Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and id...Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and ideational grammatical metaphors are pointed out by Halliday--the main representative of systemic-functional theory. This paper elaborates on the specific grammatical feature of EST （English for Science and Technology） text--＂nominalization of processes＂ to reveal the source of ideational metaphors. From the analysis of some examples, it is found that nominalization as a grammatical metaphor expresses the transference between process types, so it reveals the essence of ideational grammatical metaphors. Meanwhile, the comparison made between grammatical metaphors and vocabulary metaphors reflects the similarities between conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. In this way, this paper comes to the conclusion that the combination of the study methods of metaphors from both cognitive and systemic-functional perspectives is the best way to uncover the basic characteristic of human thinking.展开更多
As a new field in the Discourse Analysis, Positive Discourse Analysis （PDA） is increasingly arousing more attention of linguistic scholars at home and abroad. However, in the field of the concession addresses, the s...As a new field in the Discourse Analysis, Positive Discourse Analysis （PDA） is increasingly arousing more attention of linguistic scholars at home and abroad. However, in the field of the concession addresses, the studies on this kind of political text are limited. The winners of presidential election always draw much attention from the world and their speeches, for example, presidential inaugural address has been a hot study topic of linguistics. Nevertheless, the losers of presidential election are always neglected by the world and the study on concession address is scarce and rare. Therefore, the meaning of study on the concession speech helps fill the gap of the discourse analysis. This thesis applies the PDA under the framework of appraisal theory to analyze five concession speeches with a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. This study aims to complement CDA （Critical Discourse Analysis） to emphasize positive social construction of political discourse.展开更多
In order to analyze the function demand of the distributed manufacturing information system as well as its control demand, and eliminate information ambiguity among system units to integrate semantics, the abstract Ag...In order to analyze the function demand of the distributed manufacturing information system as well as its control demand, and eliminate information ambiguity among system units to integrate semantics, the abstract Agent model and computational structure of each unit was presented based on flexible coupling automata. The autonomy of each unit was investigated in this foundation. The system unit was described using the Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontology. And the system semantics was also integrated. On these basics the communication among the system units was analyzed with an example of interaction between a machine and a warehouse. The control performances of information system units were investigated using Boolean matrix as a substitute for traditional process in RW theory, which reduced the computational complexity. This work established the foundation for the demand analysis, design and development of the distributed manufacture information system.展开更多
Since the publication of the indexation documents and queries are represented by keywords from their content. The use of words to represent the document content and query generates several problems, the ambiguity of w...Since the publication of the indexation documents and queries are represented by keywords from their content. The use of words to represent the document content and query generates several problems, the ambiguity of words and their disparity. The semantic indexing is as a solution that answers these problems. The goal context where the ambiguity is present, the semantic indexing is meant is to index by the meaning of words rather than words. In a to improve the performance of IRS （Information Retrieval System）. In this sense we will soon overcome the problems of traditional indexing approaches. What we propose is a new approach that will allow semantically indexing algorithms courses written in French language, based on a new application ontology. The aim of our approach is to adjust a semantic annotation tool with the reference ontology. The semantic annotation tool we generate an index that will be used in e-Learning as needed （question answering performance on the field. systems, information retrieval systems ） while improving展开更多
This paper analyzes current status of teachers＇ speaking test, applies presently mature C/S system structure and oilers a network way for teachers＇ speaking exam. We provide the whole process of design and developme...This paper analyzes current status of teachers＇ speaking test, applies presently mature C/S system structure and oilers a network way for teachers＇ speaking exam. We provide the whole process of design and development in online speaking exam, illustrate several functional designs including item bank construction, auto-generating examination paper and test paper analysis and discuss various network programming development technology during teachers＇ speaking network examination intensively. Directed by software engineering theory, the system is finally designed and realized through feasible research, requirement analysis, general design, detailed design, and tests with popular system development language and powerful database management.展开更多
Activity Theory （AT） has its philosophical roots in classical German philosophy, in the works of Marx and Engels, and in the Soviet Russian cultural-historical school of psychology （Engestrom, 1999）. AT and the Ac...Activity Theory （AT） has its philosophical roots in classical German philosophy, in the works of Marx and Engels, and in the Soviet Russian cultural-historical school of psychology （Engestrom, 1999）. AT and the Activity System （AS） model developed by Engestrom are widely used in a variety of fields in social sciences. In this paper, I consider how the AS model and the concept of ＂object＂ in particular can be adopted when researching the complexity and dynamics of teaching activity and its outcome on a phonetics course at a university in China. The findings indicate that varied ＂object＂ that each individual student is working at during the teaching and learning activities constitutes an important and direct factor leading to differentiated learning outcome in the phonetics course. A thorough examination of the relationship between the components of the AS reveals ways of narrowing the gap between the collective ＂object＂ that is constructed publicly and explicitly during the lesson and the individual ＂object＂ constructed silently and implicitly by each individual. The author argues that the closer the collective ＂object＂ is to the individual ones, the more rewarding a lesson will be to the majority of the students. Thus it is the teachers＇ responsibility to identify various individual ＂objects＂ and to bridge the gap between the collective and individual ＂objects＂ in order to improve the quality of classroom teaching and learning.展开更多
OBJECTIVE:To systematically review treatments of exfoliative cheilitis based on symptom patterns in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.METHODS:Pub Med, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Wanfang dat...OBJECTIVE:To systematically review treatments of exfoliative cheilitis based on symptom patterns in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.METHODS:Pub Med, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Wanfang data were screened for case reports, case series or clinical trials that were published in English or Chinese from January,1973 to September, 2015.The keyword of "exfoliative cheilitis or scaling cheilitis or factitious cheilitis" was used.Effectiveness or ineffectiveness was investigated as outcome for Meta analysis, which is based on effective index in each study.Response to treatment was described for case reports or case series.RESULTS:From 38 screened studies, 17 were randomized controlled trials(RCTs), 5 were single-arm trials, and 16 were case reports or case series.Three RCTs were eligible for Meta analysis and all of them compared managements between Traditional Chinese Medicine and corticosteroids for exfoliative cheilitis, which involved 223 participants.Interestingly, data of Meta analysis showed similar effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine and corticosteroids for patients with exfoliative cheilitis [relative risk ratio:1.10; 95% CI(1.00-1.21), P = 0.06].CONCLUSION:Traditional Chinese Medicine might be a substitute for corticosteroids on exfoliative cheilitis.However, the evidence and recommendation of exfoliative cheilitis managements need to be taken with caution because of the low quality of evidence in the studies obtained.展开更多
文摘Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and ideational grammatical metaphors are pointed out by Halliday--the main representative of systemic-functional theory. This paper elaborates on the specific grammatical feature of EST （English for Science and Technology） text--＂nominalization of processes＂ to reveal the source of ideational metaphors. From the analysis of some examples, it is found that nominalization as a grammatical metaphor expresses the transference between process types, so it reveals the essence of ideational grammatical metaphors. Meanwhile, the comparison made between grammatical metaphors and vocabulary metaphors reflects the similarities between conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. In this way, this paper comes to the conclusion that the combination of the study methods of metaphors from both cognitive and systemic-functional perspectives is the best way to uncover the basic characteristic of human thinking.
文摘As a new field in the Discourse Analysis, Positive Discourse Analysis （PDA） is increasingly arousing more attention of linguistic scholars at home and abroad. However, in the field of the concession addresses, the studies on this kind of political text are limited. The winners of presidential election always draw much attention from the world and their speeches, for example, presidential inaugural address has been a hot study topic of linguistics. Nevertheless, the losers of presidential election are always neglected by the world and the study on concession address is scarce and rare. Therefore, the meaning of study on the concession speech helps fill the gap of the discourse analysis. This thesis applies the PDA under the framework of appraisal theory to analyze five concession speeches with a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. This study aims to complement CDA （Critical Discourse Analysis） to emphasize positive social construction of political discourse.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of P.R. China (No.50675069)
文摘In order to analyze the function demand of the distributed manufacturing information system as well as its control demand, and eliminate information ambiguity among system units to integrate semantics, the abstract Agent model and computational structure of each unit was presented based on flexible coupling automata. The autonomy of each unit was investigated in this foundation. The system unit was described using the Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontology. And the system semantics was also integrated. On these basics the communication among the system units was analyzed with an example of interaction between a machine and a warehouse. The control performances of information system units were investigated using Boolean matrix as a substitute for traditional process in RW theory, which reduced the computational complexity. This work established the foundation for the demand analysis, design and development of the distributed manufacture information system.
文摘Since the publication of the indexation documents and queries are represented by keywords from their content. The use of words to represent the document content and query generates several problems, the ambiguity of words and their disparity. The semantic indexing is as a solution that answers these problems. The goal context where the ambiguity is present, the semantic indexing is meant is to index by the meaning of words rather than words. In a to improve the performance of IRS （Information Retrieval System）. In this sense we will soon overcome the problems of traditional indexing approaches. What we propose is a new approach that will allow semantically indexing algorithms courses written in French language, based on a new application ontology. The aim of our approach is to adjust a semantic annotation tool with the reference ontology. The semantic annotation tool we generate an index that will be used in e-Learning as needed （question answering performance on the field. systems, information retrieval systems ） while improving
文摘This paper analyzes current status of teachers＇ speaking test, applies presently mature C/S system structure and oilers a network way for teachers＇ speaking exam. We provide the whole process of design and development in online speaking exam, illustrate several functional designs including item bank construction, auto-generating examination paper and test paper analysis and discuss various network programming development technology during teachers＇ speaking network examination intensively. Directed by software engineering theory, the system is finally designed and realized through feasible research, requirement analysis, general design, detailed design, and tests with popular system development language and powerful database management.
文摘Activity Theory （AT） has its philosophical roots in classical German philosophy, in the works of Marx and Engels, and in the Soviet Russian cultural-historical school of psychology （Engestrom, 1999）. AT and the Activity System （AS） model developed by Engestrom are widely used in a variety of fields in social sciences. In this paper, I consider how the AS model and the concept of ＂object＂ in particular can be adopted when researching the complexity and dynamics of teaching activity and its outcome on a phonetics course at a university in China. The findings indicate that varied ＂object＂ that each individual student is working at during the teaching and learning activities constitutes an important and direct factor leading to differentiated learning outcome in the phonetics course. A thorough examination of the relationship between the components of the AS reveals ways of narrowing the gap between the collective ＂object＂ that is constructed publicly and explicitly during the lesson and the individual ＂object＂ constructed silently and implicitly by each individual. The author argues that the closer the collective ＂object＂ is to the individual ones, the more rewarding a lesson will be to the majority of the students. Thus it is the teachers＇ responsibility to identify various individual ＂objects＂ and to bridge the gap between the collective and individual ＂objects＂ in order to improve the quality of classroom teaching and learning.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(miRNA Expression Model During Oral Leukoplakia Cancerization,No.30872887)National Construction Project of Clinical Key Specialized Department[2013]544-03Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(Epigenetic Regulation through GRIM19 Mediated Abnormal Metabolism in Head and Neck Carcinogenesis,No.15ZR1424700)
文摘OBJECTIVE:To systematically review treatments of exfoliative cheilitis based on symptom patterns in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.METHODS:Pub Med, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Wanfang data were screened for case reports, case series or clinical trials that were published in English or Chinese from January,1973 to September, 2015.The keyword of "exfoliative cheilitis or scaling cheilitis or factitious cheilitis" was used.Effectiveness or ineffectiveness was investigated as outcome for Meta analysis, which is based on effective index in each study.Response to treatment was described for case reports or case series.RESULTS:From 38 screened studies, 17 were randomized controlled trials(RCTs), 5 were single-arm trials, and 16 were case reports or case series.Three RCTs were eligible for Meta analysis and all of them compared managements between Traditional Chinese Medicine and corticosteroids for exfoliative cheilitis, which involved 223 participants.Interestingly, data of Meta analysis showed similar effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine and corticosteroids for patients with exfoliative cheilitis [relative risk ratio:1.10; 95% CI(1.00-1.21), P = 0.06].CONCLUSION:Traditional Chinese Medicine might be a substitute for corticosteroids on exfoliative cheilitis.However, the evidence and recommendation of exfoliative cheilitis managements need to be taken with caution because of the low quality of evidence in the studies obtained.
