Search results for "Pragma"

About the Use of Tag Questions in Andean Spanish

2021

This paper aims to describe the use of tag questions in the variety of Andean Spanish spoken in Bolivia. In particular, it explores the tag questions that occur in the Corpus oral del español hablado por bilingües de aymara-español. The analysis consists of two levels. On the one hand, it describes the pragmatic functions of tag questions and identifies the correlation between their distribution and their pragmatic functions. On the other hand, it focuses on the impact that social factors (the speakers’ sex, age, and education) have on the frequency of the tags. Along these lines, it displays the lack of a general sociolinguistic trend in the use of tag questions, furthermore, it shows that…

Comprensione come performance. Modelli pragmatici tra euristiche «fast and frugal»e vincoli biocogntivi

2018

The meaning of an utterance is a logical issue which has to be considered as such regardless of the biocognitive constraints operating in our bodies. This (traditional) thesis assumes a definite notion of rationality that doen’t seem to withstand what we know about the limits of our rationality (Kahneman, Tversky 1979) and what emerges from the empirical evidences of cognitive sciences. These evidences pro- vide a more plausible image of linguistic comprehension, beyond there use in the context of Relevance Theory and in the psycholinguistic perspectives of the Good Enough Approach. Starting from this framework an approach to linguistic compre- hension is outlined where the performative asp…

Creença i realitat en William James

2008

This paper is devoted to analyse both the epistemology and ontology of James's pragmatism and his metaphysical proposals. The conclusions are: first, that James did not defend a metaphysical realism, but a antirealist realism; and secondly that this position was what he needed to defend the possibility of human freedom and religious experience.

What Pragmatist Genealogy for Quine?

2005

Sull'influenza della teoria

2015

Importante articolo della HPZ sull'importanza delle idee come fattori storici nelle vicende storiche più rilevanti della contemporaneità. In this important article Ranke focuses on the relevance of ideas as historical factors in the most relevant historical events of modern age.

Identità, totalitarismi e stampa. Ricodifica linguistico-culturale dei media di regime

2016

Il nucleo del presente volume, nelle diverse aree geografiche prese in esame, è caratterizzato dall’ascesa, dal consolidamento e dal declino dei regimi totalitari, sullo sfondo del conflitto mondiale. In tale contesto, la stampa si configura come strumento di autolegittimazione, rimedio ad una crisi di valori o promessa di un futuro glorioso a servizio del potere. Il discorso giornalistico da così voce alla propaganda di stato, diventando fondamentalmente persuasivo. Struttura informativa, lingua e retorica, titoli, immagini e didascalie, oltre che i contenuti ideologicamente marcati vengono modulati in funzione della “seduzione” del recettore, forgiando un intreccio indivisibile, in cui il…

Propositions pour une littérature d'investigation

2017

International audience; Le temps semble à l’alliance de la littérature et des sciences sociales. Mais les modalités en sont encore incertaines. Au lieu de considérer l’anthropologie comme une forme de littérature, on peut envisager la littérature comme une enquête. Cette « littérature d’investigation » se donne notamment pour objectif de documenter des formes de vie et de monter des dispositifs rendant compte d’aspects inaperçus de phénomènes sociaux. Elle occupe ainsi une position intermédiaire : elle se ménage à la fois une liberté et une créativité relatives vis-à-vis des protocoles d’enquête propres aux sciences sociales et une certaine méfiance pour un sens trop révérencieux envers la …

Schlegel y los enemigos de la ironía romántica

2007

Raga Rosaleny, Vicente - Vicente.Raga@uv.es La ironía de Schlegel, máximo representante, junto con Solger, de la ironía en el romanticismo alemán supuso una reinterpretación de la figura del Sócrates irónico de Platón. Sin embargo, su propuesta de una ironía pragmática fue rechazada de manera violenta por Hegel y Kierkegaard, que releyeron a Sócrates y su ironía enfrentándola a la de Schlegel. Para estos la propuesta del autor romántico era un reto a la sociedad que acabaría destruyéndola, pero, desde nuestra perspectiva tal lectura semántica de la ironía schlegeliana no se sostiene y, más bien, la propuesta del escritor alemán puede entenderse como un modo de crítica constructiva de la com…

Etiikan ja metafysiikan yhteydestä

2008

"Ensimmäiseksi filosofiaksi" mainittu, Aristoteleen termein "olevaa olevana" ja sen yleisimpiä määreitä tutkiva metafysiikka sekä hyvää elämää ja moraalisesti oikeaa ja väärää tutkiva etiikka on perinteisesti erotettu toisistaan kahdeksi selkeästi erilliseksi filosofian osa-alueeksi. Ensin mainittu kuuluu teoreettiseen ja jälkimmäinen käytännölliseen filosofiaan. Erottelu ei kuitenkaan ole ongelmaton. Voisi olla kiinnostavampaa ja (meta)filosofisesti hedelmällisempää tarkastella etiikkaa ja metafysiikkaa tiiviimmin toisiinsa liittyneinä, jopa erottamattomasti yhteen kietoutuneina. Yhden kiinnostavan esimerkin tällaisesta yhteenkietoutumisesta tarjoaa Kantin oppi käytännöllisen järjen postul…

Knowledge Representation in Travelling Texts:from Mirroring to Missing the Point

2014

<p><em>Today, information travels fast. Texts travel, too. In a corporate context, the question is how to manage which knowledge elements should travel to a new language area or market and in which form? The decision to let knowledge elements travel or not travel highly depends on the limitation and the purpose of the text in a new context as well as on predefined parameters for text travel. For texts used in marketing and in technology, the question is whether culture-bound knowledge elements should be domesticated or kept as foreign elements, or should be mirrored or moulded—or should not travel at all! When should semantic and pragmatic elements in a text be replaced and by w…