1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001714950403321

Autore

Ciccone, Antonio

Titolo

Intorno alle malattie del baco da seta : memorie / di A. Ciccone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Tip. delle Belle Arti, 1863

Descrizione fisica

503 p., 15 c. di tav. : ill. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

638.2

Locazione

DBEC

FAGBC

Collocazione

XV A 2

60 638.2 B 16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815458203321

Titolo

Mixing metaphor : a descriptive and prescriptive analysis / / edited by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2016]

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication (MiLCC), , 2210-4836 ; ; 6

Disciplina

808/.032

Soggetti

Metaphor - Psychological aspects

Metaphor - Usage

Cognitive grammar

Semantics

Concepts

Thought and thinking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mixing Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Mixing metaphor in perspective; 2. Summary of the chapters; A view of "mixed metaphor" within a conceptual metaphor theory framework; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some questions about mixed metaphors; 1.2.1 Why are imagistically incongruent metaphors selected at a particular point in discourse?; 1.2.2 Why are mixed metaphors so common?; 1.2.3 Why do we have cases of metaphorically entirely homogeneous discourse?; 1.2.4 Why are often widely divergent source domains inserted into discourse?

2.3 Multiple metaphors in theory-building2.4 Conclusions; References; Why mixed metaphors make sense; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Why should mixing metaphors be problematic?; 3.3 Mixed metaphors foreground uncommon aspects of meaning; 3.4 Conclusion - A dynamic view on metaphors in language use; References; Tackling mixed metaphors in discourse; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Study 1; 4.2.1 Method; 4.2.2 Results; 4.3 Study 2; 4.3.1 Method; 4.3.1.1 Participants; 4.3.1.2 Materials and Procedure; 4.3.2 Results; 4.4 Conclusion; References; Appendix A; Mixed metaphor; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The ATT-Meta approach

5.2.1 ATT-Meta's orientation and a quick example5.2.2 Fictionalist/pretence-based approach; 5.2.3 Metaphorical views and mappings in ATT-Meta; 5.2.4 The pretence-based nature of mappings; 5.2.5 Detail in a sub-persons example; 5.2.6 Ancillary assumptions; 5.2.7 View-neutral mapping adjuncts; 5.2.8 Goal-directed reasoning; 5.2.9 ATT-Meta and blending; 5.3 ATT-Meta and mixed metaphor; 5.3.1 The marigold example: Mixed form; 5.3.2 Deployment of pretence spaces, VNMAs and inference; 5.3.3 More on parallel mixing; 5.3.4 Combining different types of mixing

5.3.5 Advantages that ATT-Meta brings to mixed metaphor5.4 Further discussion: Variability of analysis; 5.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Mixed metaphor is a question of deliberateness; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Mixed metaphor and deliberateness; 6.3 Deliberate versus non-deliberate metaphor; 6.4 From deliberate to mixed metaphor; 6.5 Epilogue; References; When languages and cultures meet; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Metaphor and the learner of English; 7.3 Mixed, extended, and repeated metaphors in language learner discourse; 7.4 Discussion and conclusion; References

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3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910993888703321

Autore

Ray R. Celeste

Titolo

Transatlantic Scots

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8173-8420-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RayR. Celeste

BennettMargaret <1946->

CowanEdward J

BasuPaul

HookAndrew

JarvieGrant

McArthurColin

SheetsJohn W

VanceMichael

DemblingJonathan

Disciplina

305.891/63073

305.8916307

305.89163073

Soggetti

North America - Emigration and immigration - History

North America -- Emigration and immigration -- History

North America - Ethnic relations

North America -- Ethnic relations

Regionalism - North America

Regionalism -- North America

Scotland - Emigration and immigration - History

Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History

Scots - North America - Ethnic identity

Scots -- North America -- Ethnic identity

Scots - North America - History

Scots -- North America -- History

Scots - North America - Social life and customs

Scots -- North America -- Social life and customs

Transnationalism

Scots - History - North America

Scots - Social life and customs - North America

Scots - Ethnic identity - North America

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology



Americas - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Transatlantic Scots and Ethnicity; 2. Scottish Immigration and Ethnic Organization in the United States; 3. A Brief History of Organized Scottishness in Canada; 4. From the Quebec-Hebrideans to "les Écossais-Québécois": Tracing the Evolution of a Scottish Cultural Identity in Canada's Eastern Townships; 5. Powerful Pathos: The Triumph of Scottishness in Nova Scotia; 6. You Play It as You Would Sing It: Cape Breton, Scottishness, and the Means of Cultural Production

7. The North American Émigré, Highland Games, and Social Capital in International Communities8. Troubling Times in the Scottish-American Relationship; 9. Bravehearts and Patriarchs: Masculinity on the Pedestal in Southern Scottish Heritage Celebration; 10. Finding Colonsay's Emigrants and a "Heritage of Place"; 11. Pilgrims to the Far Country: North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; 12. Tartan Day in America; 13. Transatlantic Scots, Their Interlocutors, and the Scottish Discursive Unconscious; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage.  During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies.  Well over 300 Scottish Highland games and gatherings annually take place across the U.S. and Canada.   Transatlantic Scots is a multidisciplinary collection that studies the regional organization and varied expressions of the Scottish Heritage movement in the Canadian Maritimes, the Great Lakes, New