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Logical Conceptualization of Knowledge on the Notion of Language Communication
The main objective of the paper is to provide a conceptual apparatus
of a general logical theory of language communication. The aim of the paper is
to outline a formal-logical theory of language in which the concepts of the phenomenon
of language communication and language communication in general
are defined and some conditions for their adequacy are formulated. The theory
explicates the key notions of contemporary syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
The theory is formalized on two levels: token-level and type-level. As such, it
takes into account the dual – token and type – ontological character of linguistic
entities. The basic notions of the theory: language communication, meaning
and interpretation are introduced on the second, type-level of formalization, and
their required prior formalization of some of the notions introduced on the first,
token-level; among others, the notion of an act of communication. Owing to the
theory, it is possible to address the problems of adequacy of both empirical acts
of communication and of language communication in general. All the conditions
of adequacy of communication discussed in the presented paper, are valid for
one-way communication (sender-recipient); nevertheless, they can also apply to
the reverse direction of language communication (recipient-sender). Therefore,
they concern the problem of two-way understanding in language communication
A New Theory of Communication: Privacy Surrender for Security Theory
This thesis seeks to analyze the viability of a newly proposed theory of communication, Privacy Surrender for Security Theory (PSST), by analyzing a quantitative survey administered by the researcher. Proposed in 2018 by a team of undergraduate students, Privacy Surrender for Security Theory seeks to explain why American citizens are willing to surrender their personal privacy rights for the sake of national security. The original team of researchers prepared a survey to further their study, and the researcher chose to administer a revised version of that survey through Facebook and a group message. Most participants surveyed said knowing that the National Security Administration has surveillance programs in place made them feel safer, yet when asked if knowing that the National Security Administration could access their personal information made them feel violated, many agreed. The survey data reveals that American citizens generally agree that the nation is vulnerable to acts of terror, yet the data also reveals that Americans are divided on their feelings on surrendering their personal privacy rights for the sake of increasing national security. An analysis of the data reveals evidence that supports the third axiom of the proposed theory, and further research is suggested to continue analyzing the first two axioms of PSST
Editorial: Relevance Theory and Intercultural Communication Problems
This editorial to the special issue of RiL dedicated to relevance theory and problems of intercultural communication addresses the general requirements that a theory of communication must meet to be applicable to the analysis of intercultural communication. Then it discusses criticism levelled against Grice’s theory of conversational implicature and Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness on the grounds that these theories were not universal enough to be applied to all data. Finally, it offers some remarks on the applicability of relevance theory to intercultural pragmatics
Quantum communication, reference frames and gauge theory
We consider quantum communication in the case that the communicating parties
not only do not share a reference frame but use imperfect quantum communication
channels, in that each channel applies some fixed but unknown unitary rotation
to each qubit. We discuss similarities and differences between reference frames
within that quantum communication model and gauge fields in gauge theory. We
generalize the concept of refbits and analyze various quantum communication
protocols within the communication model.Comment: pretty pointless, published nonetheles
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