Search results for "Symbolism"
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La simbologia del potere nella comunicazione diplomatica: i doni di Cambise al re degli Etiopi macrobioi
2010
Language acquired great importance in ancient diplomacy. The success or failure of a diplomatic mission depended greatly upon the ambassador’s skills of persuasion, a product of the efficacy of his words and their suitability to his audience. The ambassador had to be able to choose the most appropriate words to reach the objectives of his mission. The measure of his competence was his capacity to recognize the position of his listener, without undervaluing ideas, preconceptions, and potential reactions. Nevertheless, in certain cases, an ambassador’s ethnographic knowledge of the context where he had to operate determined the successful outcome of a mission. Such knowledge manifested itself…
Il tarantismo in Sicilia
2017
Il testo prende in esame il complesso di materiali editi e inediti (fonti storiche e archivistiche, documenti musicali, testimonianze etnografiche) che attestano la presenza del tarantismo in Sicilia dalla metà del Seicento alla fine dell’Ottocento. Il caso siciliano viene quindi inquadrato nell’ambito dell’ampia letteratura che ruota intorno al fenomeno, a partire dal classico studio di Ernesto De Martino fino al dibattito sull’interpretazione del fenomeno fra i poli dell’esorcismo e della possessione, dovuto soprattutto all’etnomusicologo francese Gilber Rouget. L’analisi viene quindi estesa alla tradizione dei guaritori dei morsi di serpenti (i ciaràuli), che con il tarantismo condividon…
The Genealogy of Personal Names: towards a more productive method in historical onomastics
2011
It is essential to combine genealogical and collective biographical approaches with network analysis if one wants to take full advantage of the evidence provided by (hereditary) personal names in historical and linguistic onomastic research. The naming practices of rural families and clans from the 18th to the 20th century can bring us much fresh information about their enduring attitudes and values, as well as about other mentalities of everyday life. Personal names were cultural symbols that contained socially shared meanings. With the help of genealogical method it is possible to obtain a more nuanced understanding of these past naming practices, for example by comparing the conventions …
Language Development and Symbolic Play in Children With and Without Familial Risk for Dyslexia
2001
The purposes of this study were to investigate (a) whether children in families with a positive history of dyslexia were more likely to show delays in language development than children without family risk and (b) whether a delayed onset of expressive language (late talking) predicted later language development. We analyzed the language development of 200 children longitudinally at 14, 24, 30, and 42 months and assessed their symbolic play at 14 months. Half of the children ( N =106) were from families with a history of dyslexia (the Dyslexia Risk [DR] group), and other children served as age-matched controls. Parental reports and structured tests were used to assess children’s receptive a…
Semiotics
2019
The field of musical semiotics has developed since the 1970s, and it consists of a wide range of approaches and analyses into different genres of music and dance (e.g., art, popular, ethnic, folk), even extending into that sphere of animal life called zoomusicology. In general, the term semiotics refers to the study of meaning making and of sign process. The background of semiotics can be traced back to the first half of 20th century, with reference to the development of theoretical linguistics and the consequent application of linguistic models to other fields of expression and communication. The term semiotic was introduced by the American logician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce a…
The oceanic state: a conceptual elucidation in terms of modal contact
2012
Despite its lengthy history in psychoanalysis, the psychological origins, essential features and value of the oceanic state remain open to dispute. This ambiguity has come at a cost to the clarity of theoretical discussions on the topic. In working towards a conceptual elucidation, the author maintains that there are three primary accounts of the oceanic state: the metaphysical one of Romain Rolland, the developmental one of Sigmund Freud, and the cognitive-perceptual one of Anton Ehrenzweig. Based on the notion of modal contact, he argues that the accounts share a general theoretical structure that establishes as the necessary criterion for all oceanic states the loosening of ego boundarie…
Woodcuts and Some Words: Edward Gordon Craig’s lasting impressions
2019
This article examines Edward Gordon Craig’s analogy between drama and wood engraving, stage and printed page in his autobiographical handbook on wood engraving, Woodcuts and Some Words (1924). Taking as a premise Craig’s interest in the world of print as materialization of his “new theatre”, it explores the semantic shift of the notion of impression from the symbolist realm of suggestion to that of modernist imprint. It finally seeks to determine the significance of engraving in Craig’s career, a medium that was the matrix, the relic and the archive of the images and of the ideal vision he pursued all his life.
Spontaneous extrusion of male genital pearling
2021
Pearling is a practice of inserting small beads beneath the skin of the genitalia. Patients generally underwent this practice believing that this would have made their penis bigger and able to better satisfy their partners during intercourse. Pearling can cause complications. We report a case of spontaneous extrusion of genital pearling exiting in a granuloma of the inner face of the foreskin.
Charles Nodier et la linguistique des origines
2014
International audience; Du point de vue de l'histoire des idées, Charles Nodier occupe une position doublement importante. Il est l'auteur du premier livre en français contenant le mot « linguistique » dans le titre et il est le premier président de cet Institut des Langues qui, le 21 décembre 1839, deviendra la première « Société de Linguistique » française. Si on s'en tenait à ce critère strictement lexicologique, on ne manquerait donc pas d'arguments pour affirmer que Nodier a joué un rôle clé dans l'apparition de la linguistique en France. Peu de linguistes accepteraient pourtant aujourd'hui de souscrire à une pareille affirmation. Pour la plupart d'entre eux, la linguistique ne se mani…
Onomatopee e fonosimboli in italiano
2016
L'article esquisse de manière très synthétique une typologie des formes de motivation du rapport entre son et sens dans le langage, en les exemplifiant sur l'italien.