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Time and Modality
No full textThis chapter offers a brief overview of the main analogies between time and modality. The first part of the chapter is devoted to the analogy between presentism and actualism. The second part explores the analogy between non-presentist theories and possibilism. The third part discusses the analogy between temporal and modal persistence
Explicit and implicit compliments and compliment responses in German and Italian social networks
No full textCompliment is a widely studied speech act, as the large number of investigations dealing with
this topic shows. However, existing research has focused almost exclusively on explicit compliments,
probably because they are more frequent than the implicit ones. Explicit compliments
openly express a positive evaluation often through formulaic structures (Manes and
Wolfson, 1981; Alfonzetti, 2009), while implicit compliments are those where hearers «need to
infer the corresponding implicature for their interpretation» (Maíz-Ar�
evalo, 2012:983).
The present investigation aims to examine and compare the use of these two types of
compliments in a corpus of virtual exchanges in German and Italian social networks. The
study focuses on explicit and implicit compliments, from both a qualitative and quantitative
point of view, with a particular attention to the linguistic patterns used to express
them in each language; then, referring to Castagneto and Ravetto's (2005) taxonomy it
investigates the reactions of compliments' addressees, highlighting how these speech acts
are perceived by German and Italian networkers. The analysis shows the use of a very
narrow range of formulation strategies in both languages. Concerning the distribution of
compliment response types, German and Italian online interactants manifest great similarities
in the selection of the different compliment answers, preferring to accept the
given appreciations rather than to reject or ignore them. Moreover, the corpus analysis
reveals in both languages the tendency to accept implicit compliments more frequently
and easily than the explicit ones
recensione di Sabina Loriga-Jacques Revel Une histoire inquiète. Les historiens et le tournant linguistique EHESS-Gallimard-Seuil 2022
No full textWhich individual and organizational factors shape nurses' attitudes toward family involvement in nursing care? A multicenter cross-sectional study
No full textMetafore ambientali nei testi della canzone italiana contemporanea
Full text linkMusic, un-derstood as an expressive form of popular culture, can become a moment for artists to reflect and become aware of current issues and a tool for the production and dissemination of environmental discourses. In a hybrid field between environmental, cultural, and media geographies, this contribution analyses the lyrics of 20 recent Italian songs dedicated to the de-fence of the planet. The aim is exploring how musical texts have represented the intricate relationship between the environment and human beings, particularly using metaphors. The research reveals that musical lyrics under examination have associated nature and the Earth with various scientific or religious concepts, but also with multiple images of women, reproducing environmental discourses centred on anthropocentric or patri-archal ideologies
Athamanta sicula L. Root extract: in vitro and in silico evaluation of anti-diabetic and anti-Alzheimer’s activities of apiol and myristicin
No full textThis study is the first to analyse the methanolic root extract of Athamanta sicula L., an endemic Mediterranean plant, leading to the isolation of two phenylpropanoids: apiol and myristicin. The extract and isolated compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory potential against α-amylase, α-glucosidase, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) using in vitro assays, molecular docking, and ADME predictions. The crude extract demonstrated superior inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase compared to acarbose. Among the isolated compounds, apiol showed more activity than myristicin, particularly against α-glucosidase. Both compounds inhibited BChE, with apiol (IC50 = 330.07 μM; MolDock score = −89.89) outperforming myristicin (IC50 = 385.08 μM; MolDock score = −87.86). Favourable ADME properties, including high gastrointestinal absorption and blood-brain barrier penetration, were also predicted. These findings suggest that apiol and myristicin are key contributors to the plant’s bioactivity, making them promising multi-target lead compounds for developing new treatments for diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease
Parameter Stability in Yield Curve Fitting
No full textWe investigate the yield term structure of different countries in order to assess the impact of recent interventions from central banks. We adopt a static approach through the use of the Nelson-Siegel and its extended version named Nelson-Siegel-Svensson model. Empirical results suggest that fitted parameters in the restricted model are more stable across all countries for the period 2020--2025