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Topic-comment structure and the interpretation of null subjects in modern Chinese
Full text linkBased on original data collected through an acceptability experiment, the present work aims to show that, in a radical null subject (NS) language like Mandarin Chinese, a NS is interpreted as co-referent to an Aboutness-Shift Topic (A-Topic), as in consistent and partial null subject languages, like Italian and Finnish respectively (cf. Frascarelli 2007, 2018). Nevertheless, the data regarding acceptability of NSs in different syntactic contexts shows specificities for Mandarin Chinese, which must be explained and integrated in the theory for a comprehensive account. Furthermore, the analysis of central and adverbial clauses show that A-Topics in Mandarin Chinese are derived by A’-movement from their subject position in the T-domain to the split-CP area. Moreover, based on the data collected through an original oral production experiment, it is shown that different types of Topics (namely, A-Topic, C(ontrastive)-Topic and G(iven)-Topic) show specific discourse-related intonational contours, even in a tone language like Chinese. Finally, two Hierarchies will be proposed, namely Topic Hierarchy, according to which an A-Topic precedes both a C- and a G-Topic, and an Acceptability Hierarchy, based on the structural constraints that affect interpretation (namely, ambiguity, locality and topic shift)
Il riferimento a espressioni enigmatiche nelle opere in cinese si Matteo Ricci SJ
No full textIn riferimento al tema della parola enigmatica, sono trattati aspetti 'misteriosi' riguardanti i missionari in Cina. La figura di Matteo Ricci SJ primo missionario a stabilirsi a Pechino, era enigmatica per i cinesi, perché non era comprensibile che ruolo ricoprisse nella società e quale fosse la sua attività. Inoltre, enigmatico è anche l'uso che Matteo Ricci fece di alcune frasi celebri dei classici per inserirli nel libretto volto alla memorizzazione dei caratteri cinesi
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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Questioni di antica mobilità. La presenza di Mutinenses a Roma, in Italia e nelle province attraverso la documentazione epigrafica (I secolo a.C. - III secolo d.C.). (approfondimento)
No full textNel presente articolo si analizzano iscrizioni di varia natura (prevalentemente epitaffi) provenienti da Roma e da diverse località dell'Impero in cui alcuni individui (26 certi) vengono ricordati per la propria origo da Mutina. Come è ovvio, si tratta quasi esclusivamente di militari (legionari e centurioni di legione, ma anche pretoriani e urbaniciani, in alcuni casi veterani), ai quali si aggiungono il "civile" --- Marcius C. f., mutinense attestato a Florentia, e il gladiatore Glaucus, nato a Mutina e morto a 23 anni nell'Arena di Verona. In base alle testimonianze esaminate, la presenza di Mutinenses in altre città dell'Impero tra cui, ad esempio, Aquileia, potrebbe non essere dovuta unicamente a ragioni di servizio militare né, tantomeno, al caso. Il dato più interessante, tuttavia, emerge dall'analisi dell'onomastica: numerosi militari originari di Mutina portano infatti gentilizi rarissimi, se non addirittura hapax
Considerazioni sugli Apollinares di Mutina alla luce di vecchi e nuovi dati epigrafici (approfondimento).
No full textL'approfondimento ripercorre la storia degli studi sull'istituto degli Apollinares di Mutina dal XIX secolo a oggi. In base alle indagini finora condotte, gli Apollinares modenesi, talora associati epigraficamente agli Augustales, vengono per lo più interpretati come addetti al culto e alla propaganda imperiale in ambito civico, in virtù dell'associazione tra il dio Apollo e Ottaviano/Augusto. Anche se non tutti gli Autori sono di questo parere, non si riscontrano al momento elementi decisivi per confutare questa interpretazione. Il presente contributo rappresenta infine l'occasione per illustrare le iscrizioni modenesi degli Apollinares venute alla luce negli ultimi anni, ma propone anche una revisione dei dati relativi alle testimonianze già note in precedenza
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