The matter of meaning in place, is one of the main qualities of human life. People consciously or unconsciously looking for meanings in places. The importance of finding the meaning of place is that, Understanding the meaning will lead to “act” in place. Finding the place friendly, or finding it insecure will lead to act differently. Now the question is that, is the meaning of place, something ...

Abstract Is conceptual engineering feasible? Answering that question requires a theory of semantic change, which is sometimes thought elusive. Fortunately, much known about change as it occurs in the wild. While usage chaotic and complex, changes word’s use can produce its meaning. There are several under-appreciated empirical constraints on how meanings stem from following observation: word fi...

the matter of meaning in place, is one of the main qualities of human life. people consciously or unconsciously looking for meanings in places. the importance of finding the meaning of place is that, understanding the meaning will lead to “act” in place. finding the place friendly, or finding it insecure will lead to act differently. now the question is that, is the meaning of place, something ...

the body-part term dast ‘hand’ is investigated in this article as used in the first part of 160 farsi compound nouns. the questions are: how is the semantic change pattern of hand used in persian compound nouns? also how the collective mind and social/ cultural memory of persian linguistic society can be accounted for and compared with chinese and english? the aim is investigation of semantic c...

Adverse events such as disasters are interpreted through a system of meaning provided by culture. Historically, research into society’s response to disasters provides numerous examples of community resilience in face of adversity. However, since the 1980s, numerous researchers have challenged the previous optimistic accounts and argue that such incidents result in long-term damage to the commun...

"In the Netherlands, the social meaning of both marriage and cohabitation has changed. Cohabitation started as an alternative way of living, developed into a temporary phase before marriage, and finally became a strategy for moving into a union gradually.... This article addresses the question whether or not individual past and current life-course experiences become increasingly important in ex...