실제 인터넷 환경에서 아직까지 신원 관리 1.0 모델을 대체할 수 있을 정도로 광범위하게 수용되지 못하고 있다. 본 논문은 현재 개발되고 있는 대표적인 신원관리 2.0 모델들을 비교분석하고, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 미래 인터넷을 위한 신원 관리 3.0 모델의 개발 방향을 제시하고자 한다.

교육서비스 품질과 교육성과의 기대일치여부가 행동의도에 미치는 영향: 글로벌기업의 TOEIC사업을 중심으로 (Influence of the Education Service Quality and Result Expectations on Behavioral Intention: Focus on the TOEIC Business of a Global Company)

  • 강호계;송인암;황희중
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.71-81
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    • 2013
  • Purpose - The TOEIC test has been leading the change in the quality and the globalization of companies for about last 30 years. The TOEIC test is taken by about two million people each year and is used as a criterion to select new employees in companies or government offices, for performance ratings, and for overseas posting selections. Universities also use TOEIC test in various ways. Since the TOEIC test is used for the selection of new students for admission, transferring extra credits, scholarships, graduation certification, and admission of international students studying abroad, many universities all over the country provide students with TOEIC study lectures through their own language institutes. Despite the fact, there has been no research on the service quality or even the current situation of these institutes. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the factors that impact TOEIC lecture service quality and analyzes the effect of the expectation related to the education service quality and the result of education on intentional behavior. Research design, data, methodology - Data was collected by administering a survey to current TOEIC students from different university language institutes. The survey questionnaire comprised of a five-point Likert scale. The demographic analysis was conducted using the frequency analysis method and the factor analysis was conducted to verify the validity of questionnaire over any variable. The reliability analysis was conducted to verify the reliability of the results. Besides, multiple regression analysis, regression analysis, and mediated effect verification were also conducted. For education service quality, four different independent variables such as reliability, response, conviction, and sympathy were considered using the SERVQUAL survey model. Based on the research models, the study hypotheses below were formulated in order to recognize an effect relationship between the variables. The four hypotheses are, "the hypothesis on education service quality and TOEIC study result expectation," "the hypothesis on education service quality and behavioral intention," "the hypothesis on study result expectation and behavioral intention," and "the hypothesis on study result expectation and mediated effect." Results - The results are as follows. First, the factors like response, conviction, and sympathy have a positive influence on TOEIC study result expectations. Second, the TOEIC study result expectation has a positive influence on the factors of behavioral intention such as re-sign up, positive word-of-mouth, "loyalty towards school." Third, it was verified that the mediated effect on behavioral intention was influenced by education service quality at university foreign language institute, while the study result expectation has only a partial mediated effect. Conclusions - The implications of this study are summarized as follows: First, it suggests a new research model for the effect of the expectation related to the education service quality and the result of education in the university language institutes on the behavioral intention. Second, it has established a relationship between the education service quality and study result expectation by verifying the mediated effect on them.

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