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Semiotics and Language;Peculiarity Of Ilia State University Khazar University semiotika samecniero Jurnali XVII SEMIOTICS SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL Tbilisi Tbilisi 2017 2 UDC 81′22 Editor-in-Chief Tsira Barbakadze E d i t o r s Bahman Amani, Head of English Language and Literature Department, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan Shorena Barbakadze, Associate Professor, Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia Tamar Berekashvili, Professor, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Marina Giorgadze, Shota Rustaveli State university, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Batumi, Georgia Rahila Geybullayeva, Head of the Journalism Department, Baku Slavic University, Baku, Azerbaijan Ilham Tagiyev, instructor of the English Language and Literature Department, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan Guram Kipiani, Professor, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Gia Jokhadze, Associate Professor, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Proceeding of the 8th International Scientific Conference in Semiotics. Baku, Azerbaijan © Semiotics Research Centre 2017 ISSN 1512-2409 dagvikavSirdiT: E-mail: [email protected] 3 Content Medium and the World Dr. Tsira Barbakadze, Professor Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Medium and The Word ............................................................... 7 Dr. Nino Abakelia, Associate Professor Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Rritual as a medium in the cosmological discourse of the Georgians ..........................................................................................10 PhD. Aliya Ahmadova Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan, Baku Semiotics in XX century postmodern context………………………………20 Zoya Asgerova, Scientific worker University of Language, Azerbaijan, Baku Place of phonological opposition in the system of signs.................28 Dr. Shorena Barbakadze, Associate professor Akaki Tsereteli State University, Georgia, Kutaisi “Conscience” in Ancient Greek Historiography(Conscience as Medium)............................................................................................32 Dr. Marine Giorgadze, Professor Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia, Batumi Pontic Greeks in Ajara-Photo Histories............................................40 Dr. Nino Gogiashvili, Associate Professor Iakob Gogebashvili State University, Georgia, Telavi Baratashvili's "Merani" as a Medium and Lyrical Model of The Absolute Transcendence .......................................................51 4 PhD. Gurbanli Ilahe Khazar Universitety National Academy of Science, Azerbaijan, Baku How we see colors and how we mark them ................................. 57 PhD. Gelemshah Heybatov University of Languages, Azerbaijan, Baku Role of semiotics in teaching of English phonetics..........................63 PhD. Natalia Ingorokva, Dr. Temur Jagodnishvili, Professor, Georgian Technical University, Georgia, Tbilisi Influence of Media Literacy on Education and Its Teaching Status at the Universities of Georgia................................................68 Dr. Grigol Jokhadze, Associate Professor, Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Two Mediums – Language and Poet (On Brodsky’s Poetic Ideology). ...........................................................................................75 PhD. Shujaet Karimova, Teacher Azerbaijan State Economic University, Azerbaijan, Baku Polysemy and the Development of New Meanings ........................82 Dr. Marina Kavtaradze, Professor, V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire, Georgia, Tbilisi Music as a medium: Semiotic Aspects of Giya Kancheli's Creative Work ...................................................................................89 PhD. Valida Karimova Khazar University, Azerbaijan, Baku Semiotics and Language: Peculiarity of Language Structure of Noam Chomcky .................................................................................96 Dr. Tamar Lomidze, Associate Professor Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Conceptual Modeling in the Poetic Language (Romantic and Symbolist models)................................................ 102 5 Dr. Mariam Marjanishvili , Scientific worker Kutaisi State Historical Museum, Georgia, Kutaisi The World of Games and Georgian Theatre in Baku .......................108 Rusudan Mirtskhulava , Professor Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi The Medium in the Psychology ........................................................115 Dr. Tinatin Mshvidobadze, Associate professor Gori State Teaching University, Georgia, Gori Digital information transmission systems and social media...........121 PhD. Ada Nemsadze, Researcher Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, Georgia, Tbilisi Anna Letodiani, Assistant professor Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, Georgia, Tbilisi Lost person problem in Nino Kharatishvili’s novel My Gentle Twin.................................................................................127 PhD. Yegana Orujova Mashadi Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan, Baku Euphemistic Functions of Adjectives Denoting Color in the French Political and Media Discourses............................................133 Sabina Poladova, Assistant professor University of Languages, Azerbaijan, Baku Language as a Semiotic System .................................................... 139 PhD. Pustakhanim Yusifova Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan, Baku Symbolic Expression Of Implicit Meaning In Cross-Cultural Communication.................................................................................144 6 Dr. Shota Rodinadze, Teacher Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia, Batumi Concept “Human” and Dependence of Mentality on the Verbal Forms of Representation................................................149 Nino Rodonaia, Associate Professor Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Media Ethics and Human Dignity ....................................................155 PhD. Maka Sakhuria Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium, Georgia, Tbilisi An Author, a Book and Reader Then and Now (On the example of the novel “Oona and Salinger” by Frederic Beigbeder)......................................................................161 PhD. Ilham Taghiyev Khazar University, Azerbaijan, Baku English Linguistic Jokes under the ‘Umbrella’ of Semiotics.............165 Dr. Khatuna Tavdgiridze , Associate Professor Georgian American University, Georgia, Tbilisi Creation of Universal Dichotomy and Mythical Mediation.............172 Dr. Tamar Tsagareli, Associate Professor Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University, Georgia, Tbilisi Medium and Theatrical Arts (For a model of the Jester in the drama and theatre) ................................................................177 PhD. Shorena Shamanadze, PhD. Natela Chitauri Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, Georgia, Tbilisi Cultural Memory – the Medium between National and Intercultural Identities......................................................................187 7 Tsira Barbakadze Medium and The Word It is a great pleasure for me to declare open the Eighth International Conference in Semiotics. We have the privilege as well of holding our conference in the beautifully equipped building of the Khazar University and to welcome all the participants who came here to exchange experience and work together a day on the exciting field of semiotics and their applications. It is well known that Semiotics is the losing the borders in science and the new paradigm of conscience and perception. What about the event we celebrate, it proves clearly that the Conference in Semiotics left Georgia, crossed the geographical border and took up its residence at Khazar University. University, as such, is the place for collecting and spreading knowledge. Fur- thermore, the scientific competition is the synergy, according to which both parties feel themselves enriched and ennobled with knowledge. Everything that signs is semiotics and everything that belongs to semiotics – me- dium. We call ‘’medium” all things which are shaped: verbal, visual and audial lan- guages. 8 Tsira Barbakadze Human beings, facts, occasions – everything leave traces, i.e. signs. Though, signs, on their own account, mean nothing. They are information-carrying mediums, and in order to decode this very information, our mind operates still with signs. Our ability to identify or recognize something is performed with the help of signs only. We can think by means of signs. And there is no difference either our thoughts are verbal or visual… On both occasions, we deal with the signs of the different systems. The process of semiosis is the perpetual creation that never ends. Receiving one and only defined meaning, the sign turns into lifeless thing. That is why semiologists call a dictionary “graveyard of meanings”. The meaning comes into existence in live process, whereas it acquires real meaning, in a definite context, within a certain space and at a certain time. According to another definition of semiotics, this is the description of other systems by means of linguistic methods. Here we should recall one of the significant metaphors which provides another sign systems as the languages, as in respect of any sign systems we use metaphorically the metaphor of language: animal’s language, gesture language, the Language of Fashion, ritual language, the language of love, and so forth. These systems function as a language system. Language is the model making system, and
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