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The Norwegian Hogganvik Stone as an Emblem of Social Status and Identity
2013
Abstract This paper scrutinizes the lexical content and sociocultural functions of the recently discovered Hogganvik runestone from 4th- or 5th-century Norway. Archaeological excavations in 2010 did not confirm the general expectation that the stone belongs to a grave and hence supported the suspicion that this type of runic monument neither constitutes a gravestone nor a prototypical memorial stone commemorating the dead. I argue that Hogganvik functions as an emblem of status and identity and hence prefigures sociocultural structures of power not unlike those evidenced by the early 7th-century Blekinge inscriptions with their lycophoric names, e.g., hAriwolAfz (KJ 96 Stentoften). This lex…
Letters to the editor: Still vigorous after all these years?
2006
Abstract This paper investigates Letters to the Editor, a section in biomedical journals used by scientists since the early 19th century to question already validated research. The aim of this study is to highlight some of the discursive strategies and to bring to the fore the linguistic characteristics of this particular genre, to analyze its goal, role and use within a community of French researchers. It is based on a corpus of 200 letters selected from two scientific journals in the fields of biology and medicine: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Lancet published between 1999 and 2002. The strategy of questioning is analyzed as an explicit and implicit mode of criticism…
Within and between variations of texts elicited from nine wine experts
2006
Nine wine experts tasted in replicate six Chardonnay wines that had been aged in oak barrels from different forests and/or species. They freely gave their descriptions in writing; the only instruction given was to underline three words or expressions that best characterized each tasted wine. The texts were submitted to an objective lexical analysis that quantified the important variation among the experts. In addition a matching task was performed by 117 assessors in which each assessor received from each expert six white cards and six yellow cards representing the descriptions of the six white wines and six red wines. The assessors were incapable of matching the descriptions for the same e…
L'évolution de la représentation des médias de communication : le cas d'Internet
2008
the aim of this study is to show the evolution of the social representation of an object which gradually anchored in daily practices. Our approach is longitudinal the study took place during 5 years. 315 subjects were divided in 3 independent groups of regular users of Internet. Measurement was done at 3 times: in 2001, 2003 and 2005. Subjects are solicited for a verbal association task. Results are treated by a lexical analysis followed by a prototypic analysis (VERGES, 1992). Results show an important evolution of general organization of elements constituting the social representation. Discussion underlies two main points. First concerns modifications appearing inside the representation d…
Evolution of nurses' social representation of hospital hygiene: From training to practice
2011
Nurses' social representations of hospital hygiene were analyzed. A cross-sectional method was used to compare and analyze the social representations of the concept domain of "hospital hygiene" across three independent groups of participants (N=744). The groups included: (a) professional nurses (N=114); (b) student nurses (N=315); and (c) psychology students (N=315). Comparisons were drawn: (a) between professionals and students; and (b) between student nurse cohorts at three different levels (years) of training. The results show an ongoing evolution of the social representations of hospital hygiene during training and in the course of professional practice. The representation of hospital h…