Revisiting the Theory-Constitutive Metaphor by Bent Sørensen, Torkild Thellefsen and Amalia Nurma Dewi

In his seminal article “Metaphor and Theory Change: What is `Metaphor ́ a metaphor for?” (1993, [1979]), Richard Boyd describes a certain class of metaphors within science, namely, the theory-constitutive metaphors (henceforth the TCMs); this class of metaphors, Boyd explains, plays an important role in the formulation and development of theories because they express explanatory claims which, at least for the time being, cannot be conceived in any other known (literal) way.

Mourning the Bards: Interrogating the Contemporaneity of John Milton’s Lycidas and Pius Adebola Adesanmi by Professor Clement Olujide Ajidahun

This paper examines John Milton’s ‘Lycidas’ in line with the traditional conventions for analyzing pastoral elegies which include the invocation of the muses, the presence of nature in the mourning process, the charging of the guardian spirits by the mourners of negligence, the mourning procession, the questions of justice, elaborate passage and the final consolation.

A Socio-semiotic Analysis of Qat culture in Yemen by Dr. Nabil Mohammed Nasser Salem

The purpose of the present research work is to analyze ‘Qat’ as a linguistic sign consisting of a signifier and a signified to understand its various social, cultural, and political signifieds that give it the semiotic power to dominate all aspects of life in Yemen and to ground the coinage of many lexical items that are culturally specific to Qat culture and Yemeni dialects.

Yorùbá Linguistic Identity of Jẹ́nífà in Fúnkẹ́ Akíndélé’s Jẹ́nífà’s Diary by Prof. Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá, Dr. Aládésanmí Ọmọb́ ọlá Agnes and Olórò Táyé Ọláńrewájú

This paper examines the use of Yoruba language in Jenifa’s verbal acts in the English television series. The paper posits that the use of Yorùbá in Jẹ́nífà’s speech is used among their things, to (a) create humour; (b) hurl insults on people; (c) correct the negative language attitude of some educated parents that have forbidden the use of Yorùbá language in their homes and (d) adult language habits die hard.

Strategy and Semiosis: Insights from Operation Fortitude by Paul Ryder

Seeing the enemy almost completely wrong-footed, Operation Fortitude (Normandy) remains the most devastating deception in the history of warfare. It is also a campaign that teaches us a great deal about the internal dynamics and semiotics of strategy more generally. Accordingly, I propose that Operation Fortitude speaks profoundly to the principle of polysemy and to the related idea that, in competitive fields, strategic design may see to it that we are deceived into misreading tactics in relation to their informing concepts