109 research outputs found
Dealing with barriers in EU discourse of Mental Health Care
No full textThis chapter focuses on the ways in which EU institutional discourses of mental health care are recontextualized for the purpose of disseminating specialized knowledge. It specifically investigates whether language barriers occur in specialized discourse, assuming that comprehensibility and simplification are key factors for effective communication with the lay audience. The investigation is carried out on the grounds of a quantitative-qualitative analysis of different text types collected from the Health EU Portal, and adopting a concordance-based discourse analytical approach. Findings reveal how texts are mostly targeted to professional audiences, marginalizing citizens and patients through the use of inaccessible language which hinders effec-tive communication with the general public.
The investigation reveals a noticeable difference among the texts in the EU corpus. In general, specialized discourse was found to be featured by legal language, notably known for its obscurity and ambiguity, thus resulting unintelligible to non-experts as no discursive strategies of support were identified. Processes of recontextualisation were implemented when other professionals (e.g. doctors, managers and hospital staff) were the direct recipients. In these cases, discourse was recontextualised to facilitate professional understanding by moving from specialised legal language to technical registers appropriately. The analysis of the online information booklet programme 2008-2013 shows a move towards the marketisation of the institutional discourse of mental health care. It is centred on self-promotional discourse as a counterpart of specialised discourse. Thus, its goal is to disseminate self-promoting content, rather than effectively cater for common people or patients, despite the occasional use of a less formal and simplified register
The role of SHALL and SHOULD in two international treaties: the UN Charter (1948) and the European Convention on Human Rights (1950).
No full textThe aim of the study is to analyse the language if two international treaties: The United Nation Charter (1945) and the European Convention of HumanRights (1950). In particular, it investigates the value of 'shall' and 'Should' in the institutional language of the United Nation and of the Council of Europe through a comparison between the English version of the documents and their Italian translations. The contrastive analysis will provide evides of difficulties encountered in the interpretation of the value and the meaning of modal auxiliary verbs in different language
'Make it happen!' The online promotion of human values in the UN millennium project
No full textThis paper analyses the features of UN communication online with regard to rhetorical moves, text organization and visual impact
Languaging Diversity in EU Institutional Discourse on Immigrant Integration
No full textThis chapter begins by identifying dominant concepts for the study of integration highlighting differences and/or similarities among them with special attention to integration of immigrants from a European perspective. The research develops to highlight interrelationships between notions identified in dimensions of integration and analysis of roles through
words, especially nouns, deployed in EU institutional discourse in dealingwith immigrant integration. The investigation is based on a quantitative-qualitative analysis of the texts in a Corpus ad hoc collected and searched by AntConc 3.1.2 software. The Corpus includes different text types in a time-span that extends from 2008 to 2013, notably specialised legal texts and texts addressed to a broad and mixed audience: EU Directives, “Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration: Increasing Coordination, Coherence and Synergies” (8.10.2008), European Agenda for the Integration of Third- Country Nationals” (20-7-2011), “EU Initiatives Supporting the Integration of Third-Country Nationals” (20-7-2011). In particular, the analysis has shown a move in the 2011 texts towards the gender perspective and a more careful look at the figure of the “ethnic entrepreneur” with a socio-economic role in the host society in the EU Initiatives text, which seems to mark a step forward in the EU stance to migration and im/migrant integration. The migrant’s identity moves from a generic “person” or “applicant” in the Directives to figures of migrants as beneficiary (man, woman, child, migrant) to whom rights (education, public health, residence and so on) must be granted, and who at times are granted a role as social actors. Overall, a depersonalised discourse on immigrant integration appears to be slowly replaced by a new type of discourse stressing the EU involvement in operationalising processes and activities in favour of immigrant integration
Exploring language behaviour in ESP courses
No full textThe study aims at illustrating the projects carried out in non linguistic Faculties and within the framework of ESP courses. The projects were meant to check the usefulness of corpus linguistics methodology in teaching English tpo students at non-linguistic Faculties, to promote students'involvement and active participation in the learning process, and to increase language awareness though corpus analysis of specialized texts.The corpus-based teaching activitities have been carried out as practical sessions in courses which were run on a combination of discourse analysis and corpus linguistics
Exploring language behaviour in ESP courses
No full textThe study aims at illustrating the projects carried out in non linguistic Faculties and within the framework of ESP courses. The projects were meant to check the usefulness of corpus linguistics methodology in teaching English tpo students at non-linguistic Faculties, to promote students'involvement and active participation in the learning process, and to increase language awareness though corpus analysis of specialized texts.The corpus-based teaching activitities have been carried out as practical sessions in courses which were run on a combination of discourse analysis and corpus linguistics
Il Turismo Accessibile: una possibile alternativa per la competitività territoriale.
No full textThe author offer a reflection on accessible tourism, defined as a way of allowing to fully enjoy their stay all those who for various reasons - economic, physical, cultural, political, but also religious- are not guaranteed the inalienable right to a holiday; thus, the wellbeing of the visitors is reconciled with the preservation of the cultural heritage.
The starting point for the analysis is the concept of sustainable tourism; a concept which has been discussed for at least two decades and on which nearly everyone agrees, but which is of difficult practical application in the field of tourism; the difficulties are due to problems relating to measurability, definition and the existence of conflicting statistics.
Accessibility is linked strongly to sustainability; accessible tourism does not only pay attention to the needs of the disabled but to everyone's; through a very high quality offer, accessible tourism is able to respond to the needs of children, the elderly, mothers pushing prams, people with limited physical ability or sensory impairments or who have food-related allergies or issues, so that they can make full use of the holiday or their free time without obstacles and difficulties.
Accessible tourism can be an opportunity for all locations through an offer of more liveable and hospitable destinations that can meet the expectations of people with special needs.
In fact it achieves an advantage for the local community, because improved accessibility favours the development of the most authentic social relations in a sustainable way
Il delitto di onore e l'aggravante dei 'futili motivi' culturalmente (e religiosamente) motivata,
No full textContributo sottoposto a valutazione. Il contributo è destinato alla pubblicazione nel volume degli Atti del Corso di formazione giuridica in materia di pari opportunità e violazione del divieto di discriminazione di genere, organizzato dal Comitato Pari Opportunità presso il Consiglio dell\u27Ordine degli Avvocati di Napoli, ottobre 2013- giugno 2014SOMMARIO:1. I reati culturalmente motivati e il tentato omicidio per causa di “onore” - 2. Il concetto di onore nella cultura e nella tradizione giuridica dei Paesi mussulmani - 3. L\u27aggravante dei futili motivi nel nostro sistema penale - 4. Considerazioni conclusive. ABSTRACT The crime of honor and the aggravating factor of the trivial reasons\u27 culturally (and religiously) motivated A recent case law of the Italian Court of Cassation, on 2013, ruled that, in the case of the attempted murder of a daughter, trivial reasons cannot be considered based on the honor of the family and the violation of a fundamental religious precept. The evaluation of these cases then relates to that, of a much broader scope, linked to the concept of \u27cultural crimes\u27 or cultural defence. It is necessary, however, to perform a careful balancing between guilt and offensiveness proportion on the one hand and, on the other hand, to consider the extent to which the author of a culturally motivated crime can enjoy a punitive treatment, though attenuated compared to those who commit the same crime without a cultural motivation. A judgment intrinsically linked to a cultural and ethical relativism, cannot be accepted that though respecting the multiculturalism of the western society in general, and of the Italian one in particular, must always find its legitimacy by submitting to the principles and values on which the Italian Constitution is founded
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