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Il linguaggio mafioso. Scritto, parlato, non detto
2017
The volume aims to show the language of the so called 'mafia'. The main task is the definition of the linguistic and pragmatic boundaries of this notion, The book starts from the paradox of the communication of the mafia. How mafia communicates even though it is an organization based on silence? The volume studies written, spoken and unspoken facts of communication of mafia. Il volume affronta il tema del linguaggio mafioso cercando di definirne i contorni pragmatici prima ancora che linguistici. Il punto di partenza è quello che potrebbe essere definito il paradosso del linguaggio mafioso: in che modo un'organizzazione che ha fatto del silenzio la sua cifra identitaria è riuscita a costrui…
Comparing speaking situations in three different language tests
2013
The purpose of this study was to compare learner outcome when five similar speaking situations were offered in the speaking subtest in Finnish, Swedish and English intermediate level tests in the Finnish National Certificates language testing system. The overall aim was to investigate the tasks by comparing learner outcomes across the three tests and to seek explanations for the outcome in the learners’ selfreported demographic, language, educational and professional background.The speaking situations were selected from the NC item bank meaning that they have undergone the Item Response Theory based analyses which indicate that the tasks function well in all tests. More information was need…
Du verbe instrumental dans la musique subsaharienne
2021
Sub-Saharan music results from the spoken language/instrumental language relation, directed by an oral culture. In this culture, these languages transmit ? beyond their singularities ? messages thanks to either a coded signal known by the linguistic community or previously defined among a group of individuals, or is used as a true meta-language copied on the articulated and usual language used every day. Here, an instrumental musical speech can then imitate and reproduce the tonal inflexions of the language to make its matter understandable. This fact is the natural result of a strong interaction and interrelation between the spoken language and the music as well as the conception that the …
Diagnozowanie sprawności mówienia w perspektywie (nie tylko) egzaminu maturalnego
2015
The article discusses the difficulties of diagnosing speaking skills in the situation of matriculation examination, resulting from the specific nature of spoken language varieties and texts implementation in these variants. Factors that should be taken into account when formulating criteria for assessing speech and conversation exams are: complex and holistic structure of spoken speech, transience of audible text, the spontaneity of live speech, the power of nonverbal codes, a significant stigma of a dialog, and the influence of situational context on the course of communicative interaction. The analysis of speaking skills assessment tools prepared for the oral examination in the year 2015…