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This blog has presented research findings based on the semiotic theory of imagery processes by Strømnes originally presented in 1973. All writings concerning the theory are collected in his book: The fall of the word and the rise of the…
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You never can tell – description of movements and discussion of the results
In the early days of film, the camera was very static. In modern times the equipment is very versatile and easy to move which gives the crew many opportunities to change the point of view and follow the persons on…
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You never can tell – shot sizes and image depth
This post presents some results from the English and Hungarian TV-versions of G.B. Shaw’s play “You never can tell”. Shot sizes Image size plays a crucial role in the viewer’s ability to perceive the state of play and the movements…
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Recording procedure in “You never can tell”
The research material was recopied and a time code was added. Shots [1] , shot sizes [2](Figure 1), number of people, and depth of the images were recorded in seconds. The change in any of these variables always started a…
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Hungarian and English plays compared
This post is starts a series about analyzing British and Hungarian versions of the same play. G.B. Shaw’s play You never can tell (1962, original 1896) was selected for the study. Since the mental models of the Finnish and Swedish…
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What about related languages? Estonian, Hungarian, and English
The last post was about differences in pictorial structures in productions where the teams came from two different language groups – the Indo-European (Swedish/Norwegian) and the Ural-Altaic (Finnish). English belongs to the Indo-European group while Estonian and Hungarian belong to…
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The Nordic TV-productions research
In the previous studies reported below, differences between language groups were sought from verbal communication. However, the differences in mental models are the underlying part of the theory. If their different structures had an impact on the formation and behavior…
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Linguistic relativity
This text of mine is a part of my continuation studies. I wrote it in the begining of the 1990’s. It deals with universalism and relativism in psychology, particularly with linguistic universality and relativity. The former argues that the cognitive…
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Frode J Strømnes: Are there significant differences between the mental outlooks of languages?
A paper presented to EU-translators in Brussels in 2007. Edited by Antero Johansson Introduction This topic presupposes that I acquaint you with the view of language that I find scientifically well founded. To put it plainly, the experimental evidence has…
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About the next post
The next post will be an edited version of a paper by the late professor Strømnes. In 2007 he gave a speech to a group of EU-translators in Brussels. His notes had lain in my archives for twelve years until…
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Comparison of Strømnes and Paivio models
The widest uniform model in addition to the Strømnes model, which take a stand on both images and verbal processing, is Paivio’s dual coding model. Next, I look at the Paivio model and show where his model differs from the…
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Linguistic behaviour studies supporting the Strømnes theory
The Strømnes model is presented in the form of a line drawn from an external stimulus (verbalization / visual observation) to the internal (central nervous system) function – to the memory and to the formation of images. According to this,…
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Geometric relations conveyed by Swedish prepositions and Finnish cases
The images shown on the following pages are schematic drawings of animated films that were constructed as experimental laboratory work (Strømnes, 1974)1. It is easy to see that the systems are very different. Prepositions of the Swedish language are represented…
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The semiotic theory of image processes by Strømnes
The previous post described how individual words “found their way” into main memory. This part of the theory describes how combinations of words work in the same situation (Strømnes, 1973). Linguistic communication is thought to be statements about spaces. Space…
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Information theory by Strømnes
The information theory by Strømnes is divided into two parts. The first part contains memory models, two of them. They depict the memorizing of meaningless and meaningful material. The second part describes how to use combinations of words, i.e. how…
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- What do these research findings mean?
- You never can tell – description of movements and discussion of the results
- You never can tell – shot sizes and image depth
- Recording procedure in “You never can tell”
- Hungarian and English plays compared
- What about related languages? Estonian, Hungarian, and English
- The Nordic TV-productions research
- Linguistic relativity
- Frode J Strømnes: Are there significant differences between the mental outlooks of languages?
- About the next post
- Comparison of Strømnes and Paivio models
- Linguistic behaviour studies supporting the Strømnes theory
- Geometric relations conveyed by Swedish prepositions and Finnish cases
- The semiotic theory of image processes by Strømnes
- Information theory by Strømnes