About CHRThe proceedings series Communications in Humanities Research (CHR) is an international peer-reviewed open access series, which publishes conference proceedings on a wide range of methodological and disciplinary topics related to the humanities. CHR is published irregularly. By offering a public forum for discussion and debate about human and artistic issues, the series seeks to provide a high-level platform for humanity studies. Research-focused articles are published in the series, which also accepts empirical and theoretical articles on micro, meso, and macro phenomena. Proceedings that are appropriate for publication in the CHR cover topics on different linguistic, literary, artistic, historical, philosophical perspectives and their influence on people and society. |
| Aims & scope of CHR are: ·Community, Society & Culture ·Literature ·Art ·Philosophy |
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Urbino, Italy
vharrison@umac.mo
Lancaster, United Kingdom
o.afitska@lancaster.ac.uk
Jamshoro, Pakistan
jam.khan@faculty.muet.edu.pk
Beijing, China
haoyuking@bit.edu.cn
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The Chinese subjective de-intensifying construction "méi nàme/zhème X" has spawned an intensifying construction "méi zhème/nàme X (fǎn)" in new media. Based on 210 online corpora, this paper examines the formation motivation, interpretation mechanism and communication constraints of this construction within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Interactional Linguistics. The study finds that this construction achieves polarity reversal through irony rhetoric, and is endowed with pragmatic motivation for intensifying interpretation by superimposing the opinion identification mechanism of online communities. The interpretation of this construction first eliminates low-information ambiguity based on conversational implicature, then establishes scalar reference using metaphors/hyperboles in the antecedent, and finally realizes intensifying evaluation through polarity reversal and comparison. The spread of this construction faces three constraints: cognitive load, media dependence and community binding. The research shows that this construction embodies a typical path of new media linguistic innovation: starting from community pragmatic innovation, emerging through interaction, and forming a relatively stable construction function in communication.
In recent years, despite the achievements made in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, there remains a certain gap in development among regions. Tongzhou District of Beijing and the Three Northern Counties of Langfang City are geographically adjacent, with the expectation and foundation for coordinated development. Taking the two places as a pilot demonstration area can accumulate experience for promoting Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development. Polycentric governance theory emphasizes cooperative governance by multiple subjects, attempts to break the traditional pattern of government power, and forms a governance network with multiple power centers. Based on this theory, this study analyzes the current mechanism obstacles, including strong administrative color in resource allocation, low participation of market subjects, absence of social organization intervention, and weak public participation awareness. It also proposes innovative paths under the guidance of polycentric governance theory: giving full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, avoiding homogeneous competition through overall regional functional positioning and staggered urban functional development, attaching importance to and leveraging the role of market and social forces, and ensuring the stability and continuity of policy implementation.
Sleep disorders have become a global health issue, and a large number of insomniacs try to use digital media for sensory compensation to help them sleep. However, there may be risks inherent in such behaviors and a contradiction between their actual effects and their intended purpose. This study focuses on the use of digital media to help insomniacs sleep and aims to explore the 'sensory compensation paradox', i.e., the use of digital media aimed at compensating for sensory disturbances and facilitating sleep, but instead leads to risky alienation. The study adopts a mixed research method. Data on media use and sleep status of the insomnia groups were collected through questionnaires. At the same time, text mining and sentiment analysis were conducted on the massive user comments of sleep-help videos on social media platforms to gain an in-depth understanding of users' behavioral patterns and subjective experiences. The study found a significant paradoxical effect: the more frequently insomniacs used and relied on digital media to help them sleep, the worse their sensory health and sleep problems became. There is an interaction between insomnia symptoms and media dependence, with those who experience both being more likely to suffer from the side effects of media-induced sleep. Research reveals the potential risks of digitally mediated sleep aids, warning of the need to rationalize their effects and seek healthier ways to improve sleep.
The Interaction between human psychology and behavior has become increasingly complex in the digital age, with the development of technology as in digital platforms, social media and algorithmic systems. Individuals constantly interact with actions such as clicking, scrolling, and deeper more deeply into the media itself, posting and responding to notifications. These behaviors are not only simple physical responses, but are also influenced by psychological processing, including cognition, emotion, and deep, intense motivation. This essay speaks and focuses on the major relationship between the interaction of psychology and behavior. And through analysis of mechanism, cognitive processing and emotional influence, this paper tells how interaction between psychology and behavior is linked and bidirectional, Further on, discusses ethical concerns and algorithmic calculation, digital addiction and what the responsibility that the designers are supposed to have. Understanding the relationship between psychological processes and how the digital platform functions is necessary for creating and developing a healthier environment and more responsible design platform.
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Volume 111June 2026
Find articlesProceedings of the 5th International Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture Development
Conference website: https://2026.icllcd.org/
Conference date: 8 June 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80590-741-1(Print)/978-1-80590-742-8(Online)
Editor: Enrique Mallen
Volume 110June 2026
Find articlesProceedings of ICLLCD 2026 Symposium: Intelligent Media for Cultural Bridge: Forum on Global-Local Communication
Conference website: https://2026.icllcd.org/Beijing/Home.html
Conference date: 8 June 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80590-780-0(Print)/978-1-80590-781-7(Online)
Editor: Jianfei Yang , Enrique Mallen
Volume 109May 2026
Find articlesProceedings of ICLLCD 2026 Symposium: Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on Cultural Narratives
Conference website: https://2026.icllcd.org/Nawabshah/Home.html
Conference date: 1 June 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80590-585-1(Print)/978-1-80590-753-4(Online)
Editor: Enrique Mallen
Volume 108May 2026
Find articlesProceedings of ICLLCD 2026 Symposium: Intelligent Media for Cultural Bridge: Forum on Global-Local Communication
Conference website: https://2026.icllcd.org/Beijing/Home.html
Conference date: 8 June 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80590-737-4(Print)/978-1-80590-738-1(Online)
Editor: Enrique Mallen
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