Connotation

Abstract: Poster is one of the main modes of multimodal discourse and plays a very important role in film promotion. Based on the visual grammar system under the framework of meta-functional theory, this paper gives a multimodal discourse analysis on a poster of the movie Hi, Mom. The purpose is to interpret the reproducing meaning, interactive meaning and composition meaning of the film poster, which helps to explore the connotation and thematic meaning of the film poster discourse, so as to help people better understand the theme of the film.

Abstract: Introduction My task is to share with you some reflections on the twin themes of "strategic planning" and "management for change." With respect to the first topic, my Oxford dictionary, to which I frequently resort in moments of linguistic confusion, tells me that "strategy" is the art of the commander-in-chief of an army. However, the purpose of this paper is not to talk about military matters. The fact is that terms such as "strategy" or "strategic planning" are being applied in a bewildering variety of contexts. The denotation of such terms has become so broad that their connotation or meaning threatens to vanish. If you do not care for such philosophical jargon, just consider what happens when you spread jam on your toast: the farther you spread it the thinner it gets. So with spreading a term too far, it becomes thin and unnourishing. These days we talk not only of strategic planning for national defence, of strategies for government financing, or for university management and planning; we hear also of strategies for playing the stock market, for improving your game of golf, for more productive gambling at the casino, and so forth. Not long ago, as a charming young lady was leaving town to take part in some national beauty contest, the interviewer at the airport asked her: "And just what will your strategy be in the modelling contest?" "My strategy is just to be my natural self," was the reply and probably a very good one at that.

Abstract: Much of the popular outcry against the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. New London can be understood in terms of the public's commitment to the conception of the home as a castle. This familiar metaphor is typically viewed as aligned with libertarian conceptions of property and of the right to exclude. Taken to its logical conclusion, the metaphor's connotation of an owner's "absolute dominion" would seem to rule out the exercise of eminent domain altogether. A different understanding of the castle metaphor is possible, however, one rooted in notions of the dignity of home ownership. While such a dignitary understanding of the home as the castle remains true to the intuitions underlying the metaphor, it yields a far more flexible stance towards eminent domain.

Abstract: Authors introduce the origination and connotation of the concept of ecosystem health and main research contents in ecosystem health; expound the relationships between ecosystem health and sustainable development for human. The authors also introduce some famous practices on ecosystem health around world, and provide suggestions that it should be urgent to address the research in the field of ecosystem health in China.