EDITOR'S FOREWORD

Abstract

Twelve articles have been chosen for publication in the ninth issue of the Journal of Humanities ETAGTSU. They delve into important issues within linguistics, literature, and film studies.

In her work, “The issue of equivalence of aphorism in the English translations of ShotaRustaveliʼs ‘The Knight in the Panther’s Skin’ (using an example of one aphorism)”, Mariam Gobianidze explores the differences emerging while translating one aphorism from the 12th-century epic ‘The Knight in the Panther’s Skin’ focusing on the three translations made by
Wardrop, Urushadze and Coffin.

Ekaterine Chumburidze-Shetsiruli’s paper “The modification of human nature in dystopian literature, in Europe and Georgia” studies the appearance of dystopian thought in European literature at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The author focuses on man’s transformation, nature, and way of thinking at the heart of a dystopian system built and imagined by European authors. To establish common aspects and to show the differences regarding the representations of the “new individual” and his characteristics and ways of thinking, the paper analyses the works of Michael Houellebecq, Kazuoro and Zura Jishkariani.

Nato Peradze’s paper is dedicated to the issue of the world’s conceptualization through conceptual metaphors. More specifically, the author identifies creative and conventional metaphors in Chris Priestly's Gothic chiller, The Dead of Winter, and groups them into different categories regarding their relevance. The findings of this study can be employed in various
branches of humanities, including linguistic stylistics, cognitive linguistics, and the theory of literature.

Mari Nikabadze explores the socio-pragmatic functions of irony on social media using the examples of Jonah Deckman’s art pictures posted on Instagram. The author suggests one more category to add to the well-known classification of irony, which is a call for change.

Nana Gogia reviews the process of legal translation in Georgian governmental organizations and studies the impact of new terminology adopted as part of legislative approximation. It emphasizes the need for more legal translation programmes to prepare linguistic faculty graduates for dynamic and high-tech jobs when Georgia becomes an EU Member State.

Tamar Khatiashvili’s work focuses on interpreting the term hybrid warfare and explores it based on English and Russian military doctrines.

Marine Mchedlishvili’s paper studies “The negative implications of incorporating former neologisms as loan words or lexical borrowings into the Georgian language and the consequences following the entrance of such forms into Georgian.” Interestingly, the research reveals that many authentic Georgian words were replaced and lost while acquiring foreign
equivalents.

Marine Makhatadze presents the Georgian Learner Corpus of English (GLEAN) and covers the following issues: a) identification of lexical bundles (or lexical phrases) standard in academic prose produced by Georgian learners of English; b) classification of the functions of the most common 3-word or 4-word lexical bundles used in the GLEAN corpus; and c) highlighting the value of adding the learner corpus data to learner dictionaries.

To provide a fuller understanding of polysemy, Nata Chkhaidze “Towards the treatment of polysemous terms (on the example of trigger)” describes her approach to terminology based on synthesizing and transforming lexicological theories combined with Etymology and Definition analyses.

Valeria Purtseladze’s paper explores “Gaslighting as a form of psychological manipulation and its manifestation in speech acts,” using empirical material from the adaptation of the plays by P. Hamilton, T. Dickinson and G. Cukor.

Mariam Nebieridze and Nino Jojua address an essential issue haunting educators: “Why do students use ChatGPT and what are its possible implications for higher education?” This research employs a study conducted among 74 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia undergraduate students to investigate their practice of using ChatGPT in the educational process and answer the research questions posed in the paper.

Keti Antadze-Tamminga analyses Brett Morgan's Montage of Heck (2015) to examine the intersections of biography, documentary, and fiction in celebrity documentaries. The author concentrates on the unique integration of documentary and fictional practices within this film and examines how this cross-genre methodology may impact the audience.

Professor Manana Rusieshvili-Cartledge, Editor-in-Chief