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| All of these projects are concerned with analogical reasoning and the organization of cognitive space. |
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PART ONE The first introduces basic concepts such as the cognitive foundations of cognitive linguistics and its implications for the renaissance of metaphorical thinking, the anatomy of social metaphors, and the epistemological nature of metaphorical expression. |
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PART TWO The second part has to do with the graphical nature of writing systems such as the organization of cognitive space in ideographic writing and the implications of such systems for the social construction of reality through iconic signs. |
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PROJECT THREE Mythical Structures and Social Rituals |
| Myths and rituals are socially structured events that function as social markers within human discourse. These narrations invoke the social and cultural conscience of the participants in a social group. In essence, they are social dramas. When the culture has shifted and the genesis of these social events are obscured, these social dramas become social rituals and myths. One could classify these social narrations under visual metaphors because they are often accompanied by visual demonstrations of iconic objects held sacred by the group. However, these social events also co-occur with incantations, music, and dance. Since these narrations emerged from earlier societal types, they reflect the propensity for art, dance, and music characteristic of traditional oral cultures. |
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PROJECT FOUR The fith project has to do with the biology of praxis and how kinetic practices are used to model new forms of physiological expression. |
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PROJECT FIVE The sixth project involves the use of mathematical archetypes. There are certain forms that continue to reappear as complex repetitive structures in art, music, and biology. These forms merit further investigation as they constitute mathematical archetypes. |
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PROJECT SIX This project has to do with social patterns that become engrained into a social network as tacit postulates. The past never dies. It is retained in some form or other in the social present. It may be modified, restructured, revisualized, or remembered, but it is always with the members of society. It lives with its citizenry in the present. It influences social thinking and dominates social arguments. It is the source of social enlightenment as well as a form of social constraint. This is why historical knowledge is necessary. History is the study of the social past; it provides insight into the social present. |
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| Medical English Project at Xinjiang Normal University |