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L'ambiguità delle lingue
No full textL’ambiguità pervade molti aspetti del pensiero e dell’esperienza, sfidando non solo le nostre certezze nel valutare, percepire e comunicare la realtà, ma anche i tentativi di definizione: lo stesso termine “ambiguo” si rifrange infatti in una costellazione di significati che evocano sia ciò che è incerto, dubbio, oscuro, e quindi difficile da interpretare, sia ciò che è equivoco, doppio, molteplice, e dunque interpretabile in modi diversi. Per questo l’ambiguità ha spesso attratto gli specialisti e i creativi del segno linguistico: filosofi e giuristi, retori e scrittori, teorici e critici della letteratura, lessicografi e traduttori, ma soprattutto linguisti, che su di essa si pongono molte domande. Perché le lingue hanno parole ed espressioni ambigue? La loro presenza è un vantaggio o un ostacolo per la comunicazione? Quali meccanismi intervengono nella disambiguazione? E qual è il ruolo dell’ambiguità nei processi del cambiamento linguistico? Per rispondere a questi interrogativi, il libro accompagna il lettore in un percorso attraverso le diverse manifestazioni del fenomeno, considerato nella sincronia e nella diacronia di numerose lingue, antiche e moderne
Quaderni di Semantica
Full text link«Quaderni di Semantica» è una rivista internazionale con referaggio anonimo (blind peer review), pubblicata annualmente. Si interessa a diversi settori dello studio del significato, e aspira a promuovere un dibattito tra esperti delle scienze umane e sociali (ad esempio linguisti, filologi antropologi, archeologi, genetisti, storici, paletnologi, neuropsicologi). Accetta contributi originali, inediti e interdisciplinari scritti nelle principali lingue europee. La rivista esce regolarmente dal 1980. In questi 35 anni di vita ha assunto un ruolo cruciale nella storia della linguistica moderna e si è avvalsa della collaborazione attiva di studiosi di fama internazionale quali Noam Chomsky, Eugen Coșeriu, Tullio De Mauro, Umberto Eco, Gianfranco Folena, Luigi Heilmann, Giulio C. Lepschy, Max Pfister e Harald Weinrich
Ambiguity and uncertainty in the synchrony and diachrony of language
No full textThis paper investigates the relationship between ambiguity and uncertainty, as well as their intertwining with the synchronic functioning and the diachronic development of languages. After introducing some basic concepts and terminology, I propose a definition and a taxonomy of linguistic ambiguity. The parallels with figurative illusions highlight the perceptual correlates of the phenomenon, while the discussion on its metaphorical conceptualization confirms the connection with the domain of uncertainty. In the synchronic perspective the link between ambiguity and uncertainty will be explained in relation to economic behaviour and system efficiency, while their role in diachronic processes will be explored in relation to different factors and mechanisms of language change
Residenze a Montagnana di Guicciardini e Magni Architetti
No full textIl nucleo abitativo di nuova realizzazione, opera di Guicciardini e Magni Architetti, si attesta sul crinale di Montagnana guardando verso ovest Montespertoli e verso est San Casciano con i paesi del fondovalle
General extenders in Latin
No full textGeneral extenders are a subset of pragmatic markers that includes items such as Eng. and stuff like that, and everything, or something. In many languages
they are typically phrase- or clause-final expressions with a structural template consisting of a conjunction plus a generic nominal (or a proform), with an optional
comparative or similative phrase. Like other pragmatic devices, general extenders cover a wide range of functions and meanings, which are highly context dependent. These features have been deeply investigated in native English discourse, while research on their role at the textual level has been minimal. In addition, many studies quote et cetera as a typical example, but no attempt has been made so far to investigate this kind of expressions in Latin. The aim of this chapter is to collect the Latin expressions that can be employed as general extenders, and to discuss questions concerning the structures and their variation, their functions
in the organization of the text, and their pragmaticalization
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Biblioteca dell’Istituto di storia della scienza a Firenze di Guicciardini e Magni Architetti
No full textDopo complessi lavori di restauro e allestimento realizzati nel corso
dell’operazione di generale riorganizzazione di Palazzo Castellani,
nei due piani alti dell’edificio è stata collocata la nuova biblioteca
dell’Istituto di Storia della Scienza di Firenze, progetto di Guicciardini
e Magni Architetti inaugurato nel 2002
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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