Body, language and meaning in conflict situations [[electronic resource] ] : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman
| Body, language and meaning in conflict situations [[electronic resource] ] : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman |
| Autore | Waisman Orit Sônia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2/22095694 |
| Collana | Studies in functional and structural linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Speech and gesture - Political aspects - Israel
Body language - Political aspects - Israel Gesture - Political aspects - Israel Arab-Israeli conflict - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-89729-2
9786612897290 90-272-8755-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459098103321 |
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Body, language and meaning in conflict situations [[electronic resource] ] : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman
| Body, language and meaning in conflict situations [[electronic resource] ] : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman |
| Autore | Waisman Orit Sônia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2/22095694 |
| Collana | Studies in functional and structural linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Speech and gesture - Political aspects - Israel
Body language - Political aspects - Israel Gesture - Political aspects - Israel Arab-Israeli conflict - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-89729-2
9786612897290 90-272-8755-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785481303321 |
Waisman Orit Sônia
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Body, language and meaning in conflict situations : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman
| Body, language and meaning in conflict situations : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / / Orit Sônia Waisman |
| Autore | Waisman Orit Sônia |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2/22095694 |
| Collana | Studies in functional and structural linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Speech and gesture - Political aspects - Israel
Body language - Political aspects - Israel Gesture - Political aspects - Israel Arab-Israeli conflict - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
9786612897290
9781282897298 1282897292 9789027287557 9027287554 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Body, Language and Meaning in Conflict Situations -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A presentation of the field -- Body, language and meaning -- The body and its social meaning -- The study of non-verbal communication -- Pointing gestures -- Mismatches between verbal and non-verbal modalities -- Gestures remain unnoticed -- Linguistics and non-verbal study -- Sign-oriented semiotic theory -- The word systems semiotic approach -- Research on conflict -- Language and conflict -- Conflict between groups -- The Arab-Jewish conflict -- 3. Methodological issues -- The data: A means to study conflict -- Preliminary data analysis -- A gestalt view of the text -- Initial analysis of mismatches -- The mismatch form -- Non-random distribution of signs: The word systems -- Analysis of the text as a whole -- The word systems theoretical framework -- The beten (belly) word system -- The medina-adama (state-land) word system -- The Shoa-Nakba (Holocaust-Catastrophe) word system -- Limitations -- 4. The beten word system -- The meaning of the belly - Literature review -- The first half of the ninth meeting -- Brief presentation of the interaction -- The mismatches -- Non-verbal expressions of beten -- The second half of the ninth meeting -- The beginning -- Michal: The notion of space and the full beten -- Nurit: Addressing her own identity issue through the beten mele'a -- Nabila: The beten as a common enemy -- Nurit: Efforts to connect to Manar's beten -- Manar: Puncture vs. protection, some verbal and non-verbal considerations -- Other participants describe Shoshi -- Further observations - Other participants -- The facilitators: Verbal and non-verbal considerations -- Sari: Difficulties with the undefined, with feelings -- Michael: Approaching intimacy -- Ovad and Dan: The handshake.
Ovad: Struggling with "sensations of the beten" -- Nabila confronts Ovad's refusal to feel -- The various outlets of the body -- Discussion -- 5. The medina-adama word system -- The meanings of medina-adama: Literature review -- The analysis -- Sari: The speaker of the medina -- Mismatch M11/129: Proximate and remote deictics -- How a state is born -- Mismatch M7/130 -- Nasrin: The speaker of the adama -- Nasrin: Non-verbal considerations -- The first meeting -- The second meeting -- The third meeting -- Meeting 3 continued: The first overt confrontation between Sari and Nasrin -- Meetings 4-6 -- Meeting 7: The second conflict between Nasrin and Sari -- Meetings 8-11 -- Loss of the adama: Meetings 12-16 -- Summary: Sari and Nasrin -- Medina and adama: Additional analyses -- Haled: "No problem of adama" -- The relationship between Ovad and Dan -- Dan: The medina solution -- Ovad: Loyalty to the medina -- Dan and Ovad -- The territories -- Ibrahim's adama -- Muhammad's finale -- Discussion -- 6. The Shoa-Nakba word system -- A general look at the Shoa-Nakba word system -- The thirteenth meeting -- Raising unspeakable issues -- Leading up to Nabila's mismatch -- Mismatch M13/121: Equating the Shoa and the Nakba -- The aftermath of the mismatch -- Points of interconnection between the Shoa-Nakba and the beten word systems -- The relationship between Dana and Muhammad -- Dana: The "radar" of the Shoa word system -- Muhammad, who dares speak the Nakba -- Dana's mismatches -- Who snaps first? Meetings 4 and 5 -- Meeting 7: Hidden knowledge of Muhammad -- Blurring of identities -- A final word -- 7. Conclusions -- Understanding conflict -- Three layers of significance of the Arab-Jewish conflict -- Analysis of conflict groups -- Mismatches between verbal and non-verbal expressions -- Recommendations for future research -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Appendix. Name index -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910955132903321 |
Waisman Orit Sônia
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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