Įsitvirtinus supermoderniosioms technologijoms, vartojimo kultui – jaunosios kartos elgsenoje pastebimas aiškus prasminių (egzistencinių) vertybių stygius. Išaukštinamas materialinių ir juslinių poreikių kultas, nuošalėn nustumiant dvasines vertybes. Įsitvirtina tokie reiškiniai, kaip „užribio klasės“, susvetimėjimas ir t.t. Jaunoji karta, vaikystėje izoliuota nuo tradicijų, bažnyčios, etnokultūros – šiandien neturi kultūrinio ir dvasinio pamato, vertybių skalės. Tyrimo tikslas. Išanalizuoti bei palyginti moksleivių ir studentų gyvenimo poziciją: nuostatas į gyvenimo prasmę ir sėkmę. Tirsime, kaip jaunimas supranta gyvenimo prasmę apskritai ir savo vaidmenį gyvenime (dėl ko gyventi ir kaip gyventi), kas lemia sėkmingą gyvenimą. Tyrimo hipotezės: 1. Apskritai vertinant gyvenimo poziciją, santykius su aplinka ir žmonėmis moksleivių ir studentų grupėse dominuoja altruistinė, o ne individualistinė orientacija. 2. Dažniau apie gyvenimo prasmę linkęs galvoti vyresnio amžiaus jaunimas. 3. Tiek moksleiviai, tiek studentai gyvenimo prasmę linkę sieti su asmeninėmis vertybėmis (šeima, sutuoktiniais, vaikais). 4. Jaunimas sėkmę linkęs priskirti subjektyviems faktoriams (asmeninėms žmogaus savybėms – talentui, gabumams, darbui, tikslų siekimui ir pan.). Teorinis tyrimo pagrindas Gyvenimo prasmė šiame darbe traktuojama kaip bendriausia egzistencinė sąvoka, išreiškianti esminius vertybinius ir motyvacinius aspektus. Prasmė, G. Maniukaitės žodžiais, yra vertybinis darinys, kurio turinys... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Alongside with super modern technologies and consumption cult entrenchment, one could notice shortage of existential values in the behavior of young generation. The cult of material and sensual demand is prevailing, while spiritual values and vanishing. Such phenomenon as marginal classes and alienation are coming on the stage. Young generation, which was isolated from traditions, church, ethno culture in their childhood, does not have the base for cultural and spiritual conception, values scale. Research Objective. Analyze and compare life perception of pupils and students in the light of attitudes towards purport of life and success. It will be explored how youth understands purport of life in general and their own role in life (how and what for?), as well as what determines successful life. Research Hypothesis: 1. Altruistic rather than individualistic orientation dominates in general perception of life position and relationships with social environment both among students and pupils. 2. Mature youth is more inclined to contemplate purport of life rather than younger one. 3. Both pupils and students are more subject to tie the purport of life with personal values (family, spouse, children). 4. Youth tends to think that life success depends on subjective factors (individual characteristics – talent, capacity, work, pursuit of goals, etc.) Theoretical Groundwork. Purport of life in this work is defined as common existential concept, reflecting essential aspects of values... [to full text]

<p>Abstract</p><p>This paper aims to determine the validity of the hypothesis that the effective and eloquent use of language can result in shaping beliefs and altering people’s perception of certain phenomena. In order to explore this hypothesis, a speech given by George W. Bush concerning the Iraq war is examined, followed by a brief study of two corpora, the Time Magazine Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, where the collocationpatterns of the words Iraq, evil and terror are examined. The paper starts by presenting the main concepts upon which this study is based, i.e. mental frames, the co-operative principle and conversational maxims and finally, various rhetoric devices. An analysis section follows, where George Bush’s speech is examined with the help of the concepts mentioned above and the analysis continues with the corpora-study. One of the conclusions drawn in this study is that, indeed, it is possible that language can be successfully used in order to achieve political means, and that there seems to be a shift in the American public’s perception of concepts such as Iraq and terror, visible in the use of language. However, it cannot be said with certainty whether the Bush Administration has managed to dominate public discourse, through a study as minor as this one.</p>

Abstract This paper aims to determine the validity of the hypothesis that the effective and eloquent use of language can result in shaping beliefs and altering people’s perception of certain phenomena. In order to explore this hypothesis, a speech given by George W. Bush concerning the Iraq war is examined, followed by a brief study of two corpora, the Time Magazine Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, where the collocationpatterns of the words Iraq, evil and terror are examined. The paper starts by presenting the main concepts upon which this study is based, i.e. mental frames, the co-operative principle and conversational maxims and finally, various rhetoric devices. An analysis section follows, where George Bush’s speech is examined with the help of the concepts mentioned above and the analysis continues with the corpora-study. One of the conclusions drawn in this study is that, indeed, it is possible that language can be successfully used in order to achieve political means, and that there seems to be a shift in the American public’s perception of concepts such as Iraq and terror, visible in the use of language. However, it cannot be said with certainty whether the Bush Administration has managed to dominate public discourse, through a study as minor as this one.