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struc·tur·al·ism

 (strŭk′chər-ə-lĭz′əm)
n.
A method of analyzing phenomena, as in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, or literature, chiefly characterized by contrasting the elemental components of the phenomena in a system of binary opposition and examining how the elemental components are combined to make larger units.

struc′tur·al·ist adj. & n.
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Translations
strukturalista

structuralist

[ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst]
A. ADJestructuralista
B. Nestructuralista mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

structuralist

nStrukturalist(in) m(f)
adj attrstrukturalistisch
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structuralist

[ˈstrʌktʃrəlɪst]
1. adjstrutturalistico/a
2. nstrutturalista m/f
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Theoretically, this is an extremely necessary book because it moves beyond structuralist presumptions on conflict and works to introduce new and necessary tools for analysis.
The structuralist perspective on macroeconomic behavior led to the concept that came to be called the 'natural' rate of unemployment, borrowing from the notion that arose in Europe during the interwar years, of a 'natural' interest rate.
It is a sign of the power (or perhaps the perversity) of structuralist thought that it sought the death of the author at precisely the point where the author would seem to be most alive--the work of serious literature.
They present a functional and empirically based account of Saisiyat morphology within the morpheme-based morphology approach, which is best represented by the two structuralist approaches: item-and-arrangement, and item-and-process.
He said: "I did an essay at university that was a structuralist comparison of Annie Hall and When Harry Met Sally.
Designed for students and interested others, the editors of this collection include an interesting introduction, bibliographies for further reading, and introductions to each of the anthology's ten sections: genre theory, historical models of lyric, New Criticism, structuralist and post-structuralist reading, Frankfurt School approaches, phenomenologies of lyric reading, avant-garde anti-lyricism, lyric and sexual difference, and comparative lyric.
A critical concern in this analysis is the validity of using the structuralist activity, one that involves a deep relationship with the subject undertaking the activity, to make any claims about the essential nature of the universe.
This is a central question raised by Kathleen Higgins as she explores music's ethical value, as well as the relative import of what has been known as "high art" and the structuralist methods that have been practiced in its analysis.
The author places these texts in their colonial and postcolonial contexts, developing upon, and linking with, structuralist theories of colonialism and patriarchy.
In table 1, When we analysed t test results which shows leadership level of study group according to sex variant; there is no meaningful difference between structuralist frame levels that is sub-dimension of leadership [t value =0,453 p(0,651)>0,05].
The two most troubling aspects of these suggestions are (a) the obscurity of just what it is that the minimal structuralist does commit to, and (b) the lack of any account of what constitutes 'reading off'.

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