scholarly journals Linguistica generale e lingue segnate Qualche ponte per una riflessione comune

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Astori
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Natural Languages ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship

Despite persistent uninformed and unscientific beliefs, the status of sign languages as proper languages has been deeply recognised by contemporary research. However, from the point of view of modern Linguistics, the peculiar properties of sign languages pose a challenge to some traditional notions which have been employed so far to describe linguistic phenomena. The present paper explores some key-concepts in Linguistics which should be redefined, such as phonetics, channel, and the relationship between signifier and signified, and suggests ways in which these notions could be reconceptualized in order to be ‘descriptively inclusive’ of all natural languages.

scholarly journals Democracy from the Point of View of Islamic Political Ethics: Khaled Abou El Fadl’s Doctrine

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
D. V. Mukhetdinov
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Political Ethics ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
The Status ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This paper focuses on the analysis of the Islamic thinker Kh. A. ElFadl’s political and legal conception. This conception assesses the potential of the Islamic tradition for the legitimization of democracy. We indicates that El-Fadl’s concept is not another ‘Islamic democracy’ project, but an analysis of the relationship between democratic ethos and Islamic political values. It is demonstrated that an adequate understanding of this relationship requires a comprehension of Qur’anic anthropology — the idea of human call, in particular. The logical transition from acceptance of God’s sovereignty and the status of man as His earthly governor (a successive authority’) to the inadmissibility of usurpation of power is considered reasonable. The article proves that El-Fadl allows historical variability of the forms of checks and balances that impede usurpation of power. Therefore, he emphasizes precisely the democratic ethos, and not a particular political theory or a specific political regime. The irregularity of the monopolization of a democratic ethos by the Western culture, on the one hand, and the monopolization of Shari‘a by Islamists, on the other, is thoroughly noted. In the conclusion the author outlines a general understanding of the nature of Shari‘a and the Shari‘ah foundations of political practice in the concept of El-Fadl.

Sign languages to unfold the Universe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Varano
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Natural Languages ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Main Medium ◽  
The Universe

<p>Sign languages ​​arise from the need of communities of deaf people to communicate with each other and with others. Like all natural languages, they are tied to the traditions and cultures of the communities that invented and developed them. The sign language used in Italy is the Italian Sign Language, LIS.</p> <p>The strong iconicity of LIS is very interesting from the point of view of communication and didactics of astronomy, also for the hearing impaired. The signs used for astronomical concepts and objects often express the meaning and nature of what is represented, much more than a single word in the Italian language does.</p> <p>LIS is therefore effective not only for inclusive communication aimed at deaf people, but it can be effective for everyone, both in terms of equity and awareness of diversity and in terms of knowledge of astronomy and its link with culture and tradition.</p> <p>We will present a set of videos published on EduINAF, the outreach and education online magazine of the Italian National Isntitute for Astrophysics, in which the LIS is the main medium of the storytelling. Each video has subtitles, in order to make the LIS understandable for all.</p>

scholarly journals Ist Standarddeutsch für Deutschschweizer eine Fremdsprache? Untersuchungen zu einem Topos des sprachreflexiven Diskurses

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Hägi ◽  
Joachim Scharloth
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Ideologies ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Swiss German ◽  
The Status ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is concerned with the question, whether the status of Standard German in German-speaking Switzerland is adequately described as that of a foreign language. It discusses typological aspects, language awareness and language ideologies among German-speaking Swiss people, the practice of language acquisition, the language use in private life and media and the linguistic discourse about the relationship between the use of Swiss German and Standard German. It argues that from a linguistic point of view in none of these fields a clear decision can be made whether Standard German is a foreign language or not. Thus, the authors suggest that the conceptual framework ought to be widened to adequately describe the status of Standard German in German-speaking Switzerland. Finally, they take occasion to develop the concept of "Sekundärsprache"/"secondary language" for language situations similar to that in German-speaking Switzerland.

Writing systems and language contact in the Euro- and Sinocentric worlds

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Coulmas
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Writing Systems ◽  
System A ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractOn the social level languages contact usually implies hierarchies, reflecting historical processes of adaptation and power relations between groups of speakers. This paper considers language contact in the written mode from the point of view of choice, that is, choice of language and choice of writing system. A wider range of factors that have a bearing on choice in contact situations of languages and their writing systems must be taken into consideration: political, social, linguistic and ideological. Examples of each kind from the Eurocentric and Sinocentric worlds are discussed and compared with each other. Particular attention is paid to the relationship bilingual writers create between the units of two languages and two writing systems which, from a sociolinguistic point of view, is seen as indicative of the status and function of the languages involved.

Beyond ‘Town and Gown’: The Role of the University in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Lazzeroni ◽  
Andrea Piccaluga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Knowledge Spaces ◽  
The Status ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Town And Gown ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, universities have become more active in performing new activities that have been added to those regarded as ‘traditional’. This trend has led to a number of changes, among which is a transformation of the status of universities in urban and regional contexts and, in particular, an increase in their impact on the development of medium-sized university cities. From a methodological point of view the contribution of universities to urban development can be analysed from three different perspectives: knowledge and economic; relational; and cultural. Starting from these points of view, this paper analyses three cases of European medium-sized university cities (Oxford, Leuven and Pisa), in which the presence of one or more universities represents an important asset not only for the construction and evolution of knowledge spaces but also for urban development as a whole, by leaving tangible and intangible ‘traces’, reinforcing the relationship between academia and local community and contributing to the identity of knowledge cities.

scholarly journals Working relationship between primary and specialist care in analysing elevated liver values—a survey from the point of view of gastroenterologists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Wangler ◽  
Stefan Claus ◽  
Michael Jansky
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Incidental Finding ◽  
Diagnostic Algorithm ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
The Status ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryElevated liver values are often an incidental finding in outpatient care. A solid working relationship between general practitioners and specialists plays as much of a role in effective diagnostics as do selection and examination of liver values and context as indicators for referral towards more in-depth diagnosis. This article focuses on the status quo as well as potential hurdles and challenges in the relationship between general practitioners and specialists with regard to analysing elevated liver values of uncertain origin. A total of 529 physicians in gastroenterological practices in the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Thuringia were invited to take part in an online survey in 2020, of which 313 responded. This contribution focuses on those parts of the survey covering the relationship between general practitioners and specialists. According to the results, 72% of the surveyed gastroenterologists saw working relationships between general practitioners and specialists as beneficial and effective. Even so, a variety of challenges and difficulties in everyday care dominate. Specialists especially criticised preliminary analyses performed by general practitioners as well as time of referral. Apart from that, a wide majority (85%) saw a major role in a structured diagnostic algorithm towards improving early detection and coordination between primary and specialist care. The survey revealed problems in the relationship between general practitioners and specialists. Together with targeted training and further training programmes for general practitioners, a validated diagnostic algorithm for classifying and analysing elevated liver values may be a valuable tool for general practitioners to perform diagnostics and improve the structure within which they work with specialists.

scholarly journals The operational concepts in the Vitruvian system of design

2019 ◽  
pp. e02605
Author(s):  
Leandro Manenti
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Design System ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Conceptual Discussion ◽  
Relational Harmony ◽  
Compositional Elements ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Geometrical Relationships

The study aims to contribute to understand the Vitruvian design system through the analysis of the temples described in the text leading to the three key concepts related: proportio, commensus and commodulatio. At first, it is proposed a conceptual discussion about the origin of the compositional elements, and further it is discussed the concept of proportio as an operation of sizing and scaling these elements individually. Analyzed the definition and types of elements, it is proposed to continue the discussion on the relationship that must be built as a way of associating elements in a consistent way, leading to the notion of symmetria, understood as an ideal state in which the elements maintain dimensional and/or geometrical relationships between them, creating a relational harmony. From the operational point of view, it is sought to demonstrate that the Vitruvian symmetria is fetched from two types of relations: a modular (commodulatio) and a dimensional (commensus).

scholarly journals DISENCHANTING THE THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIANITY: THINKING GOD OTHERWISE AND ENDING THE MAGIC OF GREEK WISDON

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Nilo Ribeiro Junior
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
The Status ◽  
Latin American Theology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The research aims to reconstruct the expressive contribution of the philosophy of otherness to (re) thinking the status of Christian theology in Latin American lands, as well as the disenchantment of that kind of philosophy. First, it is about evoking the contribution of the wisdom of Love to think Christian theology otherwise in light of a broader background that re-establish the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Secondly, we intend to explain the impact of the Levinasian approach on the problem of God and its developments in our continent from a theological point of view. Without denying that theology has a discursive character, it is a matter of retaking what the Lithuanian-Frenchman philosopher evokes about the service to the love of the wisdom of love. And by way of conclusion, it is intended to propose some brief notes about the urgency of a poststructuralist turn of Latin American theology in function of the centrality of ethics and their respective languages in the manner of a Canticle of the Canticles.

scholarly journals Hak Waris Anak Adopsi Dari Orang Tua Yang Telah Bercerai Dalam Perspektif Hukum Perdata Barat

Res Judicata ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Karina Megawati ◽  
Ghansham Anand
Keyword(s):  
Foster Parents ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
Biological Children ◽  
The Status ◽  
Foster Father ◽  
The Relationship

Pluralism concerning stipulation of regulation regarding inheritance in Indonesia commonly stimulates numerous problems. This situation is getting complicated when it deals with regulation about adoption. Complex issue that commonly occurs within this regulation is concerning the status of adopted children when their foster parents are getting divorce. The present study aims to examine and elaborate further about civil connection between adopted children and their foster parents coupled with their inheritance rights when their parents are divorced based on western civil law point of view. The method uses in the present study is normative legal research, in which conducted it is conducted by examining the library materials or secondary law while in finding and collecting the data is done by two approaches, namely the law and conceptual approaches. The present study shows that based on Staastlaad 129:1917 it is stated that adopted children possess civil relation with their foster parents  in which the relationship is same as with their biological parents. Therefore, although their foster parents are divorced, they still hold inheritance rights from their foster father and mother. Moreover, inheritance rights that holds by adopted children is equal with the inheritance rights that is possessed by biological children.

Young People, Work and Society: New Terrain

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
David Farrugia
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
The Relationship

Contemporary research on youth and work is focused on young people’s transitions into employment – on the question of who gets which jobs and when do they get these jobs. In this it is neglecting the relationship between work, productivity and the self, or the status of young people as labouring subjects who must produce value through their work. This has also led to a limited view of the nature of social class, which has come to focus on the distribution of economic and cultural resources that may be exchanged on the labour market to the exclusion of work as a uniquely significant site for the formation of the classed self. Taking up these conceptual problems is the task of the book.

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