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La traduzione come negoziazione tra Entfremdung e Einbürgerung: condizionamenti da e sulla cultura di arrivo
No full textAgainst the background of the concept of translation as negotiation, the paper examines Schleiermacher's theory and the opposition between Entfremdung an Einbuergerung, that can be re-interpreted as the result of a process of mediation among different needs and objectives.The paper then focuses on a case study, comparing two translations of Whitney's Life and Growth of Language, the Italian by D'Ovidio and the German by Leskien, which respectively represent the two different approaches
The Place of Language: Discourse, Translation, Culture. Essays in Honor of Giuliana Garzone
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Genres and persuasion: Linguistic and argumentation perspectives
Full text linkThe vinvestigation sits at the interface of argumentation and discourse studies, exploring different genres belonging to public debate across different domain
Omnia munda mundis: latino, diglossia e semiosi artificiale nei Promessi sposi
No full textThe paper aims to find out the rare traces of diglossia in The Betrothed, in order to investigate the role played by the different languages (Latin, Italian, Spanish), against the theoretical background of the opposition between natural (or popular) semiosis and artificial semiosis as described by Eco (1987). The analysis reveals that the success of communication generally depends on the good will of the interlocutors and on the knowledge of facts rather than on pure linguistic competence, while only foreign languages are deliberately used to block communication (s. the Spanish language used by Ferrer or the use of Latin by Don Abbondio). Moreover, a careful analysis of the use of Latin in its various aspects, and of the different roles of language and dialogue, makes it possible to go beyond Eco’s synthetic conclusion, according to which Manzoni celebrates the defeat of language through a ‘linguistic object’ (the novel itself). The very effort of the author to develop a common Italian language, to be used also in spontaneous oral communication, testifies to his faith in words, provided they are not intentionally manipulated and rhetorically mystified
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