1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466322203321

Titolo

Metaphor and communication : a descriptive and prescriptive analysis / / edited by Elisabetta Gola, Francesca Ervas, University of Cagliari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, , 2210-4836 ; ; 5

Disciplina

808/.032

Soggetti

Metaphor

Communication

Discourse analysis

Electronic books.

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

Metaphors we live twice: A communicative approach  beyond the conceptual view?; 1. Introduction; 2. The cognitive and linguistic dimension of metaphor; 2.1 Corpus data; 2.2 Speakers' behaviour; 3. The communicative dimension of metaphor; 3.1 Persuasion in politics; 3.2 Persuasion in media and advertising; 3.3 Instruction and entertainment in education and arts; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part I. The cognitive and linguistic dimension  of metaphor; Metaphor and simile: Categorizing and comparing  categorization and comparison; 1. Introduction

2. The Comparison/Categorization debate3. Ellipsis-based mischaracterization of Comparison theory; 4. Towards an alternative battlefield; 4.1 Target/Source contribution disparity; 4.2 Target/Source mediator-preservation degree; 4.3 Mediator carefulness; 5. An example of the application of the dimensions; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Taste synaesthesias: Linguistic features and neurophysiological bases; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Linguistic synaesthesia; 1.2 Taste: A few words for a complex experience; 2. A corpus-based analysis of taste synaesthesias; 2.1 The corpus; 2.2 Results



3. Metaphors of taste3.1 The semantics of taste: A paradox?; 3.2 Grounded taste metaphors; 3.3 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Selling and buying, killing and wounding:  (Un)conventional metaphors  from two different sema; 1. Introduction; 2. The corpus study: Identifying more and less conventional metaphors; 2.1 Theoretical considerations: Conventionality and frequency; 2.2 Method and results; 3. Metaphorical commercial events; 4. The field of bodily harm; 5. Linking low-level creativity and high-level conventionality: The notion of intersubjectivity; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement

ReferencesMetaphors, bilingual mental lexicon  and distributional models; 1. Introduction; 2. Procedure; 3. Analysis; 4. Discussion; 5. General discussion and conclusions; References; Author's address; Appendix A; Appendix B; Towards a model of metaphorical understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Metaphorical understanding; 3. On propositional understanding; 4. On imagistic understanding; 5. On the sensorimotor aspects of imagery; 6. Modelling imagistic component in metaphor understanding; 7. Communicating with metaphors: Believing game and doubting game

8. Towards a unified model of understanding

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814391003321

Autore

El Kassar Nadja <1984->

Titolo

Towards a theory of epistemically significant perception : how we relate to the world / / Nadja El Kassar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-044536-0

3-11-044562-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

Ideen & Argumente, , 1862-1147

Disciplina

121/.34

Soggetti

Perception (Philosophy)

Conceptualism

Relationism

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 indexes.



Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Conceptualism -- 1 Introducing Conceptualism -- 2 Examining Non-Conceptualist Arguments against Conceptualism -- 3 Examining McDowell's Revised Conceptualism -- Part II Relationism -- 4 Relationism: Perception as Conscious Acquaintance -- 5 Relationism as Anti-Representationalism -- 6 Why McDowell's Revised Conceptualism Does Not Avoid Travis's Anti-Representationalist Criticism -- Part III Relational Conceptualism -- 7 Relational Conceptualism: a Theory of Epistemically Significant Perception -- 8 Possible Objections against Relational Conceptualism -- Part IV. Relational Conceptualism and Empirical Science -- 9 Broadening the Scope of Relational Conceptualism -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

How does perceptual experience make us knowledgeable about the world? In this book Nadja El Kassar argues that an informed answer requires a novel theory of perception: perceptual experience involves conceptual capacities and consists in a relation between a perceiver and the world. Contemporary theories of perception disagree about the role of content and conceptual capacities in perceptual experience. In her analysis El Kassar scrutinizes the arguments of conceptualist and relationist theories, thereby exposing their limitations for explaining the epistemic role of perceptual experience. Against this background she develops her novel theory of epistemically significant perception. Her theory improves on current accounts by encompassing both the epistemic role of perceptual experiences and its perceptual character. Central claims of her theory receive additional support from work in vision science, making this book an original contribution to the philosophy of perception.



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Record Nr.

UNISA996211192803316

Titolo

Gut flora, nutrition, immunity and health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roy Fuller & Gabriela Perdigón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003

ISBN

0-470-77748-6

1-280-19825-7

9786610198252

0-470-77459-2

1-4051-2831-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FullerR

PerdigónG (Gabriela)

Disciplina

612.3

Soggetti

Intestines - Microbiology

Nutrition

Functional foods

Digestion

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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Intestinal Microflora; From Petri dish to polyacrylamide gel; Catalogues show diversity; A phoenix arises; Is it all the same in the end?; The formative years; Rules and regulations, but mind your language; 2 Food and the Large Intestine; The large intestine; Interactions of the microflora with the host; Effect of diet on the colonic microflora; Diet and bacterial species composition in the large intestine; Diet and bacterial metabolism; Intestinal bacteria and vitamins; Bacterial growth substrates in the large intestine

Breakdown of complex carbohydrates by intestinal bacteriaProtein breakdown by gut microorganisms; Toxological implications of amino acid fermentation; Effects of carbohydrate on amino acid fermentation; Short-chain fatty acids; Effect of diet on SCFA production; In vitro studies on SCFA production; SCFA and cell metabolism; SCFA and colon cancer; Lactate formation by gut microorganisms; 3 The Health Benefits



of Probiotics and Prebiotics; Summary; Introduction; Probiotics; Composition of probiotic preparations; Tracking probiotics through the gut; Prebiotics; Oligosaccharides as prebiotics

LactuloseInulin and fructooligosaccharides; Galactooligosaccharides; Soybean oligosaccharides; Lactosucrose; Isomaltooligosaccharides; Glucooligosaccharides; Xylooligosaccharides; Current status; Persistence of the prebiotic effect to distal regions of the colon; Anti-adhesive activities against pathogens and toxins; Targeted prebiotics; Attenuative properties; Defined health outcomes of probiotics and prebiotics; Improved tolerance to lactose; Protection from gastroenteritis; Coronary heart disease; Colon cancer; Vitamin synthesis; Irritable bowel syndrome

Improved digestion and gut functionImmunomodulation; Mineral bioavailability; Conclusions; 4 Intestinal Microflora and Metabolic Activity; Dietary carbohydrates; Bacterial fermentation; SCFA production; SCFA and electrolytes absorption; Colonic metabolism; Physiological consequences of SCFA absorption; Probiotics and the intestinal metabolism of carbohydrates; 5 The Role of the Immune System; Overview of the immune system; Introduction; Innate immune response; Early induced immune response; Adaptative immune response; B lymphocytes and the immunoglobulins

T lymphocytes and the T cell receptor complexAPCs and the MHC molecules; Education of lymphocytes in the primary lymphoid organs; Education of T lymphocytes in the thymus; Education of B lymphocytes in the bone marrow; The immune system functioning; Peripheral lympoid tissues, a place where lymphocytes meet the antigen; Lymphocyte traffic; Activation of T cells; Cell-mediated immune response: generation of armed effector T cells; Generation of Thl and Th2 cells; Cytotoxic T cells; Humoral immune response; Activation of B cells in the secondary lymphoid organs; Kinetics of the immune response

Endogenous regulation of the immune response

Sommario/riassunto

Some foods, as well as contributing essential nutrients to the body, also contain additional components that improve disease resistance and general health status over and above that induced by ingestion of conventional foods. The so-called functional foods, and prebiotics and probiotics exemplify the relationship that exists between nutrition, the gut (the largest element of the body's immune system) and its flora, immunology and health.  This important book contains chapters covering the basic principles of nutrition, gut microecology and immunology, as well as chapters which disc