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Papers by Dusan Stamenkovic
Metaphor and Symbol, 2024
Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks invo... more Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks involving natural language processing and reasoning, there has been sharp disagreement as to whether their abilities extend to more creative human abilities. A core example is the interpretation of novel metaphors. Here we assessed the ability of GPT-4, a state-of-the-art large language model, to provide natural-language interpretations of a recent AI benchmark (Fig-QA dataset), novel literary metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry and translated into English, and entire novel English poems. GPT-4 outperformed previous AI models on the Fig-QA dataset. For metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry, human judges – blind to the fact that an AI model was involved – rated metaphor interpretations generated by GPT-4 as superior to those provided by a group of college students. In interpreting reversed metaphors, GPT-4, as well as humans, exhibited signs of sensitivity to the Gricean cooperative principle. In addition, for several novel English poems GPT-4 produced interpretations that were rated as excellent or good by a human literary critic. These results indicate that LLMs such as GPT-4 have acquired an emergent ability to interpret literary metaphors, including those embedded in novel poems.
Language & Communication, 2024
VR applications for medical simulations such as emergency situations offer new ways of providing ... more VR applications for medical simulations such as emergency situations offer new ways of providing knowledge and practical skills for saving a life and potentially represent a complex communicative environment. The communicative situations constructed by this environment bring with them an increasing level of interactivity and ergodicity and it is particularly challenging to address these analytically. We address this challenge by looking at Lifesaver VR and providing a foundational framework for the multimodal analysis of the communicative situations created in this application. We describe how information and content units of the game can be built and how these units can then be combined into complex discourse structures outlining the complexity and simultaneity of narrative, instructional, and interactive aspects of the game.
Teme, 2024
Given that the use and comprehension of figurative language is one of the most intriguing abiliti... more Given that the use and comprehension of figurative language is one of the most intriguing abilities of the mind, this study extends the line of research related to the process of understanding figurative language to individual differences. The starting assumption is that individual differences affect our ability to understand figurative language, focusing on fluid and crystallized intelligence. These types of intelligence were measured in relation to the ability t1o understand metaphors, and their influence was investigated indirectly, through tests that reliably examine both types of intelligence. The research investigates non-literary metaphors in the Serbian language, normed according to the following dimensions: metaphoricity, aptness, and familiarity. This study seeks to show whether and to what extent fluid and/or crystallized intelligence influence the process of understanding non-literary metaphors normed according to different features. Through selected verbal and non-verbal tests, Raven’s progressive matrices (Raven, 1938), semantic similarities test (Stamenković, Ichien, & Holyoak, 2019a), as well as a non-literary metaphor comprehension test, it is determined in which way fluid and crystallized intelligence play roles in the process of metaphor comprehension, as well as which possible cognitive mechanism allows us to process metaphors. The results show that the comprehension of non-literary metaphors mostly relies on crystallized intelligence, while fluid intelligence seems to be employed in individual cases, only with some groups of metaphors.
Linguistics Vanguard, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of translating literary metaphors from Serbian to... more The aim of this study is to examine the effects of translating literary metaphors from Serbian to English on metaphor quality, aptness, metaphoricity, and familiarity. The research involved 55 Serbian metaphors translated into English using the A is B form, which were then evaluated by 252 participants in two separate studies. Study 1 served as an extension of a previous norming study. In it, a group of participants assessed 55 translated literary metaphorical expressions, and their evaluations were compared to those of the original Serbian versions. In Study 2, a group of participants, divided into two subgroups, rated a collection of both the original metaphorical expressions and their translated counterparts. The results indicate that the translated metaphors generally scored higher in terms of aptness, familiarity, quality, and partially in metaphoricity. These findings suggest that translating the metaphors into English had a positive impact on their perceived effectiveness and familiarity. Several factors are considered to explain these outcomes, including the nature of the English language itself, the participants’ exposure to English, and the translation process. Overall, this study highlights the influence of translation on the perception of literary metaphors and provides insights into metaphor interpretation.
Psychology and Aging, 2024
Older adults may experience certain forms of cognitive decline, but some forms of semantic memory... more Older adults may experience certain forms of cognitive decline, but some forms of semantic memory remain intact in older age. To address how metaphor comprehension changes with age and whether metaphor comprehension relies more heavily on analogical reasoning (supported by fluid intelligence) or on conceptual combination (supported by crystalized intelligence), we compared performance of younger and older adults. In two experiments, healthy older adults (54–88 years) scored lower on a measure of fluid intelligence (Ravens Progressive Matrices) but higher on a measure of crystalized intelligence (Mill Hill Vocabulary Test) relative to younger adults (18–34 years). Groups were equally successful in comprehending relatively easy metaphors (Study 1), but older adults showed a striking advantage over younger adults for novel literary metaphors (Study 2). Mixed-effects modeling showed that measures of fluid and crystalized intelligence each made separable contributions to metaphor comprehension for both groups, but older adults relied more on crystalized intelligence than did younger adults. These age-related dissociations clarify cognitive effects of aging and highlight the importance of crystalized intelligence for metaphor comprehension in both younger and older adults.
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024
Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks invo... more Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks involving natural language processing and reasoning, there has been sharp disagreement as to whether their abilities extend to more creative human abilities. A core example is the interpretation of novel metaphors. Given the enormous and non-curated text corpora used to train LLMs, a serious obstacle to designing tests is the need to obtain novel yet high-quality metaphors that are unlikely to have been included in the training data. Here we assessed the ability of GPT-4, a state-of-the-art large language model, to provide natural-language interpretations of novel literary metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry and translated into English. Human judges—blind to the fact that an AI model was involved—rated metaphor interpretations generated by GPT-4 as superior to those provided by a group of college students. In interpreting reversed metaphors, GPT-4, as well as humans, exhibited signs of sensitivity to the Gricean cooperative principle. These results indicate that LLMs such as GPT-4 have acquired an emergent ability to interpret literary metaphors.
Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 2023
This study analyses visual and verbal material found in Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book Tsar Dušan’s W... more This study analyses visual and verbal material found in Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book Tsar Dušan’s Wedding (1938/1976) (orig. Ženidba Cara Dušana) using a set of tools coming from the domains of intersemiotic translation, intermediality, and adaptation. The comic book is based on the Serbian oral epic ballad Dušan’s Wedding (orig. Ženidba Dušanova), which focuses on the hero wedding theme. The study will try to present verbal and graphic devices used to transfer the epic narrative to the medium of comics and compare them to the ones used in the original story. It will also address the aspect of the epic ballad structure and its transposition into the realm of comics. The analysis will take into account the historical context of the comic book in question and compare the findings with some of the results of contemporary comics studies dealing with certain graphic devices employed in comics. These findings reveal that Lobačev’s comic book contains certain graphic flourishes related to describing motion, speed and spatiality, but lacks the ones used to depict affect, which is in line with basic traits of oral epic poetry.
Metaphor and Symbol, 2023
Using poetic metaphors in the Serbian language, we identified systematic variations in the impact... more Using poetic metaphors in the Serbian language, we identified systematic variations in the impact of fluid and crystalized intelligence on comprehension of metaphors that varied in rated aptness and familiarity. Overall, comprehension scores were higher for metaphors that were high rather than low in aptness, and high rather than low in familiarity. A measure of crystalized intelligence was a robust predictor of comprehension across the full range of metaphors, but especially for those that were either relatively unfamiliar or more apt. In contrast, individual differences associated with fluid intelligence were clearly found only for metaphors that were low in aptness. Superior verbal knowledge appears to be particularly important when trying to find meaning in novel metaphorical expressions, and also when exploring the rich interpretive potential of apt metaphors. The broad role of crystalized intelligence in metaphor comprehension is consistent with the view that metaphors are largely understood using semantic integration processes continuous with those that operate in understanding literal language.
ESP Today, 2024
This article presents a study that investigated students' attitudes toward both online and face-t... more This article presents a study that investigated students' attitudes toward both online and face-to-face English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes. The study was conducted with students of mechanical engineering and engineering management after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions that allowed face-to-face teaching to resume. The study aimed to determine students' preferences for online or face-to-face classes and the reasons behind their opinions. It also aimed to compare the difficulty and interest level of EAP classes with other courses and gather qualitative feedback on how online EAP classes could be improved. The study was primarily quantitative, but it had a qualitative segment, too. The results indicated that students generally prefer face-to-face to online classes, although only marginally. Participants appreciated the ability to work from home and revisit recorded lessons in online classes, while face-to-face classes were valued for better communication with the instructor and collaboration with peers. English was viewed as better suited to online teaching than other courses, but students were hesitant to participate openly during classes. Most respondents suggested more active participation from students and mandatory attendance as ways of improving the online teaching process.
The Translator, 2023
Most translation tasks in the entertainment industry involve multiple modes of communication, i.e... more Most translation tasks in the entertainment industry involve multiple modes of communication, i.e. they are multimodal, not solely language-based. A translator is expected to analyse, evaluate and transfer each of those modes to render an accurate translation of the source text. This is especially important in films, documentaries, TV and animated shows – multimodal scripts which are being localised for various contexts. An important step in the translation process in the entertainment industry should be the identification of translation errors in the final product which should be based on a proper translation error classification. Given that available translation error classifications rely solely on linguistic modes of communication, the aim of this paper is to propose a multimodal translation error classification which would be based on the multimodality of scripts to be translated and thus provide a reliable tool for the quality check of the final translation product in the entertainment industry. In that way, translators in this industry will be alerted to recognise elements (e.g. tone of voice, facial expressions, proximity, etc.) existing in multimodal scripts where both the source and the target texts as essential parts of the scripts are multimodal products.
Facta Universitatis, Series Visual Arts and Music, 2023
Employing the theoretical framework that represents a unique amalgam of the domains of multimodal... more Employing the theoretical framework that represents a unique amalgam of the domains of multimodality, intermediality, transmedia storytelling and adaptation, the paper analyses the process of medial transposition of the folk fairy tale Baš-Čelik, primarily into Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book of the same name (1939/1989), and then into Petar Meseldžija’s 2008 illustrated book The Legend of Baš-Čelik (orig. Legenda o Baš-Čeliku). The paper presents verbal and graphic tools used by these authors in adapting the original text from a monomodal into multimodal media, with a special focus on three research directions. The first is the manner in which the compositional structure of the fairy tale is transferred into the comic and the illustrated book, with the aim of assessing the level of fidelity in these adaptations. The second direction is related to the most important narrative and stylistic differences (e.g., language and tone of narration). The third direction deals with the use of certain comics-specific techniques and resources, such as page layout, use of colour for emphasis, representation of speed and motion, and the presence or absence of particular graphic devices (upfixes and pictorial runes). Finally, the adaptations themselves are compared to each other, highlighting the major similarities and differences between them.
Appendices and Tests used in the study "An Individual-Differences Approach to Poetic Metapho... more Appendices and Tests used in the study "An Individual-Differences Approach to Poetic Metaphor: Impact of Aptness and Familiarity" Appendix I: Items in Metaphor Comprehension Test (Aptness and Familiarity Sets) Appendix II: Metaphor Task: Examples of Scoring Table S1: Summary of Full Model for Predicting Metaphor Comprehension Scores Semantic Similarities Test (Serbian) Semantic Similarities Test (English)
Уџбеник Енглеско-српска контрастивна лексикологија заснован је на наставном, научном, преводилачк... more Уџбеник Енглеско-српска контрастивна лексикологија заснован је на наставном, научном, преводилачком и лекторском искуству ауторâ, и то из англистичког и србистичког угла. Садржински гледано, уџбеник је у складу са силабусом предмета Контрастивна лексикологија: при-мене у настави и превођењу, акредитованим 2021. године као део Мастер академских студија англистике, а који су осмислили и реализо-вали Александра Јанић и Душан Стаменковић. Првенствено је намењен студентима које интересују лексиколошки аспекти контрастивног про-учавања енглеског и српског језика. Наглашавамо да ову књигу могу користити англисти, србисти, али и други филолози, као и професори, преводиоци и лектори. Овај предмет је и саставни део будућих Мастер академских студија превођења, па ће уџбеник бити заснован и на запа-жањима са часова наставе превођења на основним академским студијама.
PHILOLOGIA MEDIANA, 2021
Рад представља покушај читања Набоковљевог романа Бледа ватра у светлу књижевне ономастике при че... more Рад представља покушај читања Набоковљевог романа Бледа ватра у светлу књижевне ономастике при чему се посебна пажња посвећује именовању ликова. Теоријски оквир ослања се на увиде разних поддисциплина ономастике, од хронолошког приказа развоја дисциплине, преко најважнијих одлика књижевне ономастике као релативно нове академске дисциплине. У том смислу, рад покушава да примени овај приступ на читање књижевног дела. Аналитички део рада бави се именима четири главна лика у роману, односно, њиховим митолошким, значењским, симболичким и иронијским димензијама и потенцијалним тумачењима која из такве анализе проистичу. Једна од кључних претпоставки рада је да се значење, како имена ликова тако и самог романа, открива у интеракцији између различитих симболичких значења и импликација, кроз својеврсну "игру" поетске истине и лажи. Закључак је да Набоков вешто користи значења и симболику имена како би их уградио у структуру Бледе ватре и, на неки начин, додатно закомпликовао већ ионако довољно комплексан однос стварности и маште и чудне споне паралелних интерпретација књижевног дела и света око нас.
Language & Communication, 2022
The article proposes a multimodal discourse semantics approach to the analysis of video game tuto... more The article proposes a multimodal discourse semantics approach to the analysis of video game tutorials that provides a discourse pragmatic analysis of the game canvases in these tutorials. The study mainly builds on linguistic approaches to formal dynamic discourse semantics that have already been successfully applied to other multimodal artefacts. The article will showcase the application of the resulting ‘logic of multimodal discourse interpretation’ to two specific cases of video game tutorials. This will outline particular discourse relations holding between events and segments in the tutorials as distinctive features of this video game genre and show the discursive patterns of these instructions.
Perspectives, 2020
The aim of this study is to explore whether multimodality can contribute to the recognition of er... more The aim of this study is to explore whether multimodality can contribute to the recognition of errors in the translations of animated films. The primary assumption is that the presentation of a multimodal product will yield better results than a monomodal product. Excerpted translations of animated films were presented to a group of English and a group of Serbian language students, once as a monomodal product (transcript) and once as a multimodal product (dubbed video). Besides confirming that the multimodal product facilitates error recognition, the research showed that multimodal analysis may be a proposed approach during the training of translators in Serbia since some of them will be translating animated films in the production and localisation process in the Serbian animated film industry. Two main reasons support this conclusion: (1) a multimodal approach may provide a more accurate transfer of all the layers in an animated film and (2) it guarantees a better quality of the translation of the language in the animated film.
The nature of the mental processes involved in metaphor comprehension has been the focus of debat... more The nature of the mental processes involved in metaphor comprehension has been the focus of debate. Research related to this debate has mainly examined the comprehension of simple nominal metaphors. Here we take an individual-differences approach to examine the comprehension of slightly more complex metaphors, some taken from literary sources, using two types of comprehension tests (selecting an overall interpretation or else selecting a completion). In a series of metaphorcomprehension experiments with college students, we measured both fluid intelligence (using the non-verbal Raven’s Progressive Matrices test) and crystalized verbal intelligence (using a new Semantic Similarities Test). Each measure had a dissociable predictive relationship to metaphor comprehension, at least for those of the more complex literary variety. The pattern of individual differences suggests that metaphor comprehension broadly depends on both crystalized and fluid intelligence, with the latter less impo...
Empirical Multimodality Research, 2021
БАЛКАНСКЕ СИНТЕЗЕ, 2019
Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвист... more Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвистике у два места на граници између Србије и Бугарске (Босилеград и Димитровград), као и два места на граници између Србије и Румуније (Доњи Милановац и Велико Градиште). Ради се о истраживању рађеном на корпусу који се састоји од назива свих улица изабрана четири места. На основу типологије топонима предложене од стране Тента и Блера (Tent & Blair, 2011), и одређивања изворног референта, рад нуди одговарајућу класификацију назива улица. Уз одређене специфичности и изузетке, налазимо да називи улица у пограничним областима осликавају потребу за очувањем и истицањем како српског културног и историјског наслеђа, тако и културног и историјског наслеђа локалних заједница у овим местима.
БАЛКАНСКЕ СИНТЕЗЕ, 2019
Универзитет у Нишу Филозофски факултет АНАЛИЗА НАЗИВА СЕЛА ОПШТИНЕ КЊАЖЕВАЦ 2 Резиме Основни зада... more Универзитет у Нишу Филозофски факултет АНАЛИЗА НАЗИВА СЕЛА ОПШТИНЕ КЊАЖЕВАЦ 2 Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвистике у селима општине Књажевац. Ради се о истраживању рађеном на корпусу који се састоји од назива свих села општине Књажевац у Зајечарском округу. На темељу доступне историјске грађе, испитивања локалног становништва и упита надлежним културним и туристичким институцијама, аутори обрађују 85 топонима изабране општине. У уводном делу рада, даје се кратак историјски преглед општине и описује се њен географски положај, уз осврт на демографске прилике. У делу методологије износи се класификација топонима, а у анализи се дати топоними значењски рашчлањују и сврставају у одговарајуће групе како бисмо се упознали са некадашњим историјским, економским и културолошким оквирима општине Књажевац. На основу типологије топонима предложене од стране Кукрике и Видовића (2012) и уз одређивање изворног референта рад нуди одговарајућу класификацију назива села. Уз одређене специфичности и изузетке, налазимо да називи села у овој области осликавају геоморфолошке и хидролошке карактеристике краја, као и народна веровања условљена историјом и демографијом становништва.
Metaphor and Symbol, 2024
Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks invo... more Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks involving natural language processing and reasoning, there has been sharp disagreement as to whether their abilities extend to more creative human abilities. A core example is the interpretation of novel metaphors. Here we assessed the ability of GPT-4, a state-of-the-art large language model, to provide natural-language interpretations of a recent AI benchmark (Fig-QA dataset), novel literary metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry and translated into English, and entire novel English poems. GPT-4 outperformed previous AI models on the Fig-QA dataset. For metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry, human judges – blind to the fact that an AI model was involved – rated metaphor interpretations generated by GPT-4 as superior to those provided by a group of college students. In interpreting reversed metaphors, GPT-4, as well as humans, exhibited signs of sensitivity to the Gricean cooperative principle. In addition, for several novel English poems GPT-4 produced interpretations that were rated as excellent or good by a human literary critic. These results indicate that LLMs such as GPT-4 have acquired an emergent ability to interpret literary metaphors, including those embedded in novel poems.
Language & Communication, 2024
VR applications for medical simulations such as emergency situations offer new ways of providing ... more VR applications for medical simulations such as emergency situations offer new ways of providing knowledge and practical skills for saving a life and potentially represent a complex communicative environment. The communicative situations constructed by this environment bring with them an increasing level of interactivity and ergodicity and it is particularly challenging to address these analytically. We address this challenge by looking at Lifesaver VR and providing a foundational framework for the multimodal analysis of the communicative situations created in this application. We describe how information and content units of the game can be built and how these units can then be combined into complex discourse structures outlining the complexity and simultaneity of narrative, instructional, and interactive aspects of the game.
Teme, 2024
Given that the use and comprehension of figurative language is one of the most intriguing abiliti... more Given that the use and comprehension of figurative language is one of the most intriguing abilities of the mind, this study extends the line of research related to the process of understanding figurative language to individual differences. The starting assumption is that individual differences affect our ability to understand figurative language, focusing on fluid and crystallized intelligence. These types of intelligence were measured in relation to the ability t1o understand metaphors, and their influence was investigated indirectly, through tests that reliably examine both types of intelligence. The research investigates non-literary metaphors in the Serbian language, normed according to the following dimensions: metaphoricity, aptness, and familiarity. This study seeks to show whether and to what extent fluid and/or crystallized intelligence influence the process of understanding non-literary metaphors normed according to different features. Through selected verbal and non-verbal tests, Raven’s progressive matrices (Raven, 1938), semantic similarities test (Stamenković, Ichien, & Holyoak, 2019a), as well as a non-literary metaphor comprehension test, it is determined in which way fluid and crystallized intelligence play roles in the process of metaphor comprehension, as well as which possible cognitive mechanism allows us to process metaphors. The results show that the comprehension of non-literary metaphors mostly relies on crystallized intelligence, while fluid intelligence seems to be employed in individual cases, only with some groups of metaphors.
Linguistics Vanguard, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of translating literary metaphors from Serbian to... more The aim of this study is to examine the effects of translating literary metaphors from Serbian to English on metaphor quality, aptness, metaphoricity, and familiarity. The research involved 55 Serbian metaphors translated into English using the A is B form, which were then evaluated by 252 participants in two separate studies. Study 1 served as an extension of a previous norming study. In it, a group of participants assessed 55 translated literary metaphorical expressions, and their evaluations were compared to those of the original Serbian versions. In Study 2, a group of participants, divided into two subgroups, rated a collection of both the original metaphorical expressions and their translated counterparts. The results indicate that the translated metaphors generally scored higher in terms of aptness, familiarity, quality, and partially in metaphoricity. These findings suggest that translating the metaphors into English had a positive impact on their perceived effectiveness and familiarity. Several factors are considered to explain these outcomes, including the nature of the English language itself, the participants’ exposure to English, and the translation process. Overall, this study highlights the influence of translation on the perception of literary metaphors and provides insights into metaphor interpretation.
Psychology and Aging, 2024
Older adults may experience certain forms of cognitive decline, but some forms of semantic memory... more Older adults may experience certain forms of cognitive decline, but some forms of semantic memory remain intact in older age. To address how metaphor comprehension changes with age and whether metaphor comprehension relies more heavily on analogical reasoning (supported by fluid intelligence) or on conceptual combination (supported by crystalized intelligence), we compared performance of younger and older adults. In two experiments, healthy older adults (54–88 years) scored lower on a measure of fluid intelligence (Ravens Progressive Matrices) but higher on a measure of crystalized intelligence (Mill Hill Vocabulary Test) relative to younger adults (18–34 years). Groups were equally successful in comprehending relatively easy metaphors (Study 1), but older adults showed a striking advantage over younger adults for novel literary metaphors (Study 2). Mixed-effects modeling showed that measures of fluid and crystalized intelligence each made separable contributions to metaphor comprehension for both groups, but older adults relied more on crystalized intelligence than did younger adults. These age-related dissociations clarify cognitive effects of aging and highlight the importance of crystalized intelligence for metaphor comprehension in both younger and older adults.
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024
Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks invo... more Despite the exceptional performance of large language models (LLMs) on a wide range of tasks involving natural language processing and reasoning, there has been sharp disagreement as to whether their abilities extend to more creative human abilities. A core example is the interpretation of novel metaphors. Given the enormous and non-curated text corpora used to train LLMs, a serious obstacle to designing tests is the need to obtain novel yet high-quality metaphors that are unlikely to have been included in the training data. Here we assessed the ability of GPT-4, a state-of-the-art large language model, to provide natural-language interpretations of novel literary metaphors drawn from Serbian poetry and translated into English. Human judges—blind to the fact that an AI model was involved—rated metaphor interpretations generated by GPT-4 as superior to those provided by a group of college students. In interpreting reversed metaphors, GPT-4, as well as humans, exhibited signs of sensitivity to the Gricean cooperative principle. These results indicate that LLMs such as GPT-4 have acquired an emergent ability to interpret literary metaphors.
Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 2023
This study analyses visual and verbal material found in Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book Tsar Dušan’s W... more This study analyses visual and verbal material found in Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book Tsar Dušan’s Wedding (1938/1976) (orig. Ženidba Cara Dušana) using a set of tools coming from the domains of intersemiotic translation, intermediality, and adaptation. The comic book is based on the Serbian oral epic ballad Dušan’s Wedding (orig. Ženidba Dušanova), which focuses on the hero wedding theme. The study will try to present verbal and graphic devices used to transfer the epic narrative to the medium of comics and compare them to the ones used in the original story. It will also address the aspect of the epic ballad structure and its transposition into the realm of comics. The analysis will take into account the historical context of the comic book in question and compare the findings with some of the results of contemporary comics studies dealing with certain graphic devices employed in comics. These findings reveal that Lobačev’s comic book contains certain graphic flourishes related to describing motion, speed and spatiality, but lacks the ones used to depict affect, which is in line with basic traits of oral epic poetry.
Metaphor and Symbol, 2023
Using poetic metaphors in the Serbian language, we identified systematic variations in the impact... more Using poetic metaphors in the Serbian language, we identified systematic variations in the impact of fluid and crystalized intelligence on comprehension of metaphors that varied in rated aptness and familiarity. Overall, comprehension scores were higher for metaphors that were high rather than low in aptness, and high rather than low in familiarity. A measure of crystalized intelligence was a robust predictor of comprehension across the full range of metaphors, but especially for those that were either relatively unfamiliar or more apt. In contrast, individual differences associated with fluid intelligence were clearly found only for metaphors that were low in aptness. Superior verbal knowledge appears to be particularly important when trying to find meaning in novel metaphorical expressions, and also when exploring the rich interpretive potential of apt metaphors. The broad role of crystalized intelligence in metaphor comprehension is consistent with the view that metaphors are largely understood using semantic integration processes continuous with those that operate in understanding literal language.
ESP Today, 2024
This article presents a study that investigated students' attitudes toward both online and face-t... more This article presents a study that investigated students' attitudes toward both online and face-to-face English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes. The study was conducted with students of mechanical engineering and engineering management after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions that allowed face-to-face teaching to resume. The study aimed to determine students' preferences for online or face-to-face classes and the reasons behind their opinions. It also aimed to compare the difficulty and interest level of EAP classes with other courses and gather qualitative feedback on how online EAP classes could be improved. The study was primarily quantitative, but it had a qualitative segment, too. The results indicated that students generally prefer face-to-face to online classes, although only marginally. Participants appreciated the ability to work from home and revisit recorded lessons in online classes, while face-to-face classes were valued for better communication with the instructor and collaboration with peers. English was viewed as better suited to online teaching than other courses, but students were hesitant to participate openly during classes. Most respondents suggested more active participation from students and mandatory attendance as ways of improving the online teaching process.
The Translator, 2023
Most translation tasks in the entertainment industry involve multiple modes of communication, i.e... more Most translation tasks in the entertainment industry involve multiple modes of communication, i.e. they are multimodal, not solely language-based. A translator is expected to analyse, evaluate and transfer each of those modes to render an accurate translation of the source text. This is especially important in films, documentaries, TV and animated shows – multimodal scripts which are being localised for various contexts. An important step in the translation process in the entertainment industry should be the identification of translation errors in the final product which should be based on a proper translation error classification. Given that available translation error classifications rely solely on linguistic modes of communication, the aim of this paper is to propose a multimodal translation error classification which would be based on the multimodality of scripts to be translated and thus provide a reliable tool for the quality check of the final translation product in the entertainment industry. In that way, translators in this industry will be alerted to recognise elements (e.g. tone of voice, facial expressions, proximity, etc.) existing in multimodal scripts where both the source and the target texts as essential parts of the scripts are multimodal products.
Facta Universitatis, Series Visual Arts and Music, 2023
Employing the theoretical framework that represents a unique amalgam of the domains of multimodal... more Employing the theoretical framework that represents a unique amalgam of the domains of multimodality, intermediality, transmedia storytelling and adaptation, the paper analyses the process of medial transposition of the folk fairy tale Baš-Čelik, primarily into Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book of the same name (1939/1989), and then into Petar Meseldžija’s 2008 illustrated book The Legend of Baš-Čelik (orig. Legenda o Baš-Čeliku). The paper presents verbal and graphic tools used by these authors in adapting the original text from a monomodal into multimodal media, with a special focus on three research directions. The first is the manner in which the compositional structure of the fairy tale is transferred into the comic and the illustrated book, with the aim of assessing the level of fidelity in these adaptations. The second direction is related to the most important narrative and stylistic differences (e.g., language and tone of narration). The third direction deals with the use of certain comics-specific techniques and resources, such as page layout, use of colour for emphasis, representation of speed and motion, and the presence or absence of particular graphic devices (upfixes and pictorial runes). Finally, the adaptations themselves are compared to each other, highlighting the major similarities and differences between them.
Appendices and Tests used in the study "An Individual-Differences Approach to Poetic Metapho... more Appendices and Tests used in the study "An Individual-Differences Approach to Poetic Metaphor: Impact of Aptness and Familiarity" Appendix I: Items in Metaphor Comprehension Test (Aptness and Familiarity Sets) Appendix II: Metaphor Task: Examples of Scoring Table S1: Summary of Full Model for Predicting Metaphor Comprehension Scores Semantic Similarities Test (Serbian) Semantic Similarities Test (English)
Уџбеник Енглеско-српска контрастивна лексикологија заснован је на наставном, научном, преводилачк... more Уџбеник Енглеско-српска контрастивна лексикологија заснован је на наставном, научном, преводилачком и лекторском искуству ауторâ, и то из англистичког и србистичког угла. Садржински гледано, уџбеник је у складу са силабусом предмета Контрастивна лексикологија: при-мене у настави и превођењу, акредитованим 2021. године као део Мастер академских студија англистике, а који су осмислили и реализо-вали Александра Јанић и Душан Стаменковић. Првенствено је намењен студентима које интересују лексиколошки аспекти контрастивног про-учавања енглеског и српског језика. Наглашавамо да ову књигу могу користити англисти, србисти, али и други филолози, као и професори, преводиоци и лектори. Овај предмет је и саставни део будућих Мастер академских студија превођења, па ће уџбеник бити заснован и на запа-жањима са часова наставе превођења на основним академским студијама.
PHILOLOGIA MEDIANA, 2021
Рад представља покушај читања Набоковљевог романа Бледа ватра у светлу књижевне ономастике при че... more Рад представља покушај читања Набоковљевог романа Бледа ватра у светлу књижевне ономастике при чему се посебна пажња посвећује именовању ликова. Теоријски оквир ослања се на увиде разних поддисциплина ономастике, од хронолошког приказа развоја дисциплине, преко најважнијих одлика књижевне ономастике као релативно нове академске дисциплине. У том смислу, рад покушава да примени овај приступ на читање књижевног дела. Аналитички део рада бави се именима четири главна лика у роману, односно, њиховим митолошким, значењским, симболичким и иронијским димензијама и потенцијалним тумачењима која из такве анализе проистичу. Једна од кључних претпоставки рада је да се значење, како имена ликова тако и самог романа, открива у интеракцији између различитих симболичких значења и импликација, кроз својеврсну "игру" поетске истине и лажи. Закључак је да Набоков вешто користи значења и симболику имена како би их уградио у структуру Бледе ватре и, на неки начин, додатно закомпликовао већ ионако довољно комплексан однос стварности и маште и чудне споне паралелних интерпретација књижевног дела и света око нас.
Language & Communication, 2022
The article proposes a multimodal discourse semantics approach to the analysis of video game tuto... more The article proposes a multimodal discourse semantics approach to the analysis of video game tutorials that provides a discourse pragmatic analysis of the game canvases in these tutorials. The study mainly builds on linguistic approaches to formal dynamic discourse semantics that have already been successfully applied to other multimodal artefacts. The article will showcase the application of the resulting ‘logic of multimodal discourse interpretation’ to two specific cases of video game tutorials. This will outline particular discourse relations holding between events and segments in the tutorials as distinctive features of this video game genre and show the discursive patterns of these instructions.
Perspectives, 2020
The aim of this study is to explore whether multimodality can contribute to the recognition of er... more The aim of this study is to explore whether multimodality can contribute to the recognition of errors in the translations of animated films. The primary assumption is that the presentation of a multimodal product will yield better results than a monomodal product. Excerpted translations of animated films were presented to a group of English and a group of Serbian language students, once as a monomodal product (transcript) and once as a multimodal product (dubbed video). Besides confirming that the multimodal product facilitates error recognition, the research showed that multimodal analysis may be a proposed approach during the training of translators in Serbia since some of them will be translating animated films in the production and localisation process in the Serbian animated film industry. Two main reasons support this conclusion: (1) a multimodal approach may provide a more accurate transfer of all the layers in an animated film and (2) it guarantees a better quality of the translation of the language in the animated film.
The nature of the mental processes involved in metaphor comprehension has been the focus of debat... more The nature of the mental processes involved in metaphor comprehension has been the focus of debate. Research related to this debate has mainly examined the comprehension of simple nominal metaphors. Here we take an individual-differences approach to examine the comprehension of slightly more complex metaphors, some taken from literary sources, using two types of comprehension tests (selecting an overall interpretation or else selecting a completion). In a series of metaphorcomprehension experiments with college students, we measured both fluid intelligence (using the non-verbal Raven’s Progressive Matrices test) and crystalized verbal intelligence (using a new Semantic Similarities Test). Each measure had a dissociable predictive relationship to metaphor comprehension, at least for those of the more complex literary variety. The pattern of individual differences suggests that metaphor comprehension broadly depends on both crystalized and fluid intelligence, with the latter less impo...
Empirical Multimodality Research, 2021
БАЛКАНСКЕ СИНТЕЗЕ, 2019
Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвист... more Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвистике у два места на граници између Србије и Бугарске (Босилеград и Димитровград), као и два места на граници између Србије и Румуније (Доњи Милановац и Велико Градиште). Ради се о истраживању рађеном на корпусу који се састоји од назива свих улица изабрана четири места. На основу типологије топонима предложене од стране Тента и Блера (Tent & Blair, 2011), и одређивања изворног референта, рад нуди одговарајућу класификацију назива улица. Уз одређене специфичности и изузетке, налазимо да називи улица у пограничним областима осликавају потребу за очувањем и истицањем како српског културног и историјског наслеђа, тако и културног и историјског наслеђа локалних заједница у овим местима.
БАЛКАНСКЕ СИНТЕЗЕ, 2019
Универзитет у Нишу Филозофски факултет АНАЛИЗА НАЗИВА СЕЛА ОПШТИНЕ КЊАЖЕВАЦ 2 Резиме Основни зада... more Универзитет у Нишу Филозофски факултет АНАЛИЗА НАЗИВА СЕЛА ОПШТИНЕ КЊАЖЕВАЦ 2 Резиме Основни задатак овог рада је да истражи топониме из перспективе ономастике и социолингвистике у селима општине Књажевац. Ради се о истраживању рађеном на корпусу који се састоји од назива свих села општине Књажевац у Зајечарском округу. На темељу доступне историјске грађе, испитивања локалног становништва и упита надлежним културним и туристичким институцијама, аутори обрађују 85 топонима изабране општине. У уводном делу рада, даје се кратак историјски преглед општине и описује се њен географски положај, уз осврт на демографске прилике. У делу методологије износи се класификација топонима, а у анализи се дати топоними значењски рашчлањују и сврставају у одговарајуће групе како бисмо се упознали са некадашњим историјским, економским и културолошким оквирима општине Књажевац. На основу типологије топонима предложене од стране Кукрике и Видовића (2012) и уз одређивање изворног референта рад нуди одговарајућу класификацију назива села. Уз одређене специфичности и изузетке, налазимо да називи села у овој области осликавају геоморфолошке и хидролошке карактеристике краја, као и народна веровања условљена историјом и демографијом становништва.
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](SUMMARY The English-Serbian Contrastive Lexicology is primarily aimed at philology students, Engl... more SUMMARY
The English-Serbian Contrastive Lexicology is primarily aimed at philology students, English and Serbian linguists and other scholars, translators, proof-readers and all those interested in contrastive linguistics. The authors’ aim was to take a fresh perspective on the English and Serbian lexicon and the related aspects of the two languages. The book provides the basics of con-trastive linguistics from a lexicological viewpoint, information on dictionar-ies and lexicological companions of English and Serbian, overviews of syn-onymy, antonymy, homonymy and hyponymy, as well as contrastive ap-proaches to polysemy, dictionary meanings, modal verbs and numerous tenets related to their translation from English into Serbian. Furthermore, the book also encompasses chapters contrasting colour terms, motion verbs, verbs of visual perceptions. The remaining chapters describe Angli-cisms and Anglo-Serbian words, false friends, slang and jargon words, as well as phraseological units in English and Serbian. Each chapter includes a set of study questions, which can stir interest for the future approaches to the topics tackled within this book.
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Књига Енглеско-српска контрастивна лексикологија намењена је студентима филолошке оријентације, англистима, србистима, пре-водиоцима, лекторима и свима који су заинтересовани за контра-стивна језичка проучавања. Циљ ауторâ је да се из нове перспективе сагледају лексика енглеског и српског језика, али и различита лекси-колошка питања. Ова књига садржи основне поставке контрастира-ња језика из лексиколошког угла, информације о најважнијим речни-цима и лексиколошким приручницима енглеског и српског језика, објашњења специфичности синонима, антонима, хомонима и хипо-нима у енглеском и српском језику, из контрастивног угла приступ-љено је и полисемији, речничким обрадама значења у речницима, мо-далним глаголима и финесама у њиховом превођењу са енглеског је-зика на српски језик. Затим, контрастирани су појмови коjима се и-менују боје, глаголи кретања и глаголи визуелне перцепције. Посебно поглавље посвећено је англицизмима и англосрпским речима, лаж-ним паровима, те жаргонизмима и фразеологизмима у енглеском и српском језику. На крају сваког поглавља дата су питања за размиш-љање и дискусију, која могу бити инспирација за нова контрастивна истраживања.
This book is concerned with the investigation of the lexicon of the English language. It covers t... more This book is concerned with the investigation of the lexicon of the English language. It covers topics such as the historical development of the lexicon, social stratification, encoding in specialized lexicons, stylistic peculiarities of the lexemes, complexity of lexical meaning, multi-word lexemes, etc. The book is intended to introduce students of EFL to the study of words and lexicon by presenting the major achievements and concepts of Lexicology and related linguistic fields. Furthermore, it is also designed as a workbook in Lexicology to help students gain a good working knowledge of the lexical resources available in the English language. In each section, theoretical is-sues are covered to give the students the foundation to proceed with the Exercises assigned in the English vocabulary. The theoretical material is de-signed to give insight into the basic theory of lexically-oriented language studies. We have devised the Exercises in each section to assist students’ advances in analysing and understanding the structure, content and lexical relations in the English lexicon.
Ovo istraživanje započeto je kao kontrastivna analiza leksičkog značenja i upotrebe glagola ljuds... more Ovo istraživanje započeto je kao kontrastivna analiza leksičkog značenja i upotrebe glagola ljudskog kretanja u engleskom i srpskom jeziku, sa polazištem u kognitivnosemantičkim teorijama – pre svega teoriji prototipova, teoriji slikovnih shema, teoriji pojmovne metafore i analogiji, ali i kognitivnosemantičkim modelima koji se sa njima mogu dovesti u vezu – teorijom idealizovanih kognitivnih modela (semantičkih okvira), teorijom mentalnih prostora i teorijom pojmovnog sažimanja. Glagoli ljudskog kretanja ograničeni su na one koji opisuju prirodno kretanje (bez upotrebe prevoznih sredstava ili pomagala) na kopnu i u vodi, te i ono koje dovodi do promene položaja tela u prostoru. Prvo poglavlje uključuje pregled dosadašnjih istraživanja ove vrste glagola i aktuelnih kognitivnosemantičkih konstrukata, sa posebnim osvrtom na sadašnji status teorije prototipova. U okviru ovog dela ispituju se još i dosadašnji pokušaji primene teorije prototipova na analizu značenja glagola, pa tako i nekih glagola ljudskog kretanja, kao i veze između glagola kretanja i ostalih kognitivnosemantičkih teorija. Narednu celinu istraživanja (drugo i treće poglavlje) čine empirijsko ispitivanje moguće prototipičnosti glagola ljudskog kretanja iz dva jezika i detaljni opis značenja odabranih glagola u engleskom i srpskom, koji se prevashodno razmatraju iz ugla kognitivnosemantičkih teorija. Izbor konkretnih glagola koji su ušli u opis sproveden u okviru ovog poglavlja zavisio je od rezultata empirijskih procedura vezanih za prototipičnost. Ovaj rad ne pruža semantički opis svih glagola ljudskog kretanja u pomenuta dva jezika, već se detaljniji opis koncentriše na grupe od po dvadeset najtipičnijih glagola kretanja u jednom i drugom. Četvrto poglavlje posvećeno je dokazivanju pretpostavke da glagoli bliži centru prototipičnog ljudskog kretanja u engleskom jeziku (L1), psihološki gledano, imaju jače prevodne veze sa odgovarajućim glagolima u srpskom jeziku (L2). Pretpostavlja se da se to na prevođenje van datog konteksta odražava tako što se njihovi korespondenti ređe menjaju. Na taj način se ovi glagoli razlikuju od onih na periferiji, kod kojih nema stalnih pandana, već oni mogu mnogo više da zavise od odluka prevodilaca. Dokazivanje ove tvrdnje vršiće se kroz testiranje prevođenja glagola kod ispitanika (sadašnjih i budućih prevodilaca) putem upitnika i van konteksta. U petom poglavlju, koje sadrži analizu paralelnog književnog korpusa (prevođenje u kontekstu), ispitivaće se unutrašnja struktura značenja pojedinačnih glagola kroz prizmu izbora prevodnih ekvivalenata i korespondenata, uz analizu prevođenja kako doslovne tako i metaforičke upotrebe glagola ljudskog kretanja, pri čemu se prototipičnost može sagledati i na nivou polisemije. Šesto poglavlje izlazi iz okvira izučavanja glagola i bavi se analizom fenomena fiktivnog kretanja na korpusu srpskog jezika. Završno, sedmo, poglavlje sumira rezultate istraživanja i donosi relevantne zaključke. --- Language and Motion: Cognitive Semantic Studies: This study represents a cognitive semantic analysis of the lexical meaning of verbs of human motion in English and Serbian, and the process of their translation from English to Serbian with three main aims: (1) the first aim of the study is to provide an overview of the existing analyses of verbs of motion in English and Serbo-Croatian literature, offer a detailed linguistic description of prototype theory and other cognitive semantic models, and analyse the existing approaches to verbs from the perspective of prototype theory; (2) the second aim of the study is to compare the ways of conceptualizing and categorizing verbs of human motion in English and Serbian from the perspective of cognitive semantic theories, which included an attempt to apply prototype theory to the categorization of verbs of motion and a section trying to apply other cognitive semantic theories to their description; (3) the third aim is to seek for translation correspondents when translating from English into Serbian by means of respondents (with no context) and using a corpus (within a context) and checking these results against the list of possible prototypicality, having in mind the need to retain both literal and metaphorical meaning when translating.