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Why semantics cannot be but cognitive. Coseriu’s criticism of cognitive semantics
No full textIn a 1997 paper, Violi wondered whether semantics could be non–cogni-tive. This question is still significant since, in the last decades, cognitive semantics has been thought of as the more suitable paradigm to investi-gate the profound “mystery of meaning” precisely because of its criticism of a presumed “non–cognitive” (i.e. “autonomist”) linguistic semantics. However, within the cognitive framework, the disapproval of linguistic semantics often appears unfocused, being addressed to a variety of theo-ries and authors gathered under unspecified labels. Bringing into play the quandary of the “autonomy”, Violi’s question should be recalled to dis-cuss the meaning of “cognitive” when referred to semantics. Such a re-flection seems, in fact, essential as to elucidate why some theorists believe that cognitive semantics is not so “cognitive” as it claims, and why one may find even “more cognitive” those approaches which lay on a philo-sophical question about language, such as the one outlined by Eugenio Coseriu. With this aim, in the first section, comparing the Chomskyan paradigm with the cognitive theories of the second generation, I will briefly discuss what is meant by “cognitive”. In the second section, I will instead investigate Eugenio Coseriu’s monist conception of language and the ruthless criticism he moved to cognitive semantics, enlightening some of the theoretical standstills of a “non–autonomist” semantic approach
Mappe come immagini: comparazioni e convergenze tra il cartografico e il visuale
No full textGli ambiti del ‘cartografico’ (le mappe) e del ‘visuale’ (le immagini) sono stati tradizionalmente considerati in maniera distinta. I confini tra il cartografico e il visuale appaiono oggi sempre più sfumati nell’esperienza quotidiana degli strumenti digitali, quando utilizziamo globi virtuali, navigatori satellitari o passiamo da visualizzazioni zenitali a street-views nelle app cartografiche. Questa convergenza produce delle forme ibride di ‘geovisualità’. Tuttavia, con uno sguardo retrospettivo, possiamo ripercorrere una vera e propria ‘archeologia del geovisuale’ comparando culture cartografiche e visuali del passato.
Traditionally, a distinction between the ‘cartographic’ (the map) and
the ‘visual’ (the view) has been acknowledged. The boundary between the
cartographic and the visual is challenged in our everyday experience when
we use digital tools such as virtual globes, in-car satellite navigation systems,
or switch from map-views to street-views on mapping tools. This convergence
produces forms of hybrid ‘geovisuality’. However, we can also retrace an
‘archaeology of the geovisual’ by comparing past cartographic and visual
cultures
Quaderni del Dottorato in Scienze documentarie, linguistiche e letterarie. 1. Prismi a cura di Gianfranco Crupi, Filomena Diodato, Stefano Gensini, Cristiano Pesaresi, Caterina Romeo, Silvia Toscano
No full textQuesti Quaderni documentano l’esperienza didattica e scientifica del Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze documentarie, linguistiche e letterarie che ha sede presso l’Università La Sapienza di Roma. La prima sezione è dedicata ad aprire qualche “finestra” sull’attività didattica svolta nel Dottorato, in parte condivisa e in parte rivolta specificamente a singoli curricula, e sempre attenta sia alla dimensione della discussione, del dibattito, sia al respiro internazionale. Nella seconda sezione trova spazio invece una selezione di contributi, di dottorandi in corso e dottori che hanno conseguito il titolo negli ultimi due o tre anni, che illustrino nel loro complesso l’ampio orizzonte tematico delle ricerche portate avanti nel Dottorato. Inoltre, in questo primo volume pubblicato dal Dottorato si è ritenuto opportuno includere, come terza sezione, un repertorio delle ricerche e delle relative tesi a partire dal 28° ciclo, che comprende anche l’utile indicazione delle pubblicazioni connesse o derivate dalla tesi
SImili agli atomi
No full textWords are more than “building blocks” for constructing texts.
Through words, the speaker’s worldviews and beliefs emerge; through
words, speakers co-construct their identity in interaction with others and
the world, making sense of the world around them. These words may be at
the centre of the language-system, but they may also be at the margins, on
the periphery of the system, woven into associative networks
Principi di una sematologia generale nella Sprachtheorie. Metodi, temi e nozioni
No full textThe paper focuses on the principles of Karl Bühler’s general sematology through the main concepts presented in the Sprachtheorie (1934). According to the author, a unitary theory of language has its scientific foundation in sematology, meant as a general theory of the sign. In the articlesome important notions for semiotic reflection will be explored, such as sign, field, value and abstractive relevance, from which it is possible to deepen the themes of a Bühlerian sematology. They can be summarized in the significative and instrumental nature of language, and linguistic forms. The goal is to place the author’s work in the broad scenario of semiotic disciplines
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
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