Synecdochic and metonymic chains in the organizing narratives of PRC forensic genetic research targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
In this paper, I demonstrate how synecdochical and metonymic chains function in the semiotic narrative schema of forensic genetics articles. Greimas’s narrative schema and work on categories provides a framework that can be synthesized with cognitive linguistic advances on synecdoche and metonymy ch...
| Publicado en: | Public Journal of Semiotics Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 27 - 47 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=190594810&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 190594810 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 19189907 52XS jtl: Public Journal of Semiotics issn: 19189907 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2025 vid: 11 iid: 2 pid: 40043 pub: Public Journal of Semiotics artinfo: ui: 190594810 ppf: 27 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3MB tig: atl: Synecdochic and metonymic chains in the organizing narratives of PRC forensic genetic research targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang. aug: au: Munsterhjelm, Mark affil: Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. su: Forensic genetics Uyghur (Turkic people) Organization Greimas, Algirdas Julien, 1917-1992 Narration Metonyms Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) China sug: subj: Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) China Forensic genetics Uyghur (Turkic people) Organization Greimas, Algirdas Julien, 1917-1992 Narration Metonyms keyword: cognitive linguistics forensic genetics metonymy narrative schema synecdoche synecdochical and metonymic chains Uyghurs ab: In this paper, I demonstrate how synecdochical and metonymic chains function in the semiotic narrative schema of forensic genetics articles. Greimas’s narrative schema and work on categories provides a framework that can be synthesized with cognitive linguistic advances on synecdoche and metonymy chains to understand how meaning is created in organizational interactions through the circulation of objects of value. Based on an empirical analysis of controversial forensic genetic articles involving Uyghur subjects on ancestry inference marker and phenotype (visible appearance) inference marker research projects, it shows how scientists from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and other scientists organize through a shared manhunting narrative schema. In this schema, Society and/or Humanity send scientists quests to protect society by improving forensic genetic technologies to variously track down and capture or kill criminals, separatists, insurgents and terrorists. Utilizing recent advances in theorization of synecdoche, the article shows how synecdoche functions in the categorization of Uyghurs as "Eurasian" and "mixed East Asian and European" populations. It also shows how synecdoche and metonymy function through syllogisms to mediate relations and the exchange of objects of value such as Uyghurs’ genetic materials and data between the phases and sub-narratives of the scientific articles’ narrative schema. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Public Journal of Semiotics is the property of Public Journal of Semiotics and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Public Journal of Semiotics holder: Public Journal of Semiotics dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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