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Seeing through words: hypotyposis and its functions
No full textThis essay aims to analyse the rhetorical device of hypotyposis, which is held in great consideration both by ancient rhetoricians (Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian) and by modern critics (Dumarsais, Barthes and Eco) for its capacity to portray visual experiences through the use of words, so as to make them as perceptible as if they were present before the reader’s eyes.
The essay compares hypotyposis with other similar rhetorical strategies, such as description (an important moment in which the narratio is suspended and the author describes a place or character), evidentia, and especially ekphrasis - which comes from ekphràzo, meaning “describe, represent”, it is used with reference to the description of artworks - which all exercise a significant persuasive function, for they make arguments more tangible and convincing
Recensione a: Giacomo Leopardi, Circa la natura di una lingua. I materiali della polizzina autografa del 1827, Palermo 1998
No full textRecensione a: Anna Rita Romani, “La teoria della lingua nel pensiero di Giacomo Leopardi”. Rivista di Letteratura italiana, 1998, 1, 73-108, in La rassegna della letteratura italiana, CIV, 2, 2000, pp. 642.
No full textFalse reasoning. From Aristotle to Perelman
No full textThe paper aims to investigate the mechanisms of incorrect and misleading rea- soning with particular reference to argumentative fallacies that are widespread today in information and communication policies. Notably, it highlights strate- gies used to influence people’s behaviour and forge public opinion in ways ad- vantageous to political power systems
A Few Important and Original Aspects of Carlo Cattaneo’s Philosophical-Linguistic Ideas
Get PDFThe essay has two main purposes. The first is a general reconstruction of Cattaneo’s linguistic thought, highlighting the most important aspects of both his reflections on the connection between language and the community of speakers, and his study of the functions and properties of language. The latter includes an analysis of the influence Cattaneo’s philosophy had on the sphere of Italian linguistics at the turn of the 20th century
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