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2024-03-29T14:22:32ZDeconstruction of the Construction: Derridean Study of Selected Shakespeare’s Comedies
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4983
Title: Deconstruction of the Construction: Derridean Study of Selected Shakespeare’s Comedies
Authors: Nozen, Seyyedeh Zahra; Sheikhalipour, Pegah
Abstract: Since it was first introduced by Jacques Derrida in the late 1960s, deconstruction, as a method
of reading, has been applied to literary texts by critics to reveal the hidden messages of texts
and provide opportunities to rethink textual and cultural norms and conventions. While the
western tradition has always prioritized tragedy over comedy due to its elegance and
graveness, this research tends to focus on comedy as an entity in itself. Tragedy, especially
in the Shakespearean sense of the word, has been considered by critics as a “construction”
which is well-wrought and perfect in nature. Comedy, on the other hand, is notable for the
laughing at the laughable and mocking the unfit. Put differently, there has always been a
latent, freewheeling “deconstruction” within comedy, especially the Shakespearean. There
is, thus, an attempt here to prove, on the one hand, how comedy can be put forth not as an
inferior genre but as a supplement to tragedy and, on the other, how comedy moves toward
deconstruction and how it tends to subvert or deconstruct the constructions. Investigating a
selection of Shakespeare’s comedies including As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, and
Twelfth Night, this study compares and contrasts Shakespearean comedy in light of some
Derridean concepts. Along with it, Shakespearean ideas and concepts which are
interconnected with those of Derrida are introduced and are buttressed through some
meticulously chosen excerpts. Bearing in mind that Derrida is in a habit of deconstructing
the so-called established creeds, Shakespeare’s texts are exposed to a deconstructive reading
to examine how deceptively simple ideas are dealt with in his selected comedies. Also, as
numerous enigmas have for years revolved around the personality of William Shakespeare,
this study also aims to take up certain critical idioms of the Derridean canon, elaborate on
them and then relate them to the selected plays from Shakespearean oeuvre in order to
disclose some personal aspects of Shakespeare’s personality as a historical figure.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZLanguage Choice in Azerbaijani Context: A Sociolinguistic perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4982
Title: Language Choice in Azerbaijani Context: A Sociolinguistic perspective
Authors: Rzayeva, Narmin; Tagiyev, Ilham; Mammadov, Azad
Abstract: This study deals with the issue of language choice from sociolinguistic perspectives. The
problem of multilingualism and plurilingualism in sociolinguistics occupies a special field
for the study and evokes the interest of most linguists. The goal of the research was to
investigate language choice from sociolinguistic perspectives. This experimental work was
carried out to verify the right choice of language (English, Russian and Azerbaijani) and to
identify its effectiveness, the data were processed and interpreted based on analysis. Special
attention was paid to the multilingualism / plurilingualism issues and multilingualism in
Azerbaijan separately. This paper presents the results of quantitative method for the
sociolinguistic research in language. It was based on the interviews that were conducted
among parents in order to learn their tendency to bring up their children in a multilingual
society. Thus, parents were interviewed in different schools with Russian, Azerbaijani and
English medium of instructions; school with Azerbaijani medium of instruction named as
“Zangi” lyceum, school with Russian medium named as “N_12”, school with English
medium called as “Baku-Oxford School”. This paper is an in-depth, multidimensional study
of such choices in language. The results of the data analysis affirm a solid status of English
as an international language in Azerbaijan and emphasize an undeniable position of
Azerbaijani language as well.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZA Comparative Analysis of the Similar Wordformation Processes in English and Arabic
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4981
Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Similar Wordformation Processes in English and Arabic
Authors: Abdullah Al-Hamidi, Tareq Abdo; Abbasova, Milana; Mammadov, Azad
Abstract: This paper sets out on a comparative analysis of similar word-formation processes in English
and Arabic. In doing so, it hopesto emerge and serve assubsequent and reliable, albeit partial,
reference material for English and Arabic linguistics, especially in reference to linguistic
structures. The framework herein for the study and analysis of word-formation processes in
both languages may also be applied in future studies and other genres, corpora, and texts.
This study enriches the research findings and meta-theory in the field of linguistics,
contributing to the current linguistic intellectualism trends. The specific processes discussed
are acronyms, antonomasia, backformation, blending, borrowing, compounding, and
derivation.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Leading Role of the Language Phenomenon in Brain Activity
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4980
Title: The Leading Role of the Language Phenomenon in Brain Activity
Authors: Hajiyeva, Minaxanum
Abstract: One of the most prime examples of a multidisciplinary field, Cogntive Lingusitics explores
language as a cognitive mechanism in the coding and transformation of information. On the
other hand, Neurolinguistics, combining two major sciences and studying the functional
course of consciousness, deals with cognitive processes and the relationship between the
brain and them. In the scientific development of its history, a number of different research
areas related to the study of the functionality of the brain hemispheres are noteworthy. The
different functions in the brain mechanism benefit from cognition, concepts, conceptsphers,
and other necessary elements. Cognitive linguistics dealing with the illumination of these
functions tries to highlight the aspects of language activity, seeing as how one of the
important keys to reflecting the programmed mechanism of the brain is language-related
activities. The main purpose of the research is to determine the relationship between
functionality of the language phenomenon and the brain mechanism.2020-01-01T00:00:00Z