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Le système pronominal du français louisianais
No full textThis paper discusses the pronominal system of Louisiana French, a variety of French spoken mainly in the south-western part of Louisiana State.
The analysis of data (Girard Lomheim, 2016) shows that although Louisiana French clitics share certain features with clitics from other informal varieties of French and dialects of French, they cannot be analysed along quite the same lines. They have reached a more advanced stage of grammaticalization. They are moving away from the status of syntactic argument towards the status of agreement marker. The fact that they are subject to strong phonetic erosion and have been gradually replaced by weak pronouns shows that they are coming closer to the ultimate stadium of their grammaticalization cycle (van Gelderen, 2011), the null stadium.
The progressive reduction of the clitic paradigm is accompanied by the emergence of a new class of weak pronouns, which leads us to claim that the pronominal system of this vernacular is organized in three classes of pronouns: strong pronouns and two classes of deficient pronouns: weak pronouns and clitics in the terms of Cardinaletti et Starke (1994 and 1999). We claim that the difference between strong and weak pronouns should be addressed in terms of syntax and morphology whereas the difference between weak pronouns and clitics should be accounted for in terms of morphosyntax and phonology.
 
I germanismi nello spazio linguistico della penisola italica: superstrato prodotto dalla migrazione; ambito di analisi diacronica, diatopica, e stilistica; strumento per la didattica.
No full textGermanic peoples appear strongly on the stage of history during late antiquity. With the advent of so-called “Barbarian Invasions” (or “folk migrations”, if the perspective is that of the invaders), raids by Germanic tribes gradually turn into migrations of ethnic groups settling in the areas they strike. With the fall of the Empire and the creation of Barbarian Kingdoms, this phenomenon leads to lasting effects on local languacultures. In the Italian peninsula, Goths, Langobards, and Franks, impacted the evolution of vulgar Latin, leaving visible traces in the Italian language.
The Germanic element of Italian vocabulary is represented by a multitude of toponyms and anthroponyms; it characterises specific lexical areas, and is observable in basic vocabulary and derivational morphology. These elements (systematically collected within the LEI project) are an extremely interesting object of study, on several levels.
In a diachronic perspective: analysing their presence at different stages, and as an instrument for dating.
In a diatopic perspective: as a criterion of dialectological analysis, also frequently linked to geosynonyms and so-called “parole bandiera”. (Besides also being a differentiating criterion between romance languages).
In a sociolinguistic and stylistic perspective: considering the value of a Latin or a Germanic equivalent, in context.
It is moreover ultimately relevant to consider an approach involving Germanic elements in Italian as an effective pedagogical tool. They can prove extremely useful, not only in educating about the history of the languaculture of the Italian peninsula, but also in teaching basic language-competence, and in the expansion of vocabulary, exploiting intercomprehension in learners with a Germanic mother tongue in general, and a Scandinavian one in particular (and vice versa).
 
Veiledningssamtaler: Hvordan kan mentor bidra til å utvikle en ny lærers forståelse for undervisningsarbeidet?
Get PDFStudien undersøker observert veiledning mellom en mentor og en nyutdannet lærer. Et sosiokulturelt perspektiv anlegges for å belyse forskningsspørsmålene: 1) Hvordan kan en mentor bidra til at en ny lærer får utvikle sin forståelse for undervisning? og 2) Hvordan anvendes dialogiske ressurser i veiledningssamtaler med en nyutdannet for å diskutere den nye lærerens undervisning? Interaksjonsanalyse brukes for å forstå mikroprosesser via tre episoder hentet fra to veiledningssamtaler. Analysen bidrar med kunnskap om hvordan mentorer kan anvende dialogiske ressurser (muntlige representasjoner, spørsmål og samtalestrategier) for å angi retningen i veiledningssamtaler. Studien utforsker hvordan en mentor med høy formalisert veilederutdanning og gode dialogiske ferdigheter gir prinsipielt orientert veiledning. I lys av veiledningsforskning argumenterer studien for at sterk mentorstyring ser ut til å muliggjøre analyse og utforsking av undervisning som kan bidra til å utvikle en ny lærers agency, både hva gjelder forståelse for eget undervisningsarbeid og praktisk handlingsrepertoar.
This study examines observed mentoring between a mentor and a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in a Norwegian mentoring program. A sociocultural perspective is applied to elucidate two questions: 1) How can a mentor contribute to developing a new teacher’s understanding of own teaching? and 2) How are dialogical resources used in mentoring conversations with a NQT to discuss the new teacher’s teaching? Interaction Analysis covers three episodes from two mentoring conversations to provide new knowledge on microprocesses and how mentors’ use of dialogical resources (oral representations, questions and conversational moves) may drive and guide mentoring conversations. The study explores how a mentor with advanced formal training and strong dialogical skills manages principled mentoring contributing to developing a new teacher’s agency, concerning both understanding of teaching and practical repertoire. Findings are discussed in light of prior research and to claim that firm mentoring may enable analysis and exploration of teaching in mentoring conversations
Dos estructuras simbólicas del mito de la Quintrala: la bruja y la femme fatale
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Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer, best known as Quintrala, is a historical figure of the Chilean Colonial period. Within Chilean culture, she became a myth that developed into a literary character variously portraited as a witch, a murderer, and a parricide. To this day, these remain the portraits that have been reproduced in the literary narrative about the character.
In this work I will analyse the symbolic structures of the witch and the femme fatale, which are essential and reiterative in the construction of the narrative discourse about this literary character. For this purpose, I have chosen the figurative structuralism that views a literary text as a sermo mythicus, that is to say, as a myth in which symbolic structures are a part of the mythical discourse advocated by this theory; this kind of discourse is likewise a fundamental and inherent component of the myth of Quintrala that has not been studied as such.
This work aims to examine these symbolic structures embedded in the myth of La Quintrala by analysing and comparing Gustavo Frías’ latest novels, Tres nombres para Catalina: Catrala (2001) and Tres nombres para Catalina: la doña de Campofrío (2003), the work of Magdalena Petit, La Quintrala (2009), that of Mercedes Valdivieso, Maldita yo entre las mujeres (1991), as well as the historical essay Los Lisperguer y la Quintrala by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna ([1877] 1944) in order to establish the existence through time of a rewriting and a transfiguration of the symbolic structures in these literary works
Familia, género y espacio transnacional en Dime algo sobre Cuba, de Jesús Díaz
No full textFamily and intimate relationships across borders is a central topic in migration literature. This article investigates the representation of the transnational family in Dime algo sobre Cuba (1998), by the Cuban writer and filmmaker Jesús Díaz. Written from exile in Spain, the novel is set in Cuba’s “Special Period” of post-Cold War economic crisis and emigration of balseros (‘rafters’). The highly original plot of a twofold perilous voyage between Havana and Miami incorporates elements from both exile literature and undocumented migration narratives, but it also goes beyond the established patterns of these genres. Drawing on transnational family studies and feminist theory, this paper examines how the characters experience the migration process with focus on the internal dynamics of the subjects that comprise the family, their relations to multiple places, as well as the narrative modes of representing these relations. It shows the internal dynamics of the protagonist’s family as a split narrative of dis- and reintegration across political and national borders. It also discusses the lived experience of the double orientation of the migrant subject, facing a lost home(land) as well as a new place which s/he still does not inhabit. The analysis suggests that the process of the reorientation of the migrant subject is articulated as a gendered and sexualised narrative of the intimate relations of the protagonist, intertwined with the narrative of the homeland. However, the ambivalent ending of the novel with its references to cultural hybridity points to an opening where the future of Cuban exile and diaspora lies in the ability to forgive and establish cultural contact across borders
Moravia l’africano delle Storie della preistoria
No full textIn 1976 Alberto Moravia, then sixty-nine years old, won the Andersen Prize for the Mustafà, la volpe del Sahara, his first children’s tale. Then followed the stories about others humanized animals, first published in the “Corriere della Sera” and in the various editions of selected stories, and later collected in the volume Stories of Prehistory (1982), which brought Moravia the Viareggio Prize in 1983. Apart from the deep affection that Moravia felt for animals and nature in general, that form of narrative has its roots in the numerous African journeys he undertook since 1962. For Moravia, the Black Continent, “the most beautiful thing that exists in the world”, was an artistic discovery and an “antidote to the highly refined, sophisticated and mechanical civilization”. Africa, a place “still amid prehistory and history”, was for him – as in some respects it was for Pasolini – the depository of primordial values in the process of disappearing, due to the imminent industrialization. In the Stories of Prehistory Moravia speaks of those universal values, always opposed to the vices, and views them through curiosity that is usually inaccessible to adults. His children’s tales – always funny, sometimes hilariously merciless – occupies a separate position within the oeuvre of the Roman writer and gained him many fans. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of those aspects of Moravia’s work which have not been reflected yet and are still very relevant today
La (dé)nomination du « peuple français » par Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen Débat de l’entre-deux-tours du 3 mai 2017 : une étude lexicale et sémantique
No full textIn the proposed article, the authors investigate how the candidates to the French presidential elections, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, named their fellow citizens, what types of denominations the two candidates used when referring to the French people during the TV-debate which took place in May 2017. The authors have carried out several discourse analytic studies on the final debate of the French presidential elections (Sullet-Nylander & Roitman 2010a, 2010b, 2011 and 2016).
This new study deals with the concepts of denomination and/or nomination within a discourse analytic framework based on theoretical models and definitions by Kleiber (2001) and Siblot (2001). The identification of “les paradigmes désignationnels” (Charaudeau & Maingueneau 2002: 415) enables the collection of relevant semantic and lexical information related to this specific genre and discourse type. The analyses are quantitative and qualitative as well as comparative (between the two candidates).
The following research questions are addressed: How do both candidates refer to French people during their exchanges? Do the differences in the frequency of a particular denomination depend on the political orientation of the candidates? What electoral strategies can be linked to these (de)nominations? The results show several differences between the two candidates, one of which the most salient being Marine Le Pen’s use of the lexeme “compatriotes” while Macron prefers “concitoyens”.
 
How We Talk when We Talk About Disabled Children and Their Families: An Invitation to Queer the Discourse
No full textDespite contemporary perspectives in resource-oriented music therapy, community music therapy, and anti-oppressive practice, there seems still to be a tendency to describe disabled children and their families in a pathologizing, problem-focused way. Disability is often located within the child and not in the societal structures that sustain and support the concept of disability as tragedy and burden for the families. Queer theories challenge the concepts of normality and fixed identities, reject pathologization, and politicize access. In this paper, I attempt to explore how queertheories offer a critical perspective on normativity, identity, and power. I will do this by exploring the concept of normality and normativity and discourse current representations of disabled children in the music therapy literature and by reflecting upon an ongoing participatory action research project where I aim to co-create knowledge on musicking, its accessibility, and meaning together with disabled children and their families. I argue that we need to change the way we talk and write about our practice as well as to challenge the concepts and attitudes toward diversity in order to contribute to inclusive environments that appreciate and celebrate diversity.Come parliamo quando parliamo di bambini disabili e delle loro famiglie: un invito a rendere queer* il discorso
Nonostante le prospettive contemporanee nella musicoterapia orientata alle risorse, nella community music therapy e nella pratica anti-oppressiva, sembra esserci ancora una tendenza a descrivere i bambini disabili e le loro famiglie in un modo patologico e incentrato sul problema. La disabilità si trova spesso nella differenza mente-corpo del bambino e non nelle strutture sociali che sostengono e supportano il concetto di disabilità come tragedia e onere per le famiglie. Le teorie queer sfidano i concetti di normalità e identità fisse, rifiutano la patologizzazione e politicizzano l\u27accesso. In questo articolo, cerco di esplorare in che modo le teorie queer offrono una prospettiva critica su normative, identità e potere. Lo farò esplorando le attuali rappresentazioni dei bambini disabili nella letteratura musicoterapica, e riflettendo su un progetto in corso di ricerca di azioni partecipative in cui intendo co-creare conoscenze sul musicking, la sua accessibilità e significato, insieme ai bambini disabili e alle loro famiglie. Sostengo che dobbiamo cambiare il modo in cui parliamo e scriviamo della nostra pratica, nonché sfidare i concetti e gli atteggiamenti nei confronti della diversità al fine di contribuire ad ambienti inclusivi che apprezzino e celebrino la diversità.
* Socialmente eccentrico rispetto alle definizioni di normalità codificate dalla cultura dominante, anche in riferimento all’orientamento sessuale e all’identità di genere.
Traduzione di Claudio Cominard
Fifteen minutes of data: to approach complex matters in easy ways
No full textThe concept Fifteen minutes of data (Datakvarten) started during spring 2017. We saw a growing need to engage librarians with data, research data and related issues, and with the creation of our digital lab we got the final incentive. However, it is a new area to many and can be complex, so there was some hesitation and reluctance amongst our colleagues. This initiative aimed to integrate it in a nice and easy way to our daily work. We wanted to develop a competence on the subject within our whole unit but needed to fit the learning process into already busy schedules.
The fifteen minutes of data happened on our regular unit meetings, occurring every other week. Workshop sessions were mixed with lectures and seminar methods to engage everyone in different ways. We tried to follow a logic path in pic of topics, to start with the basics and step up the complexity bit by bit. Topics could be about what data really is, PSI (Public sector information), visualisation, data literacy and data formats. The year ended up with a quiz to repeat the most important. We had a logotype and used a special jingle to introduce each session, which was much appreciated.
It was important to meet the whole unit, with different previous knowledge and interest. Fifteen minutes is not a long time, but we can conclude that it was worth the effort and planning time – it went well and the concept will continue throughout 2018. With the presentation we want to highlight the concept and encourage others to try it, but also raise questions about what every librarian should know and master about data. What trends do you see? What lies ahead