scholarly journals Fraseologismi con la componente somatica cuore nella lingua croata e italiana. Approccio contrastivo

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Vesna Jovanović-Mihaylov ◽  
Lucyna Marcol-Cacoń
Keyword(s):  
Romance Languages ◽  
Cognitive Analysis ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Linguistic Groups

The article provides a cognitive analysis of phraseological units with the heart component in comparative terms. The purpose of the analysis is to show the similarities and differences in expressing emotions (positive, neutral and negative) between two languages originating from different linguistic groups: the Croatian language (South Slavic group) and the Italian language (from the group of the Romance languages). Phraseological units are analysed on the basis of three criteria: identical in both languages; partially adequate in both languages; idiomatic for one language. The research presents the motivation of phraseologisms and aims to prove that the heart is related to human emotional life and is a container for feelings.

Promoting multimodal practices in multilingual classes of Italian in Canada and in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-311
Author(s):  
Giuliana Salvato
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Romance Languages ◽  
Multimodal Approach ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Verbal Language

Abstract This paper offers a qualitative analysis of the responses that 28 advanced learners of Italian in Canada and Italy contributed to a questionnaire asking them to interpret the meanings and functions of six Italian gestures, alone and in combination with dialogues. Participants were also asked to comment on their perception of body language in their L1 and in Italian. The purpose of the exercise was to expand L2 pedagogy towards multimodality, while at the same time accounting for learners’ multilingualism. We found that participants appreciated a multimodal approach to their Italian language learning experience. We also found that knowledge of languages typologically related to Italian (i.e. Romance languages) was no guarantee that our groups of multilinguals would be facilitated in the interpretation of L2 gesture forms and meanings. Rather, the presence of verbal language in dialogues, the form of gesture, and familiarity with the nonverbal characteristics of interactions in the target language, helped participants succeed in this multimodal activity.

scholarly journals A Cognitive Analysis of Head and Heart Metaphors in English and Spanish

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Cognitive Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This study investigates the use and the conceptualization of head and heart metaphors in English and Spanish. It studies 57 heart and head English metaphorical expressions and their equivalents in Spanish. This study mainly aims at exploring the similarities and differences between the two languages with regard to the conceptual metaphors from which the metaphorical expressions are generated and the ways of conceptualizing these metaphorical expressions. The study also investigates the role of the human body-experiences in forming and conceptualizing these body-based metaphorical expressions. The results show that the conceptualization and the manifestation of the investigated metaphorical expressions differ in terms of the linguistic expressions used and the conceptual metaphors from which they generate. The results also show that despite the differences that occur, there is still a common way of conceptualizing the bodily-based human experiences through metaphor.

Intonation across two border areas in the North Andean region: Mérida (Venezuela) and Medellin (Colombia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-352
Author(s):  
Chaxiraxi Díaz ◽  
Josefa Dorta ◽  
Elsa Mora ◽  
Mercedes Muñetón
Keyword(s):  
Romance Languages ◽  
South American ◽  
Language Varieties ◽  
The North ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Mountain System ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Abstract The Andes mountain system serves as a natural border throughout several South American countries. This research takes place in the region known as the Northern Andes, in two of the most important cities of the Venezuelan and Colombian Andes: Mérida, State of Mérida, and Medellin, Department of Antioquia. The main purpose of this study is to establish intonation similarities and differences between these two Andean cities. As a preliminary study, part of the AMPER Project, it examines the F0 as a melodic support. The study has been conducted according to the parameters established in the above-mentioned project. The intention of this research is twofold: First, to accomplish one of the main AMPER goals of performing comparative studies among diverse Romance languages and its varieties; and secondly, to establish possible relationships and differences among language varieties that are in contact, despite being separated by borderlines.

Italian Language and Literature

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1299-1302
Author(s):  
J. E. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Italian Language ◽  
Language And Literature

Orosensory Perception, Speech Production, and Deafness

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milo E. Bishop ◽  
Robert L. Ringel ◽  
Arthur S. House
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Functional Disorders ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Oral Form ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The oral form-discrimination abilities of 18 orally educated and oriented deaf high school subjects were determined and compared to those of manually educated and oriented deaf subjects and normal-hearing subjects. The similarities and differences among the responses of the three groups were discussed and then compared to responses elicited from subjects with functional disorders of articulation. In general, the discrimination scores separated the manual deaf from the other two groups, particularly when differences in form shapes were involved in the test. The implications of the results for theories relating orosensory-discrimination abilities are discussed. It is postulated that, while a failure in oroperceptual functioning may lead to disorders of articulation, a failure to use the oral mechanism for speech activities, even in persons with normal orosensory capabilities, may result in poor performance on oroperceptual tasks.

Animals as Social Objects

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica Sevillano ◽  
Susan T. Fiske
Keyword(s):  
Social Perception ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Content Model ◽  
Stereotype Content ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Sphere Of Influence

Abstract. Nonhuman animals are typically excluded from the scope of social psychology. This article presents animals as social objects – targets of human social responses – overviewing the similarities and differences with human targets. The focus here is on perceiving animal species as social groups. Reflecting the two fundamental dimensions of humans’ social cognition – perceived warmth (benign or ill intent) and competence (high or low ability), proposed within the Stereotype Content Model ( Fiske, Cuddy, Glick, & Xu, 2002 ) – animal stereotypes are identified, together with associated prejudices and behavioral tendencies. In line with human intergroup threats, both realistic and symbolic threats associated with animals are reviewed. As a whole, animals appear to be social perception targets within the human sphere of influence and a valid topic for research.

The Great Weave of Emotional Life

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Life
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