Linguistic Connections among Torah Codes 29 November 2004

Torah Codes: New Experimental Protocols

Because of its unexpected nature, finding words as equidistant letter sequences (Torah codes) in a text may appear to be interesting. However, there is a significant probability that they occur by chance. In this paper we discuss a repeatable and objective methodology for defining a priori related pairs of key words for use in an experiment and we define a testing methodlogoy for testing the hy...

A Mathematical Look at the Torah Codes

Truth : Elusive or Illusive ?

How should one react when "reality," based on observations and scientific proofs, appears to be at odds with the teachings of the Torah? Some critical observers have noted that it is common for people to accept "reality" as fact and attempt to reconcile the Torah with the "facts," regardless of how tortured and convoluted the solution may be. Rather than accepting this apologetic approach, thes...

Revisiting the Arabic Diglossic Situation and Highlighting the Socio-Cultural Factors Shaping Language Use in Light of Auer’s (2005) Model

In the field of Arabic sociolinguistics, diglossia has been an interesting linguistic inquiry since it was first discussed by Ferguson in 1959. Since then, diglossia has been discussed, expanded, and revisited by Badawi (1973), Hudson (2002), and Albirini (2016) among others. While the discussion of the Arabic diglossic situation highlights the existence of two separate codes (High and Lo...

Film Studies and Translation Studies: Two Disciplines at Stake in Audiovisual Translation

Audiovisual texts are usually built according to the conventions of film language, a complex language that overcomes linguistic communication and has its own rules and conventions. In film language it is possible to distinguish several signifying codes which complement and frame words and linguistic meaning. This paper will focus on the interplay of non-linguistic codes in film language and aud...