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La lingua come sistema e come artefatto. L'emergenza delle relazioni generative nelle attività innovative
No full textIl libro esplora alcuni processi attraverso i quali gli esseri umani costruiscono relazioni tra agenti e artefatti nelle attività innovative, insistendo sulla relazione tra attività linguistica e processi di innovazione. Il ruolo centrale in questa dinamica spetta alle «relazioni generative», quel particolare tipo di relazioni tra agenti e tra agenti e artefatti che produce nuove funzionalità degli artefatti e nuove identità degli agenti. Per loro natura, le relazioni generative non esistono in anticipo, ma emergono nel processo di innovazione. Bonifati e Guardiano indagano il nesso fra queste dinamiche e l’attività linguistica, proponendo una prospettiva originale sulla relazione fra quest’ultima e i processi di innovazione, e una definizione dinamica della nozione di artefatto e di artefatto linguistico. Il capitolo finale racconta il caso esemplare di Guglielmo Marconi e dell’invenzione del radiotelegrafo, un artefatto che ha rivoluzionato il sistema della comunicazione contemporanea
Phylogenetic reconstruction and syntactic parameters. Quantitative experiments on Indo-European
No full textGoals. Exploring the historical relations of subfamilies within Indo-European by means of the innovative tools provided by the Parametric Comparison Method (Longobardi and Guardiano 2009), and evaluating the role parametric syntax may play in the reconstruction of such rela- tionships on a quantitative basis
Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern Indo-European languages
No full textThe Parametric Comparison Method (PCM, Guardiano & Longobardi 2005, Longobardi & Guardiano 2009) grounds on the assumption that syntactic parameters are more appropriate than other traits for use as comparanda for historical reconstruction, because they are able to provide unambiguous correspondences and objective measurements, thus guaranteeing wide-range applicability and quantitative exactness. This paper discusses a set of experiments explicitly designed to evaluate the impact of parametric syntax in representing historical relatedness, and performed on a selection of 26 contemporary Indo-European varieties. The results show that PCM is in fact able to identify correctly genealogical relations even from modern languages only, performing as accurately as lexical methods, and that its effectiveness is not limited by interference effects such as ‘horizontal’ transmission. PCM is thus validated as a powerful tool for the analysis of historical relationships not only on a long-range perspective (as suggested by Longobardi & Guardiano 2009), but even on more focused, though independently well-known domains
Greek dialects in Southern Italy: nominal syntax between Greek and Romance?
No full textThe present work expands the empirical base of Guardiano & Stavrou 2014 (henceforth G&S) and discusses the problems that arise
Yet, up to our current knowledge, no significant dissimilarity has emerged2 so far with respect to the properties explored here.
from the newly collected data concerning patterns of adjectival modification in the nominal structure of the minority variety of Greek
The empirical information was collected from on-purpose interviews with native speakers, and
spoken in Southern Calabria (henceforth Bovese), which we compare to the other Greek variety (henceforth Grico), some Romance integrated, when needed, with evidence provided in the literature.
dialects spoken in Southern Italy and Standard Greek
Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2009 mit Anhang als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbibliographie der Werke des Autors nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ im Schlussteil der Bibliographie sowie einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Architektur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an epilogue with an introduction to the architecture of the works in its epistemological structure and composition and as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2009-petzold-h-g-gesamtbibliographie-h-g-petzold-1958-2009-updating-november2009/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Toward a History and Geography of Syntax
No full textIn addition to its theoretical impact, the development of molecular biology has brought about the possibility of extraordinaryhistorical progress in the study of phylogenetic classification of different species and human populations (especially cf. CavalliSforza et al., 1994, among others).We argue that parametric analyses of grammatical diversity in theoretical linguistics, stemmingfrom Chomsky (1981), can prompt analogous progress in the historical classification of language families, by showing that abstractsyntactic properties are reliable indicators of phylogenetic relations. The pursuit of this approach radically questions thetraditional belief in the orthogonality of grammatical typology and language genealogy, broadly supporting Nichols’ (1992)program, and ultimately contributes to establishing formal grammar as a population science and historical linguistics as animportant part of cognitive inquiry
On the prospects of parametric comparison
No full textThe research program we present here may suggest that the vocabulary and the distribution of sounds within words and morphemes are not the only domain in which languages show significant traces of their history and ancestral relations: the study of abstract and deeper mental objects, like syntactic parameters, discovered and investigated with the tools of formal cognitive science, may also provide crucial contributions to the goals and methods of historical inquiry and warrant the very possibility of formal syntax as an historical scientific paradigm
Toward a History and geography of humen syntax
No full textWe want to show that syntactic parameters, exactly like the polymorphisms studied by population genetics, have a number of formal properties which make them optimal new tools for language comparison and, thus, for the study of language variation and classification
Warren G. Harding letter to Adolphe Danziger, February 21, 1921
No full textIn this letter dated February 21, 1921, President-elect Warren G. Harding writes to Adolphe Danziger, a Jewish scholar, lawyer and author, to thank him for the poem he wrote honoring Harding titled "Within the Storm."
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Wissenschaftliche Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2014 mit Anhang von 2007 als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbiliograpie der Werke des Autors bis Dez. 2013 nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ und einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Struktur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author up to Dec. 2013 and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an appendix with an introduction to the structure of the work in its epistemological structure and composition as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2014-petzold-h-g-2014-wissenschaftliche-gesamtbibliographie-1958-2014/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
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