O b i t u a r y

Anna Dolezalová

A r t i c l e s

TRAPPL, Richard: Textuality and Referentiality in Chinese Literary Discourse. Preconsiderations on a „Context Theory“, p. 6
KRUPA, Viktor: A Statistical Investigation of Metaphorical Models in a Polynesian Language , p. 15
DROZDÍK, Ladislav: Collective Reference in the Poetry of Ibn al-c Arabi, 32
SORBY, Karol: Egypt: The Political Crisis in March 1954, 42
PEIL, Margaret: The Experience of Old Age in Southern Nigeria, p. 66

R e v i e w A r t i c le s

BLAZEK, Václav: A Guide to the World`s Languages. Volume l: Classification, p. 76
ZIMOVÁ, Nada: Berlin 1885 Compared to Berlin 1878, p. 93

B o o k R e v i e w s

OLIVER, Douglas L.: Oceania. The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands. By Viktor Krupa, p. 97
MATISOFF, James A.: The Dictionary of Lahu. By Ján Múcka, p. 99
GUMILEV, L.N.: Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom. The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. By Jarmila Drozdíková, p. 100.
Mebde-i kanun-i Yeniçeri ocagi tarihi. By Vojtech Kopcan, p. 103
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CONNAH, Graham: African Civilizations. By Ján Voderadský, p.109
ILIFFE, John: The African Poor, A History. By Ján Voderadský, p.111

ABSTRACTS

TEXTUALITY AND REFERENTIALITY IN CHINESE LITERARY DISCOURSE. PRECONSIDERATIONS
ON A „CONTEXT THEORY“

Richard TRAPPL, Vienna

In view of the differences between Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds any translation of Chinese literary texts into a European language makes a highly-qualified approach to this task necessary. In additon, however, the European reader ought to have access to a whole sum of different cultural components that are relevant to the context. This requires a specific methodology, which is the subject of this paper.

A STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION OF METAPHORICAL MODELS IN A POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

The study concentrates upon the analysis of metaphorical expression in the Maori lexicon. There are just a few preferred basic metaphorical models employed for the expansion of Maori vocabulary and these models reflect the culture or „philosophy“ of the people. This is what makes so many lexical metaphors easy to understand and interpret.
The classification of the metaphors is based upon conceptual criteria.

COLLECTIVE REFERENCE IN THE POETRY OF IBN AL-ARABI

Ladislav DROZDÍK, Bratislava

Ibn al-Arabis collection of poems Tarjuman al-'Ašwaq does not cease to be subject to controversial interpretations: love poems presented in a mystical disguise or true mystical odes that merely use an erotic imagery. This paper aims to analyse various type of collective reference, occurring in this collection, and to present them as substrate elements associated with pre-Islamic poetry.

EGYPT: THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN MARCH 1954

Karol SORBY, Bratislava

The proclamation of the Republic in 1953 and the subsequent measures taken by the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) came to mark conspicuous milestones on the road of the revolution. Nonetheless, it became apparent already in the summer of that year that a confrontation would take place between the liberal – bourgeois and the revolutionary-democratic forces in Egyptian society. General Nagib, deprived of direct control over the army, sought support from those forces of the society that were more and more in opposition to the revolutionary regime, and he adroitly profited from the appeals to a return to bourgeois democracy. The decisive conflict began in January 1954 and came to a head during the so-called „March Crisis“. After a tactical retreat, the revolutionary forces passed into an offensive and won the struggle for power. The solution of the „March Crisis“ meant further development of the revolutionary process in Egypt.

THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD AGE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Margaret PEIL, Birmingham

Based on interviews of a number of men and women over 60 living in three cities and their surrounding villages in Southern Nigeria, this paper attempts to examine the views of these elderly Nigerians on their power, status, roles and family relationships and their assessment of what Nigeria has become.